Every 40 seconds someone is topping themselves

That's right...according to a UN report every 40 seconds someone in the world takes their own life, a global tally of more than 800,000 suicides a year, according to a landmark United Nations report on the subject.

The research found that suicide killed more people each year than conflicts and natural catastrophes, accounting for more than half of the world's 1.5 million violent deaths annually, World Health Organization staff told reporters at its presentation in Geneva.

The report, the U.N. agency's first on the subject, analyzed data on suicides from 172 countries, and took a decade to compile...

Source: [link to edition.cnn.com]

Honestly, I can't blame people for wanting to end their suffering in this world. I personally think we should have suicide booths on major street corners ala the first episode of Futurama.

Humans gonna human!