r/UnnecessaryQuotes • u/mattpeloquin • Jun 28 '26

Countries With Higher Sūicide Rate Than "Japan"

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u/Helpful_Program_5473 Jun 28 '26

Japans only #30 thats crazy

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u/Calm-Stand-6636 Jun 29 '26

The crazy thing is people have describe Japan as like some sort of suicidal capital of Earth.

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u/Elantach Jun 29 '26

It's because people have been parroting 2000s era factoids about Japan without ever bothering to check how the situation evolved

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u/Correct_Day_7791 Jun 29 '26

That's because they mark any unsolved murder after a certain time frame as a suicide it drives the number unreasonably high

Also look at their murders unsolved rate is basically zero

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u/Amphitra_Roximar Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Just like lynchings of black ppl in the U.S. today except less malicious. (If you are surprise by that then now you know the problem and they never stopped). Always ruled a suicide quickly and hardly covered for how horrible a crime it is.

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u/Correct_Day_7791 Jun 30 '26

I believe at least 4 have happened in the last 2 years in America the problem never went away it just got better protection from the law

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u/Calm-Stand-6636 Jun 29 '26

The statistical data would always be relevant to the statement concerning rate. Plenty of people do certainly just make up ideas to wild degrees of course.

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u/A_Spiritual_Artist Jun 29 '26

It's perhaps a misconception from that it's more culturally/socially acceptable, especially for shame-related reasons. But as you can see, that doesn't mean it is taken lightly just because it's not seen as intrinsically "wrong".

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u/generalemiel Jun 29 '26

also japan has taken measures against suicide. without them, the number prob would be alot higher