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tinyE: You just described the Keweenaw and our rate is pretty low.

Not a joke post. Most people who see where I live say it's beautiful but also assume the suicide rate in the winter must be ridiculous. It's not.

Come to think of it, I don't think there has been a suicide up here since I moved here in 2006.
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TARFU: I knew you were gonna toss that into the ring. Why is the suicide rate so high in Russia, then? Supposedly, the seasons and weather have a real effect on personality and behavior.
Hmmmm, does Russia have any kind of a prolonged summer?
As much as I bitch about my weather, we DO HAVE SEASONS.

I know Russia has some beautiful areas in the south but I would imagine several areas further north are snow and gloom 365 days a year. I'd be curious to see a breakdown of where in Russia most suicides occur, if there is indeed a pattern.
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Cadaver747: I don't know how are things elsewhere but in Russia males dying at age of 50+ mostly have strong addiction to alcohol and tobacco, mostly. Russia is one of the sh@tholes's countries, we have an alarming death rate of population. Only Ukraine and the few African countries can compare.
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TARFU: Not to be depressing, but I have read about this being a serious problem in Russia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Russia

All of that cold weather, darkness, and snow is depressing, perhaps?
Darkness? Heh, well in some polar regions of Russia maybe. It's sunny in my part (Moscow). It's definitely more warm than in London, UK. Cold weather? I don't know I thought that main territory of USA and Russia covers mostly the same climatic zones. The snow is depressing for drivers and street cleaners ;) Yeah in Siberia snow and low temperatures is a real problem (Republic of Sakha or Yakutia), they have to cover their cars to save motors and glass, the poorest people wear costly fur, the fur hat thieves (yeap!) is a common thing there.
As for the suicides I heard that the most self deaths are registered in outside city called Kaliningrad (ex-Königsberg which was forcedly removed from Germany) and there are tons of drugs including the so-called "designer drugs".
Official news also mentioned several times about social clubs for children would-be suicidal victims. This theme is under taboo, government doesn't want to even discuss it.
But the real problem is that our nation is dying really fast, the whole cities and towns are disappearing and no one knows why. Only recently our government suddenly decided to do something about cancer deceases, because last year we won the first place for cancer percentage in population. Even children are smoking cigarettes and drink beer, this is very unsettling.
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Cadaver747: But the real problem is that our nation is dying really fast, the whole cities and towns are disappearing and no one knows why. Only recently our government suddenly decided to do something about cancer deceases, because last year we won the first place for cancer percentage in population. Even children are smoking cigarettes and drink beer, this is very unsettling.
Not to kid too much about a serious issue, but: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(video_game_series)]Did you guys think about getting Nathan Hale on the case? Cuz it sounds like you guys got aliens...and you REALLLY don't want aliens.[/url]
Post edited May 30, 2019 by GameRager
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Cadaver747: But the real problem is that our nation is dying really fast, the whole cities and towns are disappearing and no one knows why. Only recently our government suddenly decided to do something about cancer deceases, because last year we won the first place for cancer percentage in population. Even children are smoking cigarettes and drink beer, this is very unsettling.
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GameRager: Not to kid too much about a serious issue, but: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(video_game_series)]Did you guys think about getting Nathan Hale on the case? Cuz it sounds like you guys got aliens...and you REALLLY don't want aliens.[/url]
Yeah, they f@cked up Russia from the very beginning. I read US/EU articles about politics and I know that Russia is the worst and most evil country in the world, that's a known fact (subjective joking) ;)
No wonder that Russian in video games either enemy or plain dead ;)
But I guess it's better to be a godless soviet communist than a Nazi in constant Call of Duty / Battlefield games. Poor Germans ;(

Only Zangief from Street Fighter is okay. But Zangief is not even a Russian name, it's Tartarian (second to Russian nation but still).
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Cadaver747
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GameRager: Not to kid too much about a serious issue, but: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(video_game_series)]Did you guys think about getting Nathan Hale on the case? Cuz it sounds like you guys got aliens...and you REALLLY don't want aliens.[/url]
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Cadaver747: Yeah, they f@cked up Russia from the very beginning. I read US/EU articles about politics and I know that Russia is the worst and most evil country in the world, that's a known fact (subjective joking) ;)
No wonder that Russian in video games either enemy or plain dead ;)

Only Zangief from Street Fighter is okay. But Zangief is not even a Russian name, it's Tartarian (second to Russian nation but still).
At least in chess they're heroes :)
Compliments to this thread for not getting political.

Seriously.
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GameRager: Not to kid too much about a serious issue, but: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance_(video_game_series)]Did you guys think about getting Nathan Hale on the case? Cuz it sounds like you guys got aliens...and you REALLLY don't want aliens.[/url]
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Cadaver747: Yeah, they f@cked up Russia from the very beginning. I read US/EU articles about politics and I know that Russia is the worst and most evil country in the world, that's a known fact (subjective joking) ;)
No wonder that Russian in video games either enemy or plain dead ;)

Only Zangief from Street Fighter is okay. But Zangief is not even a Russian name, it's Tartarian (second to Russian nation but still).
To be fair i've played some russian made FPSs like You Are Empty and found them very enjoyable.



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Cadaver747: Yeah, they f@cked up Russia from the very beginning. I read US/EU articles about politics and I know that Russia is the worst and most evil country in the world, that's a known fact (subjective joking) ;)
No wonder that Russian in video games either enemy or plain dead ;)

Only Zangief from Street Fighter is okay. But Zangief is not even a Russian name, it's Tartarian (second to Russian nation but still).
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StarChan: At least in chess they're heroes :)
Unless/until they play against quality made american computers. 0.o
Post edited May 30, 2019 by GameRager
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GameRager: To be fair i've played some russian made FPSs like You Are Empty and found them very enjoyable.
Heh, that's what I call a "niche" game. And how many Russian FPS you played? ;)
I don't like Russian FPS at all, there are Chasm (very good game) and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. from Ukrainian studios and a few crappy games from fellow countrymen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rBz0sCIxY -Wolf3D/Doom killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEq2orcvckI - Quake/Unreal/Doom 3 killer
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Cadaver747
rounded, grounded, saucy, gooey, sooooooooo many toppin's; yah, sex is fine, but gimme pizza any day ;P
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Fairfox: rounded, grounded, saucy, gooey, sooooooooo many toppin's; yah, sex is fine, but gimme pizza any day ;P
I think you just described both.
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Fairfox: rounded, grounded, saucy, gooey, sooooooooo many toppin's; yah, sex is fine, but gimme pizza any day ;P
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tinyE: I think you just described both.
Sounds to me that she wants to trade sex for pizza meals.
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GameRager: To be fair i've played some russian made FPSs like You Are Empty and found them very enjoyable.
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Cadaver747: Heh, that's what I call a "niche" game. And how many Russian FPS you played? ;)
I don't like Russian FPS at all, there are Chasm and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. from Ukrainian studios and a few crappy games from fellow countrymen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rBz0sCIxY -Wolf3D/Doom killer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEq2orcvckI - Quake/Unreal/Doom 3 killer
I played a few(forget the names but I have the boxes somewhere) from boxed copies and from other stores....so a few here and there. I also liked Metro2033(I guess this is technically russian as it comes from Russ/Ukranian(?) source materials).
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GameRager:
Metro is a Ukranian game based on Russian book from Russian writer. And I really don't like how they portrayed one fraction in second game. I don't think that communists are super good guys (subjective opinion), but it was offensive nonetheless (generalisation).
Post edited May 30, 2019 by Cadaver747
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tinyE: I think you just described both.
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Cadaver747: Sounds to me that she wants to trade sex for pizza meals.
No need for comments like that.
low rated
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GameRager:
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Cadaver747: Metro is a Ukranian game based on Russian book from Russian writer. And I really don't like how they portrayed one fraction in second game. I don't think that communists are super good guys (subjective opinion), but it was offensive nonetheless (generalisation).
Well they have to make the "bad guys" they chose look bad, right? :\

BTW: What about how they portrayed the "totally not nazis"?

(I like how they used a weird symbol in place of a swastika to avoid being banned from Germany/etc)

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Cadaver747: Sounds to me that she wants to trade sex for pizza meals.
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StarChan: No need for comments like that.
Not to be mean, but what did you expect in a thread with sex as a topic? :\

;)
Post edited May 30, 2019 by GameRager