# Epidemic of internet suicide pacts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 10, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827 "2006-03-10T14:27:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827/21 "2006-03-17T07:49:54Z")

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My god, has the suicide rate gone up, period?

Sure, Darnwin in action, maybe, but I dare anyone to say that to family/friends left behind.

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827/22 "2006-03-17T12:44:34Z")

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> [@LonesomePolecat](#):
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> Apparently this is a world wide problem.

Why world wide? I don’t remember having heard of any such suicide pacts in Europe, or perhaps just one in France. Is this at all common outside Japan?

This is Darwin in action like a your brother’s five year old daughter dying from leukemia is Darwin in action.

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**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827/23 "2006-03-17T21:13:43Z")

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> [@Rune](#):
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> This is Darwin in action like a your brother’s five year old daughter dying from leukemia is Darwin in action.

You don’t say…

My brother’s five year old daughter was convinced by others online to purposely contract leukemia?

Yeah, that sounds like a good comparison to this story. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epidemic-of-internet-suicide-pacts/347827/24 "2006-03-17T22:38:31Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> You don’t say…
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> My brother’s five year old daughter was convinced by others online to purposely contract leukemia?
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> Yeah, that sounds like a good comparison to this story. :rolleyes:

duh! Yeah, that sounds like you got the whole Darwin in action comparison.

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