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BartjeDlast Tuesday at 9:33 PM1 replyview on HN

Suicides are hugely affected by cultural norms. In certain Asian cultures this has quite the history, so this can't be a correct assumption.


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Karrot_Kreamlast Tuesday at 9:44 PM

Most Asian cultures with suicide problems acknowledge and try very hard to bring those rates down. It isn't just a cultural norm and is in fact a good indicator of the happiness of a population.