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Why so many suicides? Let’s investigate. Is it the constant noise? The lack of climate control? The lack of adequate food? The unavailability of mental health
by more_corn 5y ago
Why so many suicides? Let’s investigate.
Is it the constant noise? The lack of climate control? The lack of adequate food? The unavailability of mental health support? The feeling of helplessness to fix one’s untenable situation?
Couldn’t possibly be! More investigation required!
Ok, call me crazy but how about this: Put some mobile barracks on the docks away from the construction noise so sailors can sleep. Call in a half dozen food trucks so sailors can get fed. It’s not like the thing is out to sea. It’s literally parked at the dock.
- vba616 5y ago>Couldn’t possibly be! No, it couldn't possibly be. Here is the money quote: '...he told the sailors they should have "reasonable expectations" and that they're not "sleeping in a foxhole like a Marine might be doing," some crewmembers were stunned. The fourth sailor from the ship called it a "laughable, offensive speech." "That's not a reason for why we live the way we do," said the second sailor. "Things can be done to fix what we're going through." ' What leads to despair is not seeing a purpose, realizing that you're at the mercy of a completely irrational, uncaring, and perhaps corrupt bureaucratic system, and turning your life and health over to it was the worst mistake you made in your life.
- pfortuny 5y agoAlso mechanical noises are completely different from natural ones and are very very prone to inducing mental illness. You can live in a “foxhole” as long as there isn’t a sledgehammer working two meters awya.