# Is suicide "selfish"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-selfish/695389>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 12, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-selfish/695389 "2014-08-12T19:18:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-selfish/695389/116 "2014-08-14T21:26:45Z")

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My wife’s nephew hanged himself in his mom’s backyard when the cops were looking for him. But, as I said in the thread which spawned this one:

> [@R.I.P. Robin Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-robin-williams/695333/147):
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> Suicide while inconveniencing as many people as possible is selfish. Asphyxiation in one’s home? Not so much.

Therefore, this poll has no option for me.

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