# Your teenager committed suicide? It's your fault. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446 "2010-01-11T00:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/21 "2010-01-11T06:21:32Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > No matter how you abuse me, you cannot make me say “Hello, my name is…” You just did. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/22 "2010-01-11T06:25:56Z")
Ya know, I like the idea of changing my name to “. . .” ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/23 "2010-01-11T07:19:27Z")
You people are ruining my pit. Back in the OLD DAYS, you would have been _scorched by fire_ for this kind of pussyfooting on these sanctified grounds. Do you hear me? Your brains would have been incinerated while you sat and stroked your bearded necks. > [@spooje](#): > > Can I use that as a sig line? First, good job asking my permission. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/24 "2010-01-11T13:29:13Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > You people are ruining my pit. > Back in the OLD DAYS, you would have been _scorched by fire_ for this kind of pussyfooting on these sanctified grounds. Do you hear me? Your brains would have been incinerated while you sat and stroked your bearded necks. This ain’t the old days anymore, Grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/25 "2010-01-11T13:31:46Z")
And my beard ain’t _on_ my neck. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/26 "2010-01-11T14:14:51Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > Well, at first I was going to give **Robot** the benefit of the doubt and chalk up his 100% statistic to hyperbole, but given his other comments, I have to agree with \*\*IVN. Robot’s \*\*assessment is simplistic at best. Well, maybe **Condescending Robot** just knows more about the mechanics of teen suicide than we do. He might have committed suicide a lot or something. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/27 "2010-01-11T14:49:05Z")
\< looks at badge \> Which table are the fucktards at? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/28 "2010-01-11T15:15:05Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > \< looks at badge \> > > Which table are the fucktards at? Well, show me the way To the next fucktard bar Oh, don’t ask why Oh, don’t ask why Show me the way To the next fucktard bar Oh, don’t ask why Oh, don’t ask why For if we don’t find The next fucktard bar I tell you we must die ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/29 "2010-01-11T15:39:16Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > \< looks at badge \> > > Which table are the fucktards at? Thats an all in one pass, you can go anywhere with one of those. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/30 "2010-01-11T15:57:30Z")
So, that’s me over here on my own, is it? Go on then, I’ll have a banana daiquiri. With an umbrella! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/31 "2010-01-11T16:28:47Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > You people are ruining my pit. > Back in the OLD DAYS, you would have been _scorched by fire_ for this kind of pussyfooting on these sanctified grounds. Do you hear me? Your brains would have been incinerated while you sat and stroked your bearded necks. > \ Eww, neckbeards. Hi, **ivan**! I’ll sit with you, you poor lonely bastard. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/32 "2010-01-11T16:36:38Z")
**Condescending Robot** is condescending. ---
**Author:** ![Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@Weaver\_of\_Nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weaver_of_Nightmares)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/33 "2010-01-11T18:07:59Z")
What’s in a name, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/34 "2010-01-11T21:09:05Z")
I agree with **ivn1188**. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/35 "2010-01-11T21:34:51Z")
> [@The\_Weird\_One](#): > > **Condescending Robot** is condescending. But is he a robot? :o ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/36 "2010-01-11T21:43:05Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > But is he a robot? :o Does a mechanical vibrating device count? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/37 "2010-01-11T22:02:34Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Does a mechanical vibrating device count? No. Those things give pleasure. **Condescending Robot** has never done that. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/38 "2010-01-11T22:15:35Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > I agree with **ivn1188**. We’re all shocked. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/39 "2010-01-11T22:46:42Z")
[QUOTE=] I agree with **ivn1188**. [/QUOTE] Now _there’s_ a sig line! ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teenager-committed-suicide-its-your-fault/524446/40 "2010-01-11T22:56:14Z")
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