Japan Thinks Blue Lights Can Reduce Suicide

Monday, October 26, 2009

Japan's railways and subways have installed eerie blue LED lighting at train and subway stations in the hopes that it will calm suicidal people. Anti-suicide barriers at many stations have not stopped some people from ending their lives by throwing themselves in front of trains.

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Ummmmmmmmmmm if I see blue lights it makes Me antsy. I figure I am in trouble and that's it.

Larry

#1 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 07:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

It needs to be flashing. To give it a K-Mart feel.

#2 | Posted by jackass at 2009-10-25 07:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Howard Johnson's used blue and orange. Milk shake anyone?

#3 | Posted by mysterytoy at 2009-10-25 08:30 PM | Reply | Flag:

That's nothing really. In Bethel they will kill you if you attempt suicide.

www.newstimes.com

#4 | Posted by mysterytoy at 2009-10-25 08:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

Which is how it should be. Suicide is against the law.

#5 | Posted by mysterytoy at 2009-10-25 08:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

Ummmmmmmmmmm if I see blue lights it makes Me antsy. I figure I am in trouble and that's it.

Larry

#1 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 07:55 PM

I thought cop cars used flashing red lights?

#6 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-10-25 08:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

I thought cop cars used flashing red lights?

Posted by CalifChris

They attract drunk drivers. Cops were getting hit so they changed. True.

#7 | Posted by Timex at 2009-10-25 09:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

I thought cop cars used flashing red lights?

#6 | Posted by CalifChris at 2009-10-25 08:57 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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I loved to Clarksville Tennessee back in 2000 and ALL of the police cars had only Blue lights. I shit You not all blue. Not a one had a red light or a combination of Red and Blue. I thought it was crazy but hey just so they aren't flashing behind Me I am fine.

Larry

#8 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 09:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

I lived IN Clarksville Tennessee back in 2000 and ALL of the police cars had only Blue lights. I shit You not all blue. Not a one had a red light or a combination of Red and Blue. I thought it was crazy but hey just so they aren't flashing behind Me I am fine.

Larry

Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 09:19 PM | Reply

G-d I am an idiot tonight. I can't even remotely type decent. Let's try this again.

#9 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 09:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Blue lights make my tiny-hiney look semi big. Don't like them.

Larry - it appears you are not the only one having looked at the recent comment section.

#10 | Posted by nanc at 2009-10-25 09:45 PM | Reply | Flag:

Larry - it appears you are not the only one having looked at the recent comment section.

Posted by nanc at 2009-10-25 09:45 PM | Reply

I am ALWAYS on the Recent Comment section. That is where I ALWAYS start out at. Then I move to whichever thread I want to Opine on.

#11 | Posted by LarryMohr at 2009-10-25 09:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

Blue light does have a 'calming' effect on the color red. Any big bloody messes from successful suicides will be black instead of red.

#12 | Posted by axe at 2009-10-25 11:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

red and blue make purple, not black.

#13 | Posted by nanc at 2009-10-25 11:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Calm you down when you're driving in the snow. Especially if they are in front of you.

#14 | Posted by northguy3 at 2009-10-26 01:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

Blue LEDs make my eyes hurt. Fuck them.

#15 | Posted by LIVE_OR_DIE at 2009-10-26 01:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

Skank apparently slept thru high school science too. Combining red and blue light makes purple but if you take a blue light and shine in on a red surface you get black since the red surface absorbs all non-red light and reflects only red. Since there is no red in a pure blue light, nothing reflects and you get black.

#16 | Posted by axe at 2009-10-26 01:50 PM | Reply | Flag:

Skank apparently slept thru high school science too.

She was home schooled. If it weren't in the Bible, it weren't worth knowing.

#17 | Posted by northguy3 at 2009-10-26 01:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

i use coors lite to keep on an even keel

#18 | Posted by semtex111 at 2009-10-26 04:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

red and blue make purple, not black.

#13 | Posted by nanc

When you're mixing paints. When you shine limited spectrum light on an object that absorbs that spectrum it will appear black. When you shine white (broad spectrum) light on blood it appears red because it absorbs all other visible 'colors' and reflects red. When you shine blue light on blood it appears black because it is absorbed.
I'm not sure the chapter and verse of the bible where this information is found, so I can't give you a reference where you could check this out yourself.

#19 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2009-10-26 08:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

F***********ck!

Too late!

#20 | Posted by DARTHCHENEY at 2009-10-26 08:21 PM | Reply | Flag:

Why would a country overrun with people discourage suicide?

#21 | Posted by goatman at 2009-10-26 08:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

I hear that they fine the **** out of the families of those who've thrown themselves in front of the subway. So many peoples' schedules get screwed when it happens.

#22 | Posted by Scrumplet at 2009-10-26 10:31 PM | Reply | Flag:

Oh sure, blue lights are cool...as long as they aren't flashing and causing epileptic seizures.

www.nytimes.com

#23 | Posted by LetUsPrey at 2009-10-26 11:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

"They attract drunk drivers. Cops were getting hit so they changed. True."

Houses with red lights attract drunks, too.

#24 | Posted by Diablo at 2009-10-27 09:04 AM | Reply | Flag: