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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Pursuit of Happiness? Self help radio show hosts commit suicide by inhaling helium

I guess their advice was not working...
I am sympathetic to suicides, even if I am almost always opposed to it personally (with an exception for those who are dying and in pain--at that point it is not me to question such a decision).  Things were apparently bad enough subjectively in their lives to get them to do this.  Still, while I never heard of Lynne Rosen or John Littig before this, there is something very pathetic in having a show called "The Pursuit of Happiness" (and purporting to convince others you were some sort of experts on the subject--their life coaching site is still up) and then killing yourself in a joint suicide.  Let this be a potential lesson to the gullible.

They give the advice of doing one thing to scare yourself each day...a strange video given the circumstances.

I had never heard of helium suicide before, but it is apparently in the top twenty as ways to check out.

x-posted at BSC News

Update:
Suicide attempt outside Today Show at Rockefeller Plaza.  The IRS made him do it.
Paris Jackson sadly attempts suicide...

6 comments:

  1. This is macabre. I noticed the other suggested alternatives to helium: chlorine, argon, nitrogen, etc.

    I wouldn't suggest chlorine because if by chance you survive you will have nasty burns inside like the men in the trenches at Ypres. Argon is more plentiful than helium and is probably a better environmental choice than helium because, while not renewable, it is heavier than air and doesn't float away never to be recycled for someone else's use. Nitrogen seems so pedestrian...the Germans call nitrogen "Stickstoff" which literally means choking gas as in asphyxiation.

    Note that all the choices so far are elements. Not mentioned were the old molecular standbys like carbon monoxide & carbon dioxide. The latter is available in any class A fire extinguisher and the former can be rigged from a tailpipe.

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  2. The apparent spiritual void appearing in the country makes me wonder how much damage another Jim Jones could cause.

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  3. Their dying words were: "follow the yellow brick road."

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  4. I imagined them reading the warning label on the bag and laughing because they sounded like the Chipmunks.

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