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Man jumped off Empire State Building

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At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!
 
So what was the last thing to go through his head when he hit the ground?............................



















His ass.
 
Damn, there are far better ways to off yourself. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get hold of live hand grenades here in the U.S. 😉 Hmm, and consider THAT mess! :Q
 
Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Damn, there are far better ways to off yourself. Unfortunately, it's difficult to get hold of live hand grenades here in the U.S. 😉 Hmm, and consider THAT mess! :Q

that is quite a mess 😛
 
Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!

*weeps*
 
Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!

You need to redo your math there.

2004 - 1931 = 73 yrs.

31 people / 73 yrs ~ .42 ppl/yr
 
Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!



That's nothing, they stopped counting suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge in SF when it went over 1,000.
 
Originally posted by: Gurck
Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!

*weeps*

isnt that supposed to be about 1 jumper every 2 years?
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: clamum
I think committing suicide by jumping would be pretty sh!tty. Especially having to fall 80 floors before you hit.

They say most people who jump from tall places are dead from a heart attack before they hit the ground.

I don't believe that.
Of course not... think of all the skydivers who free-fall for minutes before they even pull the chute...
 
Originally posted by: AkumaX
Originally posted by: Gurck
Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!

*weeps*

isnt that supposed to be about 1 jumper every 2 years?

That's why I replied, if unhappy people want to stop being unhappy so be it, but math skills that bad are just sad 🙁
 
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: clamum
I think committing suicide by jumping would be pretty sh!tty. Especially having to fall 80 floors before you hit.

They say most people who jump from tall places are dead from a heart attack before they hit the ground.

I don't believe that.
Of course not... think of all the skydivers who free-fall for minutes before they even pull the chute...

That's true. But then again, skydivers know they're gonna live (most likely), while jumpers know that there's no way in hell they're makin' it, and it's not like you can stop falling and decide to live. So during that fall, maybe they're overwhelmed, and they black out. Not entirely impossible.
 
Originally posted by: mobobuff
Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: clamum
I think committing suicide by jumping would be pretty sh!tty. Especially having to fall 80 floors before you hit.

They say most people who jump from tall places are dead from a heart attack before they hit the ground.

I don't believe that.
Of course not... think of all the skydivers who free-fall for minutes before they even pull the chute...

That's true. But then again, skydivers know they're gonna live (most likely), while jumpers know that there's no way in hell they're makin' it, and it's not like you can stop falling and decide to live. So during that fall, maybe they're overwhelmed, and they black out. Not entirely impossible.

While we are at it perhaps they die of asphyxiation since they won't STFU and reaslize that their feeble lungs can no longer create an effective vacum to suck air in
 
Originally posted by: imtim83
What happens to a person for real when they jump from a very tall building and hit a flat surface ?

Their carcass hits the pavement or any available surface at ~135mph and the same thing happens as when you drop meat from that height with the exception that some of the body parts are under pressure and some of the chemicals might react with that energy to create a larger "meat-impact residual-radius"


 
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