Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again

Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again by lolinder on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @01:07PM (#40443375)

Suicide rates during WW1 were hovering around 20 per 100k. During the Great Depression it peaked at 22 per 100k [0]. That's around 50% higher than the 2022 number you cite (14.3 per 100k), which is hard to describe as "really not that far off".

EDIT: The comment I replied to has been edited in multiple ways since I replied, so the text in quotes above is no longer present. The comment previously indicated that we had already exceeded "the world wars" (not just WW2) and that we were "really not that far off" from the rates of the Great Depression.

Slight meta tangent: OP, in general it's considered good form to reply to people who reply to you rather than just modifying your comment. Calling out edits explicitly (like I've done here) after you've received replies is also considered good form.

[0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2023/11/29/2022-suic...

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Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again by mulmen on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:27PM (#40445192)

I edit a lot so I set the delay in my profile to give me 10 minutes to do so.

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Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again by lolinder on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:49PM (#40445508)

If you edited within ten minutes then something isn't working, because your comment changed multiple times after I replied to it. The delay is supposed to prevent me from seeing it at all until the period is up.

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Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again by mulmen on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @07:42PM (#40448337)

I’m not OP.

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Re:Sal Khan is pioneering innovation in education again by lolinder on Thursday May 23, 2024 @10:15AM (#40455034)

Ah, my bad.

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