# I Think I am ging to Jump off the Golden Gate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462 "2008-10-11T13:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/1 "2008-10-11T13:38:54Z")
I see in the New York Times that the Powers That Be are going to erect a fifty million dollar anti-suicide net under the Golden Gate Bridge. Fifty million doesn’t buy as much as it used to. It seem up to 120 people per year dive off the bridge, although some may do so undetected and undiscovered. Bridge people manage to talk two thrids of them out of it. The Times says the net will be made of steel covered with plastic and anyone jumoing into it will cause the net to collapse around them, like a big trampoline. While diving off the bridge never appealled to me before, I can see this thing becomeing a huge tourist draw. Sounds like a blast. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/2 "2008-10-11T15:19:25Z")
Once the net goes up, people won’t commit suicide anymore? I don’t see that. That money should have been spent on the front end–to provide help in the community and provide support for people with emotional problems. If you haven’t seen it, check out [The Bridge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799954/) , a sobering look at a year’s worth of jumpers and some of their stories. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/3 "2008-10-11T15:24:06Z")
I’m glad they’re finally doing this. There are certainly people who will commit suicide in another fashion, but many suicides are impulsive acts (this is also the reason that people who have a gun in their house are so much more likely to commit suicide, according to a recent NEJM article). I think it might help some people stop and think before they do it if you remove the “romantic” aspect of jumping off a famous bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/4 "2008-10-11T15:40:16Z")
I wonder what the fine will be for pulling you out of the net. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/5 "2008-10-11T16:16:37Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I wonder what the fine will be for pulling you out of the net. Yeah I thought the same thing. I bet that is actually a line item in the budget for the net. “Estimated fines = 120 \* $5000- as you can see, gentlemen, this net will pay for itself within 90 years” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/6 "2008-10-11T16:22:31Z")
They should make it some sort of inflatable flume ride instead and then they can sell tickets and it will pay for itself. They can also sell t-shirts that say “I jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and all I got was this lousy t-shirt”. And the people that jump off wanting to kill themselves will have so much fun riding the slide down that they won’t be depressed anymore! It’s a win/win! I really missed my calling, I should have gone into The Powers That Be-ing. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/7 "2008-10-11T16:30:19Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I wonder what the fine will be for pulling you out of the net. What if you jumped because you found yourself suddenly flat broke? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/8 "2008-10-11T16:57:47Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > What if you jumped because you found yourself suddenly flat broke? Kind of reminds me of [this](http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF048-Suicide_Train.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/9 "2008-10-11T17:11:45Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > What if you jumped because you found yourself suddenly flat broke? If you’re flat and broke there’s no point in jumping at all. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/10 "2008-10-11T17:18:28Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > If you’re flat and broke there’s no point in jumping at all. Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/11 "2008-10-11T17:20:12Z")
Isn’t the idea to become flat and broken? So if you already are . . . ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/12 "2008-10-11T17:21:02Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > I Think I am ging to Jump off the Golden Gate Not being able to spell isn’t the end of the world, **Paul**! Of course, I can imagine the note: Good pye, cuel whirled. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/13 "2008-10-11T17:26:29Z")
When come back from the dead, bring pye. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/14 "2008-10-11T17:32:15Z")
OMFG, ZOMBIES! But they have pye. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/15 "2008-10-11T18:24:39Z")
What a waste of money. Anyone who really wants to kill themselves can easily find another place to do so. Spending that $50 million won’t actually save any lives. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/16 "2008-10-11T18:31:07Z")
Can you imagine the humiliation on top of it? Say you want to kill yourself so you jump and get caught in the net. Then you’re stuck there until they pull you out. Meanwhile hundreds of people will probably see you down there, caught in the net and gawk and point and look over the ledge and call to others to come look at you, until one whole side of the bridge is just a whole row of people staring down at you and whispering and maybe laughing and taking pictures of you. I can just imagine someone who’s already sad enough to try killing themselves going through THAT embarrassment, heh. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/17 "2008-10-11T19:37:04Z")
That is a shame. I was getting quite good at the swan dive off the GGB. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/18 "2008-10-11T19:50:27Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Once the net goes up, people won’t commit suicide anymore? I don’t see that. > > That money should have been spent on the front end–to provide help in the community and provide support for people with emotional problems. > > If you haven’t seen it, check out [The Bridge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799954/) , a sobering look at a year’s worth of jumpers and some of their stories. Excellent documentary. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/19 "2008-10-11T20:53:38Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > What a waste of money. > > Anyone who really wants to kill themselves can easily find another place to do so. Spending that $50 million won’t actually save any lives. Maybe not, but I think it will be worth the peace of mind. The GG Bridge some kind of crazy suicide magnet, and it’s been a matter of debate for years and years whether or not to put up some kind of barrier. Yeah, people can kill themselves in other ways, but people in the Bay Area don’t _like_ one of their (can I say our? I grew up in the Bay Area) landmarks overshadowed by such a negative thing. What I don’t get is the point of the net. Won’t people just be able to jump off of it? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462/20 "2008-10-11T21:15:42Z")
So, if you want to kill yourself jumping off the GG Bridge, bring a gun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-ging-to-jump-off-the-golden-gate/467462.md?page=2)