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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only if it was suicide by a double shot to the back of the head.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Headshots don't work like they do in video games/ movies. A person has a 42% chance of surviving a penetrative wound to the head.

And there are also plenty of cases where a fatal head-wound didn't prevent someone from completing complex tasks before expiring.

Most of these myths trace back to Gary Webb, a journalist who committed suicide by shooting himself twice in the head. Credulous people think the CIA killed him to prevent him from making their cocaine dealing public. Even though his article exposing the CIA was widely debunked and 20years old.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's the likelihood of a reattempt, if the first shot wasn't fatal?

I'm not sure many people would be capable of doing so, given how addled they'd likely be

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

There is a difference between possible and likely. I'm not going to provide a source on that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Surely you're not talking about th

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You could have just as easily inserted boeing lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

That’s a bit of a stretch, let me get some lube first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Got snatched up at an airport

Fell out of a 5th story window

Sent to a religious work camp

Being poisoned with polonium-210

All sorts of fun little things

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

So sad, he fell out of that window to his death.