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		energy123 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post ... Journalists are taught that suicide is contagious. Using euphemisms may help reduce the number of suicides that their reporting directly causes.

kayodelycaon 6 months ago [–]

That’s because suicide is contagious. Once one person does it, other people around them feel more justified doing it themselves.

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