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[pramod]

Maybe he was afraid he might/will get fired? And get sent back to China/India/whatever....maybe could not handle the shame. Just a wild guess. They haven't released the identity yet.

The pressure of working there must be insane.

 

[Thaedolus]

High stress workplaces aren’t anything new or unique to Facebook. Not sure why this is really newsworthy except Facebook is involved

 

[Tesseract]

 

[iconmaster]

Maybe he was afraid he might/will get fired? And get sent back to China/India/whatever....maybe could not handle the shame. Just a wild guess. They haven't released the identity yet.

All we know is a male employee committed suicide. Nothing about nation of origin. That’s a really wild guess.

 

[nush]

All we know is a male employee committed suicide. Nothing about nation of origin. That’s a really wild guess.

I've just checked a lot of the top stories for this and there are no new additional details hours later.

 

[haxan7]

It’s more common than you think. Girl jumped off her office building near where I work a few months ago and died.

 

[IntentionalPun]

I jerked off an office building once.

And yes he spelled his name lowercase.

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

 

[pramod]

All we know is a male employee committed suicide. Nothing about nation of origin. That’s a really wild guess.

It's an educated guess, do you not know how many Indians and Chinese work at Facebook?

 

[triplestation]

 

[nush]

It's an educated guess, do you not know how many Indians and Chinese work at Facebook?

Do you? Do you know how many that number is as a percentage of the total number of employees? Also how that percentage is representative of other companies of similar size that have diversity on their workforce?

 

[Azurro]

It's an educated guess, do you not know how many Indians and Chinese work at Facebook?

How is that an educated guess? You went from 0 details to "poor minority victim being oppressed to the point of suicide" in seconds.

 

[Ten_Fold]

I always felt like a combination of real life outside of work, along with the stress of your job makes me kill themselves. Sucks to hear about this, but this happens pretty damn often.

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Maybe it was a case of

 

[MafiaMurderBag]

It's kind of funny to think any work even takes place at Facebook. What work is there to be done apart from changing the colour of the header and swapping a couple of menu's around every 6 months?

The platform is practically sentient and is algorithm ran anyway. It's basically Skynet.

 

[Whitecrow]

My bet is this one:

 

[Birdo]

They'll need Foxconn style nets there soon.

 

[V4skunk]

He is a freak, i can't believe the left worship this idiot.
I wouldn't trust him with kids, just look at him.

 

[nush]

 

[Alfen Dave]

Jokes aside, in all honesty, this is sad.

Some of those computer jobs can make you hopeless, although we dont really know the reason behind his action.

 

[lil puff]

Jokes aside, in all honesty, this is sad.

Some of those computer jobs can make you hopeless, although we dont really know the reason behind his action.

Considering it is Suicide month, it's sad.

However, I often wonder. Do you die in mid air? I mean that in all seriousness.

I was also reading about a guy last week who jumped 15 floors down off a building. He was a mental health and suicide counselor.

 

[Tesseract]

what do you mean mid air, you die when your body goes splat against the concrete

guts and goo rushes out of you

 

[Wings 嫩翼翻せ]

Do you die in mid air? I mean that in all seriousness.

You can certainly pass out for many reasons (dyspnea from the great drop velocity, anxiety, etc.) but I'm not sure you can die simply by falling.

 

[Tesseract]

You can certainly pass out for many reasons (dyspnea from the great drop velocity, anxiety, etc.) but I'm not sure you can die simply by falling.

the break would wake you up (temporarily) as you scream and moan to death

blood and guts everywhere, calling out for god to help you but the die has already been cast

 

[infinitys_7th]

Everytime I see him, I am reminded of Wilbur Whately:

It was partly human, beyond a doubt, with very manlike hands and head, and the goatish, chinless face had the stamp of the Whateleys upon it. But the torso and lower parts of the body were teratologically fabulous, so that only generous clothing could ever have enabled it to walk on earth unchallenged or uneradicated.

Edit: I just realized that last sentence lacks context. So, here it is:

 

[lil puff]

You can certainly pass out for many reasons (dyspnea from the great drop velocity, anxiety, etc.) but I'm not sure you can die simply by falling.

I always figured anxiety. Weird that it's probably easier the more flights you have to go.

Imagine changing your mind in mid air.

 

[Sosokrates]

No way am I killing myself for Facebook, zuckerberg and his far fetched ideas.

It's only Facebook.

This person must of had some real troubles.

 

[Shifty]

Shit, now I need a laughing/triggered combo react.

 

[The Pleasure]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

 

[nocsi]

Maybe he was afraid he might/will get fired? And get sent back to China/India/whatever....maybe could not handle the shame. Just a wild guess. They haven't released the identity yet.

The pressure of working there must be insane.

I can see how someone would wanna suicide while working there. The culture there rewards those that can work in a silo without understanding the greater impact of what they're developing. Now, if you're a big picture person:

* Seemingly innocent projects are taken and applied into a different context wherein it enables that new context a greater degree of invasiveness.
* Trying to convince consumers you give a shit about privacy. Privacy isn't something you insert, a la a differential privacy filter.
* Shadow profiles on people that have never even had an account?

As someone that has worked within a nation-state surveillance apparatus: facebook is a whole different level of fucked-up that can be difficult to fathom.

 

[Ellis]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Amen

 

[EverydayBeast]

This isn't supposed to be funny but for the record its funny.

 

[pramod]

Here you go, a NeoGaf exclusive:

 

[GAMETA]

Considering it is Suicide month, it's sad.

However, I often wonder. Do you die in mid air? I mean that in all seriousness.

I was also reading about a guy last week who jumped 15 floors down off a building. He was a mental health and suicide counselor.

I unfortunately saw a video once... the guy jumped from the top of the building, he literally bounced on the floor, almost a meter (3 feet) high, a leg and one of his upper arms detached from the body and you could see the bone and meat, blood was comming out and what's worst, he was still alive and seemed confused, maybe realizing he was yet to die. :/

 

[D-Dude]

what do you mean mid air, you die when your body goes splat against the concrete

guts and goo rushes out of you

This is not entirely true.. I have worked in the funeral business and saw a lot of suicides unfortunately. I have seen bodies that fell from 10 stories and were perfectly intact from the outside. And I have seen bodies that fell from the first floor and were messed up. It depends on the impact... Your body mass, stuff like that. Still, every suicide is sad.

 

[Tesseract]

This is not entirely true.. I have worked in the funeral business and saw a lot of suicides unfortunately. I have seen bodies that fell from 10 stories and were perfectly intact from the outside. And I have seen bodies that fell from the first floor and were messed up. It depends on the impact... Your body mass, stuff like that. Still, every suicide is sad.

ja same, i've seen my share of suicides

it's not always a splat