Youth Suicide Rates Declined in 2000s as Internet and Games Expanded
X users react to a CDC chart of U.S. youth suicide rates dipping in the 2000s amid rising internet and games.
TLDR
A tweet by @QuetzalPhoenix shared a CDC chart of U.S. suicide rates among 15- to 24-year-olds falling in the early 2000s. The post stated that video games explained everything in the last ten years. @jmhorp replied that the drop matched the end of the Kurt Cobain Effect and a return to trend. @RetroNationX called 2000-2007 the peak of gaming. Other replies linked the chart to Reddit trends or claimed gamers built the country.
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