19 September 2015, Pattaya, Thailand – The son of a senior Pattaya policeman died after shooting himself during an argument with his father over household chores.
Tosawat Boonrod, 21, shot himself through the ear with the service pistol belonging to his father, Pol. Sen. Sgt. Maj. Anupap Boonrod, chief of Pattaya traffic police, at their three-story Soi Prapanimit 1 townhouse Sept. 19, according to his parents.
He succumbed to his injuries later at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya.
Anupap told police and rescuers responding to the shooting that he had sternly reprimanded his son for spending all his time playing Internet games and not helping his mother around the house and in their first-floor mini-mart.
He said he "later changed clothes and left his gun on a table. The two then got into another argument, during which Tosawat picked up the pistol and shot himself."
His panicked mother threw the gun out the window and it was taken by passing teenagers.
Police are still investigating while also trying to locate the traffic cop's gun.
https://www.pattayamail.com/news/traffic-cops-son-shoots-self-after-reprimand-51487
idk if this is considered classic or not but it's been around, so hope it's not a recent repost.
one of the weirdest cases ngl
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THE SON PROBABLY SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION AND THE GAMES HELPED HIM COPE WITH THE DAY.
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Games put him in a depressed situation. Depression isn't a cold you can catch, its a reaction to living a shit life as a loser.
Edit: shocker, fat dork gamers don't like being called out for their fake depression. Downvote away, That'll make your life better. Or is it the latest WOW expansion?
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video games is likely his coping mechanism... the dad took it and now he got nothing to turn back into... it was his safe place. His family is def abusing him to the point that he would rather spent his life playing video games or die. Video games is not the causation its the correlation.
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What do coping mechanisms do? They delay necessary change and let you sit in tolerable misery until one day it's not toleratable. Losers, rip the bandaid off. Make your life better, not comfortable.
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youre not seeing the bigger picture here. He is suicidal from the beginning and the problem was his family. The game is just there to delay the inevitable which is him taking his life, a person cannot function if all he ever think is death and without motivation what is the point of doing something? I am sure you have motivation in life to keep going, friends, family or perhaps you have a relationship, he got none of that all he has is his video games, imagine if i took away your family, friends, or your special someone.
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Delay the inevitable? You're as lost as he was. People have it much worse than him and make great lives for themselves. The difference is those people didn't use a coping mechanism that kept them stagnant in their shit lives. You're claiming video games save lives but the rate of suicide since console games entered the home doesn't back that up. It doesnt save lives any more than alcohol or porn do. Great distraction mechanisms that help make it through the day.
How you liking baulders gate 3? Are you happy now?
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again... stop focusing on the god damn video games.. i did not claim that video games save lives. I was trying to say he is going to commit suicide one way or another without help, the video game was just the thing that keeps him a float but not much longer. Nobody wants to die, how are you to assume that he has it easier compared to others? do you know him? the fact that he killed himself means theres no way out for him unless someone did an intervention. Put yourself on others shoes for once and see that not everyone can do like you do, not everyone is the same. If he only got support from his father he wouldnt have committed suicide..
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Again, you're completely lost if you think suicide was inevitable because he had a strict father. Video games don't keep anyone afloat. It keeps them docile and distracted as their lives get worse around them. Same as all other coping mechanisms. He had food in his stomach a roof over his head and the time and money to waste enormous amounts of his life at a gaming cafe. You're defending your own shitty choices if you can't see the truth in that. Keep coping.
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Jump off a bridge
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So what's your hobby then? What do you do purely for enjoyment?
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i bet if the dad ask him nicely or if he was just supportive and nice to him he wouldnt be in a depressive state.
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Games are in majority of cases an escape from something that actually causes depression. It's easy to get gratification there, in contrast to shitty social life / shitty family life / money problems.
Gaming and other less healthy, more socially acceptable coping mechanisms ( smoking, drinking, porn ) do not work in the long run and can turn into addiction that drags you down even harder. At some point you have to address the real cause of depression, even if it's not your fault. Life is not fair, especially abroad the couple of first world countries.
Humans are just fucking cruel.
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Can't catch it like a cold, but video games some how instsll depression in someone? Can you clarify that for me exactly?
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Fat dork gamer even though he's not overweight or a dork he's Asian fucking dipshit.
Shocker, retarded commenters leaving brain-dead comments
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How would he downvote me? Didn't think that through did you?
I'm not surprised you felt personally attacked based on my description though ;)
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Yeah because everyone is such a fatty you probably got a pork fetish and fuck a dog in a dress.
Personally attacked? you wish I thought I'd received a fucking lobotomy your take was that retarded.
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True, and thanks to you, I got to fuck a fat pig today. 😉
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Aww you dressed up for me.
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This the hard to swallow truth. People will justify their behaviors with their feelings to not working toward betterment.
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You are right
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Eh? Isn't the truth that you're someone who has (or currently does) deal with depression, and you hate yourself for ever having been so weak? That's why you're projecting your own self hatred onto everyone else, right?
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