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Every show with a suicide now has a disclaimer with a suicide hotline at the beginning. Is there any evidence that these warnings make a positive difference?

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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

The national suicide prevention hotline is almost always too busy and callers often need to wait on hold. They've calibrated everything from the hold music, the script, and the recorded voice to keep callers on the line.

This factoid splits people pretty evenly between those who find it horrifying and those who find it hilarious.

I should say that according to the hotline, the changes made to the hold system has resulted in 100,000 fewer hang-ups per year.

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are you telling me they intentionally avoid playing Van Halen - Jump for anyone put on hold?

[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

No, you see the trick is to play Jump by Van Halen exactly once at the right time followed immediately by Killing in the name of by Rage Against the Machine.

This combo is super effective... As long as the stay listen until the end.

[-] Noedel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

The word hang up threw me off a little given the context

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This is interesting. Source?

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