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It sounds like there’s no evidence that the committer committed suicide and this post is based on an assumption that ve did. I think the author’s heart is in th
by prepend 5y ago
It sounds like there’s no evidence that the committer committed suicide and this post is based on an assumption that ve did. I think the author’s heart is in the right place and the mental health advice is helpful to all, but it seems off to assume suicide without some confirmation from family or friends.
I had a friend who committed suicide and the friend and her family did not want the cause of death public.
The US cause of death is private and would be considered a privacy violation if disclosed by a healthcare provider.
Perhaps in the future, not speculating or disclosing non-public cause of death would still be possible as part of a helpful article.
I apologize if I misread and the cause was publicly known. Even though the contributor’s real name wasn’t used in the article, this can be really sensitive and painful if ever linked to the individual.
- jackpot51 5y agoI talked privately with others, and am fairly sure suicide was the cause of death. There were attempts in the past that I was unaware of until right before I wrote this article. I don't see what your point really is with this comment, but I expect just as much from hacker news.
- thrownotmyhn 5y agoI'm not sure how denying facts is helpful in these situations. Environments that blatantly and inhumanely disregard mental health such as MIT, certain FAANG companies, the US DoJ, factories in China building phones insist that there are many factors in suicides when the circumstances are obvious; immorally deflecting blame, rather than introspectively remediating their own problems. Their very first course of action is usually to deny that the death was a suicide, once it gets out that it was, they deny any involvement or contribution whatsoever.