Suicide epidemic in small Scranton town
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Maria Booth said:It's basically some kind of suicide cult, honestly. These people just want to rack up as many comments as possible on their online obituaries. It’s got nothing to do with being broke or whatever—I mean, nobody's actually taking their life just because they're poor, so that's definitely not it.
Yeah, that's what I thought too, until I read this the other day...
The Wikipedia article has plenty of useful links—some people have even done actual studies on the subject.