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Nowadays I'm afraid it would be secretly sponsored by Red Bull or GoPro and filmed for virality. I like the idea, though you would have to keep it very secret,
by devindotcom 12y ago
Nowadays I'm afraid it would be secretly sponsored by Red Bull or GoPro and filmed for virality. I like the idea, though you would have to keep it very secret, like no names no phones secret if you want it to really work.
The name likely hearkens back to the Robert Louis Stevenson (edit: Robert, not Robery) story of the same name in which (minor spoiler warning) a group gathers regularly composed of men who want to end their lives but lack the minerals to do it, so they arrange murders based on the deal of a deck of cards. Really wonderful story, really, part of his "New Arabian Nights," which you can find online here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/839 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/839
- aeturnum 12y agoI know people who have been involved in a modern version of this, and they do insist on taking peoples phones and other such security measures.
- hellbanner 12y agoYou know people who play suicide games -- have you saught to get them counseling?
- copsarebastards 12y agoThe suicide club was so named with the expressed intention of scaring away people like you, who don't look into things further.
- bevarum 12y agoI wonder what criteria were used for joining the club - too bad it's gone...sounds like something I might have enjoyed...
- egypturnash 12y ago"The SUICIDE CLUB was chosen as a name, based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story of a club that gamed at midnight, the losers forfeiting their lives" - the 'more' link at the bottom of the story.
- mathattack 12y agoPer the wikipedia article, it was named in Stevenson's spirit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Club_%28secret_society%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Club_%28secret_society%...