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36. Really? Because humans cope with these things in many different ways

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Tue Apr 7, 2015, 03:59 AM

Apr 2015

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Man who won "free buffet meals for life" commits suicide after being banned for harassing women [View all] Miles Archer Apr 2015 OP

You've gotta wonder what's in the water there KamaAina Apr 2015 #1

Gosh commit suicide because you don't get your free 7.99 yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #8

No, not quite jmowreader Apr 2015 #9

Oh that's better. Lol. He has issues that we are not privy to yeoman6987 Apr 2015 #10

Had, anyway jmowreader Apr 2015 #11

I'd say he's had his revenge on the human race. That was an awful, awful thing to do... Hekate Apr 2015 #16

That would be pretty Go Vols Apr 2015 #25

That is detailed on p. 326 jberryhill Apr 2015 #22

Dammit! I gave up at page 323! KamaAina Apr 2015 #47

I really did laugh out loud Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #58

Human beings are such fragile creatures....... WillowTree Apr 2015 #2

It really is sad. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #7

yes A-Schwarzenegger Apr 2015 #27

It is tragic. DawgHouse Apr 2015 #56

. herding cats Apr 2015 #3

What an incredibly articulate 13-year-old. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #15

That's a very grown-up little girl Hekate Apr 2015 #17

I'm glad he didn't try to hurt anyone else, at least. cyberswede Apr 2015 #4

The guy had problems, Canoe52 Apr 2015 #5

Yeah this is a fucked up story on multiple levels. Initech Apr 2015 #12

He should have written an autobiography before he died. Quantess Apr 2015 #6

270 pages? I think he did! alcibiades_mystery Apr 2015 #14

All it needs now is someone to publish it! Quantess Apr 2015 #20

He must've had a lot on his plate. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2015 #13

I'm saddened, but not incredibly surprised woolldog Apr 2015 #18

I have to say A-Schwarzenegger Apr 2015 #26

I was just thinking the same thing as I read through this thread. A human being is dead, it used sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #30

Really? Because humans cope with these things in many different ways eShirl Apr 2015 #36

Thank you AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #54

Before your post #18, where did you see "jokes"? Quantess Apr 2015 #57

I hate myself for laughing at this�. dhill926 Apr 2015 #19

Take what you want, but eat what you take jberryhill Apr 2015 #23

Is that supposed to be a sexual joke? Quantess Apr 2015 #61

Uh, no Dr. Freud jberryhill Apr 2015 #63

I was wondering why Wooldog (post 18) thought people were joking. Quantess Apr 2015 #65

The expression "he must have had a lot on his plate" jberryhill Apr 2015 #66

ohmy johnnysad Apr 2015 #21

did he consider the women working there as part of the free buffet ? JI7 Apr 2015 #24

Very sad all around... jonno99 Apr 2015 #32

If he'd been banned from the casino, WTF was he doing there in the first place? tularetom Apr 2015 #28

Yea very odd that Egnever Apr 2015 #37

It's not like they ID everyone entering. Really not that hard to just walk in. jeff47 Apr 2015 #53

Too bad that someone so obviously disturbed had access to a gun. The article Tanuki Apr 2015 #29

He spent time in a psychiatric ward Major Nikon Apr 2015 #34

Very sad. My heart goes out to his family. I wish he'd have gotten help in time. davidsilver Apr 2015 #31

Oh goodie. An opportunity to make jokes about a sad depressed man. CBGLuthier Apr 2015 #33

He doesn't deserve sympathy Major Nikon Apr 2015 #35

There are a number of organic brain diseases which cause irrational behavior jberryhill Apr 2015 #38

My aren't we informed and observant Major Nikon Apr 2015 #39

It is "baseless conjecture" to rule one out jberryhill Apr 2015 #40

Sure Major Nikon Apr 2015 #42

Yeah, because brain disorders or mental illness are so fantastically rare jberryhill Apr 2015 #49

...aside from which jberryhill Apr 2015 #50

Much needed .. AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #55

My aren't we informed and observant!! AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #44

So I'm making baseless assumptions because I don't embrace baseless assumptions Major Nikon Apr 2015 #46

No, and you are smart enough to understand this jberryhill Apr 2015 #48

Were it not for Occam's razor you might have something Major Nikon Apr 2015 #51

Not sure you know how to use that razor jberryhill Apr 2015 #59

"But attempting to apply a rule of logic to what is a moral judgment is a bizarre thing" Major Nikon Apr 2015 #67

Who made jokes? Quantess Apr 2015 #60

Mental illness AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #41

Moral of the story: If you win free buffets for life, don't piss off the restaurant derby378 Apr 2015 #43

he put a curse on a casino Enrique Apr 2015 #45

Damn! Looks like he was banned just in the nick of time. (nt) stone space Apr 2015 #52

I'm sad in some ways... hunter Apr 2015 #62

on the publicness of this suicide. kwassa Apr 2015 #64