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0 pointsjayceedenton2y ago0 comments

It's before!

A couple I noticed (sorry, not at a computer right now):

> Only with decomposition will they begin to float.

> “There have been people that have jumped off Dartford Bridge and ended up in central London.

Completely unnecessary edits if you ask me.

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l3x2y ago

I expect this was too comply with guidance on reporting on suicide [1]

> Avoid reporting methods of suicide

> Don’t refer to a specific site or location as popular or known for suicides

These 'top 10 tips' have put us in a strange place re reporting on suicide. The news becomes very cryptic with a lot that's unsaid.

In Ireland, reporting on specific suicide events is almost completely absent as the effect is so dramatic.

Dartford is downstream?

I thought the same thing. Of course it is downstream, but I think this is why the person mentioned it: because the journey is surprising.

They're saying that powerful tidal currents caused someone that entered the water at Dartford to end up in central London. A very unexpected result.

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