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latest comments are at the top. (our responses
to comments follow.)
07.31.10, Phil C., Sick F**kers!!!! If you want to talk about the jumpers as
if they are trash, then don't make an effort to save them or write about it.
They jump because they do not want help and the Skyway is a perfeect place to
not receive it. Do all suicidal people a HUGE favor, if you see a splash next to
your boat, paddle on, we were content without your heroics. Otherwise, we
probably wouldn't be on the bridge in the first place. This site in no way,
shape or form is an effort to prevent suicides, only a forum for sick
f**ks to
get the gory details that the news refuses to broadcast for good reason. Want to
see the crime scene photos of my father's suicide by 9MM in the mouth? Bet you
sociopaths would. (we only talk about "trash" jumpers when
we feel they deserve death and we indicate those on the
name list with an *. some people may
come down on jumpers for whatever reason, but that is simply their opinions. your email made total sense, once we
got to the part about your dad taking himself out in a completely visual and
gory manner. obviously, you are pissed off about it. so much so, you lash out at
this site, perhaps in an effort to justify in your mind what he did. we hope it makes you feel better
about what you were dealt, but we doubt it. you speak out for suicidals like you
are one of them and have some sort of special status to do so. no, you are not
qualified just because dad opted for the early dirt nap. tell us how f**ked we
are after you make the jump.)
03.16.10, anon, Will you please stop the placing bets on when the next jumper
will be? This is very painful for the families that are left behind when they
stumble upon this website. It makes me sick to my stomach. Keep in mind that
someday this could be one of your family members. (we
recommend that when someone stumbles upon this site and determines it to be vile
and contemptible, that they quickly stumble back out. we know it takes little
time to finger out they won't feel good about their visit, just click out. would
you like to guess when one of our
family jumps?)
02.12.10, Agnes, Spain, No wonder, when I come across this by any chance, why
America is SOMETIMES a F** SICK PLACE to live with psychotic douchebags just
like you and your readers are. LOW KEY morals you guys have. I don't see the
POINT in making FUN of one person and family tragedy. Anywhere in Europe, you
would get sued and jailed for encouraging a crime. (we do
not make fun of jumpers and family tragedy. what crime are we encouraging?
suicide is not a crime in florida and we never encourage suicide. see how wrong
you socialist europeans are?)
12.16.09, happybutterfly,
naplesnews.com, Sad that it has a "jumper pool", where people guess when the
next person will jump off the bridge.
12.16.09, PATSWIFEY,
naplesnews.com, there are some real sick people in this world. that website
is a disgrace. how horrible to make fun of something so awful.
10.14.09, anon, this website is sick and terrible and you don't need to put
this kind of information on here much less joke about it thinking "who the next
jumper will be" you have no right to have this here and if you've ever felt the
pain to know someone you love with ALL of your heart has done such a thing you
would understand why it hurts to see this here. suicide is not a joke, don't
take it as one, ever. "jump on in, the water's fine" are you some sick freak? I
was ELEVEN when my dad killed himself, do you know what that puts on me? ELEVEN
YEARS OLD. AND IT'S ON THIS SITE. You're just sick and wrong and don't even know
the whole story EVER so just do everyone a big favor and delete this site
(while it's true we do not know the whole story behind any
of the jumpers we feature on this site, we feel it's perfectly fine that we post
the results of those that chose to jump off this public
conveyance. we are sorry your father chose to leave you like he did. in the end,
who is the cruelest one? us? no, it was him. we did not push him off the bridge,
he jumped. the "jump on in, the water's fine" part is
posted at the top of the guessing form,
which is the 'pool' part of jumperpool and is a simple pun inferring the
entering of a pool.)
10.16.09, anon, As much as I'd like to say "I
hope it happens to you one day" I don't. I really hope this site is actually
here to prevent it. & my dad was a great man, like I said, you just don't know
the whole story, he wasn't cruel, this site is because you're cocky about
suicide, it's not funny, nobody thinks it's funny. Don't think of this as "hate"
mail, it's more of me just telling you the truth.
(are you sure that your dad would have jumped, had he had
this site to look over? we're not sure knowing the whole story really matters.
with all the other more private options to end one's life, he chose to go all
public, involving several agencies and many on the bridge at the time. while we
admit that our approach is crass and perhaps less than appealing to many, it is
a source of news about the jumpers off the skyway for many more. again, we are
truly sorry you lost your father. we know personally about suicide in the
family, it hurts, we get that. you can read more about why we do this
here.)
06.07.09, Abby A., I logged into your site simply because I wanted to get
your contact info. to send you this message. I know that you think you are
funny. I know that you have a morbid fascination with suicide and that it feels
good for you to pass judgement on people. I also know that you probably get
emails like mine on a daily basis... I can almost guarantee that this one will
not make a bit of difference in your world. Hurting people is obviously a
passion of yours and I don't expect you to change. I also don't expect you to
show the slightest bit of compassion. You love controversy and inflicting pain.
But I'm sending this anyway because I need to tell you what a bad person you
are. How do you sleep at night knowing that you hurt people and pour salt into
the wounds of families who have suffered from a loved one's suicide? You make an
already devastating situation worse. Our society is not accepting of mental
illness and it's because of people like you.
I won't tell you about my
experience with depression or what it feels like to lose someone you love to
suicide. I thought about sending you pictures of my brother, in an effort to
extract some sort of compassion from your hateful heart. But you know what? You
don't even deserve to see what he looked like and I won't trash his name or
legacy by having someone like you pass judgement on him. And what, exactly, are
you trying to promote with your ridiculous website? You post comments on news
stories about suicide, directing people to your site. Why? The only conclusion
that I can come to is that you like hurting people. So, Congrats!!! It works!
Are you proud of yourself? You must have some sort of preconceived idea of what
a suicidal person is like... desperate, weak, etc. You have no clue. Depression
does not discriminate based on looks, age, social status, etc. It can affect
anyone and the majority of people are very good at hiding it. Remember that. You
judge now but what if it were your mother, sister, daughter, son, brother? Would
you be so quick to judge then? Depression is a life-threatening illness just
like cancer or AIDS. People don't choose to be this way.
My passion in life
is to be a suicide prevention/ depression awareness advocate. I am writing a
book on the subject, and everything I stand for is the polar opposite of
everything you stand for. About your little disclaimer at the beginning of your
website... so, that's how you cover your ass? Kind of like an, "I told you so...
enter at your own risk?" Your ridiculous bumper stickers and poorly-written
content clearly showcase what an ass you are. I pity people like you who have so
much hate in their hearts for the things that they don't understand. You call
jumping off the skyway an 'asinine stunt.' Obviously, you consider yourself
superior because you don't suffer from depression. But you're not superior. What
you are is lucky... lucky that you don't understand it. My brother was a far
better person than you - he had a heart of gold, and your heart is black.
(maybe we are a little funny at times. maybe we use humor
to help get through life. we do not have "a morbid fascination with suicide".
it's more a simple interest that evolved into this poorly-written web site. we
have not passed judgment on anyone other than those that chose to pass judgment
on us. we do offer our opinion on jumping and that perhaps more is made out
about depression then should be. you are correct, your email will not make a bit
of difference in our world. you are writing it from the point of view in that we
obviously have no idea what it is like to lose someone to suicide. you are
wrong. we have, so what? we could go on further explaining our point of view,
but we have done so too many times on this ridiculous web site already. you are
so sure of our intention, that reading into it is not worth your time and
effort. that's ok. hurting people is not a passion of ours. our purpose is
obviously not obvious to you and we will spend little time expecting you to
understand. our society is perhaps not accepting of mental illness because it is
used far too often explaining away the ills of society. too many people are
jumping (no pun intended) on the mental illness band wagon explaining away their
own lack of responsibility and taking far too many drugs as a consequence. people like us point out this fact and people like
you do not like it, refuse to understand it, and then call it hateful. pictures
of your brother will extract about as much compassion from our black heart as
pictures of our loved one that committed suicide. depression is not a
life-threatening illness just like cancer or aids. depression can be over come
far easier, even without drugs. your brother could have beat his depression, whether you want to
believe it or not. we applaud your passion to be a suicide prevention/depression
awareness advocate. may you have much success in your endeavors and your book,
although we wonder how well another book on a shelf with the hundreds of other
depression related tomes will do. we will continue to try our method with our
little disclaimer, ridiculous bumper stickers, and poorly-written content. we
don't expound hate, we are simply trying a different approach. we do not get
emails like yours as often as you think. we post all these mails
here and within the
jumper pages. we invite you to read every
one of them, but you won't. our mail is mostly favorable from visitors and believe it or not,
family members effected by suicide. they seem to get it. you can continue to see
us as cold black hearted haters. we will continue to see you as a myopic detractor
with no intention to understand. that's ok too.)
04.22.09 Rachel, jumper name: Me..... Soon....,
I would love one of those tee shirts...rachel requests a 'dive
team shirt', along with an indication that perhaps she will jump. then the
next day, she lays into us:
04.23.09 Rachel, Speaking as a paramedic
for the past 23+ years....all I can say is I hope potential jumpers DO NOT go to
your website.... If they are considering going over the side of the Skyway...the
last thing they need to read is your song and dance of how selfish it is not to
think of the ones left behind... While that might work for someone who has
people who care....what about those who have no one who care...or worse yet...no
one at all... When I read your message to potential jumpers...I could do nothing
but sit here and shake my head... While I understand that you don't physically
push the person over the edge... As you so often say.... You sure as hell DO
NOTHING to deter it... You'd get much further if you used a little compassion
and understanding... Do you think the emergency workers who talk people off that
bridge are as seemingly heartless as you and lay guilt trips on a potential
jumper about the relatives and friends they will leave behind if they do the
deed? I guess it's a good thing you just sit behind a keyboard and do your
damage and are not the one responsible for actually trying to save that persons
life... For all the good you would do....you may as well as just go up to them
amd push them off...(if you truly think someone
contemplating suicide off the skyway could not possibly be deterred from doing
so after reading this site, then you are wrong. we believe that smacking
potential suicidals with reality is far better than the "compassion and
understanding" coddling you suggest. whether they have loved ones or not,
showing the pain and suffering left behind or the
pain and suffering they will
themselves endure, it is the explicit reality we suggest they be hit with. when the first responders
approach someone on the edge of the
bridge, ready to jump, we recommend they show graphic photographs of past jumpers
while verbally describing the outcome, to hammer home
true reality.
your
methods do not work. while you confuse us, we will let you know
if and when we get more shirts made.) but wait, there's more:
05.05.09 Rachel, I am not saying that your site is all bad..or for that
matter...all wrong.... Maybe it has deterred some..... Though I can't imagine
how.... Unfortunately I have read many of your responses to other comments and I
think you could give a sh*t less anyway.... Out of curiousity...are you a
trained professional on the do's and don'ts of a crisis situation? I am...and I
know that each potential jumper is different in that they respond differently to
what is said to them as they are looking 200 ft down.... I hate the word
coddle... I prefer to call it compassion...something you obviously know nothing
about.... Oh...to ease up on your confusion....keep the shirt.... I was going to
send it to you anyway.... Maybe YOU will join the club...(our
giving a shit or not has nothing to do with how we feel jumpers should be
treated. we are of the opinion that it's one's own responsibility as to how one
lives one's life or takes it. they are responsible if they kill them self. if you truly want to end suicides off that bridge, you need to do more
than what is being done now. we had a record number of jumpers in
2008. things
are getting grim and your job will be secure, because things are going to get
grimmer. people are going to snap in many different ways, many of which are
violent. sure,
you are a "trained professional", but that does not grant you sole authority in
how things should be handled when it comes to crisis handling. apparently,
compassion and understanding fail quite often. why not get in the face of
potential jumpers? why not try something shocking and extreme? why not let a
little common sense dictate proceedings for a change? it would seem common sense
is the common sense thing to do in most every case concerning most every problem
we have. yet so called "professionals" and jackasshole politicians screw with the workings of common sense
until we now run every aspect of our lives with convoluted bullshit and
political correctness to the point things
are at an all time dysfunction. we wish you much luck in
your endeavors to save the lives of those in need. please stay safe.)
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