Terrorist paralyses train traffic in Swedish mid-east, ruins my day

[Aimless]

Okay actually it's a guy who's been climbing around on a bridge threatening to jump in front of a train. So the police decided to stop ALL trains that'd be passing that spot. One piece of a perfect storm of misfortune that culminated in my missing my flight back north to my freckles. The last flight there from sthlm today, with any airline. And today was the first day this summer that I was finally able to make use of some of the flex hours I've racked up... so close, SO CLOSE... damn you bridge climbing jump threatener. I hope you live.




One single person can really cause a lot of trouble without much work. A dedicated group of people taking turns pretending to be severely depressed potential jumpers could paralyse much of Sweden for a long time. Goddamned trains.

[Veldan Rath]

Yeah, same happens here, possibly up to millions in lost productivity, or family events ruined, cause some asshole is having a major emo moment and wants EVERYONE to suffer with him.

Be a man, get a shotgun and stick it in your mouth, leave the rest of us alone.

[Ominous Gamer]

A dedicated group of people taking turns pretending to be severely depressed potential jumpers could paralyse much of Sweden for a long time.

That sounds like the way a terrorist would think...

[CitizenCain]

Be a man, get a shotgun and stick it in your mouth, leave the rest of us alone.

That's just a bad idea. You could end up like that guy who had to shoot himself in the head 3 times with his shotgun before he actually gave up the ghost. (As I recall, he put the gun in his mouth, but the trigger-pull skewed the gun, so he burned the inside of his mouth and blew out his cheek with shot 1. Then he tried putting the barrel against the bottom of his jaw, which only succeeded in blowing off most of his jaw with his second shot. Fortunately, the third shot finally did it, but, wow. Not exactly the quick, painless GSW suicide you envision.) Or one of the many survivors missing large portions of their faces. Long guns just aren't intended for self-inflicted wounds. If you're not willing to go through the effort of sawing off the barrel, it's time to invest a few hundred bucks in a pistol. Flat contact against the temple, proper trigger-pull technique, and done.

[RandBlade]

Or how about you quit being an emo kid crying for attention and get on with your life and let us get on with ours?

Bridge-jumpers are incredibly selfish.

[Veldan Rath]

That's just a bad idea. You could end up like that guy who had to shoot himself in the head 3 times with his shotgun before he actually gave up the ghost. (As I recall, he put the gun in his mouth, but the trigger-pull skewed the gun, so he burned the inside of his mouth and blew out his cheek with shot 1. Then he tried putting the barrel against the bottom of his jaw, which only succeeded in blowing off most of his jaw with his second shot. Fortunately, the third shot finally did it, but, wow. Not exactly the quick, painless GSW suicide you envision.) Or one of the many survivors missing large portions of their faces. Long guns just aren't intended for self-inflicted wounds. If you're not willing to go through the effort of sawing off the barrel, it's time to invest a few hundred bucks in a pistol. Flat contact against the temple, proper trigger-pull technique, and done.

Well, the idea still has merit.