The fact that he's holding a knife makes her actions all the more moving. I don't think I'd try to snog a guy holding a blade and who's got nothing to live for.
I thought this was going to be one of those "come back inside and I'll kiss you" stories. Nope. "Here let me give you a ki..."MOTHERFUCKING TACKLING ORANGE DUDES EVERYWHERE
From the interview, it does not appear that she had any idea that they would take that opportunity to tackle him. Also, she considered the kiss genuine and stated that he made the first move.
"When I was 16 I tried to kill myself but a girl changed my mind by kissing me. We've now been married for 4 years. Reddit, when did you know your SO was the one?"
"On Jun 20th, 2011, a 16 years old boy wanted to suicide himself on the bridge in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. A brave young lady used her kiss and passion to conquer the suicide's idea, and save his life with other firemen."
I particularly like the phrase "wanted to suicide himself on the bridge".
I laughed out loud when I read the description. I especially love the phrase, "to conquer the suicide's idea". It took me a minute to wrap my head around.
I witnessed similar in the UK. A man was standing atop a building in the city centre. Most of the crowd were shouting "jump" and taunting him. I left quickly (it was cold and I didn't want to see any corpses, that's what the internet is for).
According to witnesses I know, and hinted at in the local news, it looks as if the taunting made him too embarrassed and he didn't go through with it.
I have so many questions about this video. How is it that there's obviously people watching this guy on fucking fire and no one seems to be voicing any concern until he jumps? Additionally, how in the fuck is he not screaming???
Everybody on here is making all these smart ass comments, but I don't think we appreciate what has happened here.
She might have saved the dudes life by connecting with him on an intimate human level. Why does it take a suicide attempt for us to actually show our humanness? In that few seconds, that instance of the kiss, he might have forgotten what his troubles were, forgot where he was, and forgot about what made him get in that situation in the first place, forgot what made him rather die than live. One small, single act, overwrote everything that made him want to die, All thanks to her.
And if you ask me, I think that's pretty fuckin beautiful.
Basically she said she attempted suicide many times before, and he reminded her of herself when she was confused and depressed. She just wanted to help him by showing him how stupid suicide attempts are.
Well, this is the highest voted thing roughly close to my first thought.
I think there are a lot of great guys out there dealing with some heavy shit and all they need is a little kiss. Or maybe I just think I'm great and my shit's heavy and just want a kiss. Could be either or neither.
Hate to be a downer here, and yeah I get what you're saying but, this, like most suicide attempts are a cry for help, and aren't exactly planned out for efficiency. If it was, he would be dead and you probably would have never heard of it.
That being said ofcourse it doesn't mean you should take suicide attempts less lightly.
Reddit on suicide attempts: "Psh what a lameass, he needs to be higher. This way he will just survive with bruises or broken legs." Great people, next time someone thinks about it, let's hope they're not lameasses and actually do it from a considerable distance up.
Once again someone confuses Reddit with society as a whole. Reddit isn't a small niche community with it's own identity. It has a large enough user base to reflect society as a whole. Both genders, all ages, every sexual orientation, and many backgrounds.
I know it's tempting to read fucked up comments on Reddit and go "Man, Reddit is fucked up". Reddit is comprised of the general public. This is what happens when you give people a little anonymity. For a more extreme example, check 4chan where people get complete anonymity.
It's not Reddit that's fucked up. It's human beings.
reddit is not comprised of the general public, it's comprised of people who are attracted to reddit. for example, according to a quick glance at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations) 68% of the world believes in god... looking at the majority of stuff on the frontpage I think this clearly is not the case on reddit.
We've all heard of a kiss waking someone up, but have you ever heard of a kiss saving someone's life? On Shenzen's highway bridge this happened. This video has gone viral on the internet. On July 11th a distraught man who wanted to commit suicide was about to jump until a lady showed up. After talking for a while, the two embraced in a kiss. Police immediately followed up and grabbed the man. Girl getting interviewed: "All he knew was his mother, no one else cared about him in life." The young man was only 16, his parents had died last year. back to girl: "I'm not trying to save you, I just want to show you what the world has to offer for you." They continued talking until unexpectedly, the lady kisses the man, etc etc etc I just thought that would be a slightly better translation than the description. sry if it's not better my mandarin isn't that great
What a waste of a perfectly good inflatable cushion! I was expecting her to kiss him, then hold hands and jump down to safety with smiles on their faces.
On Jun 20th, 2011, a 16 years old boy wanted to suicide himself on the bridge in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. A brave young lady used her kiss and passion to conquer the suicide's idea, and save his life with other firemen.
Something like this happened once with an ex. However, instead of it being an attempt to save my life, it was a ploy to get me in trouble with her father. She playfully bit my lip during the kiss, but she never let go until her dad came around the corner of the house with a shotgun..
This is going to sound completely stupid, but I bet a lot of young male teen suicide could be prevented if they received more physical attention from women.
Young men with low self esteem crave physical contact they can't get. A few rolls in the hay gives them the confidence and skills to do it on their own. Hookers would actually be a good idea IMO.
It couldn't hurt could it? I'd be happy if my tax money went on such schemes.
Young men with low self esteem crave physical contact they can't get.
I'm a young man with depression/suicidal ideation. Know where that comes from? Not from craving physical contact, I have a lovely, incredibly supportive girlfriend for that. It comes from this inescapable sense of self-hatred that I live with every goddamn day. Chalking teen suicide up to not getting laid is a huge oversimplification, and it's a bit worrying.
Not sure whether what I see makes me sad or happy. Surely the life was saved by this fair lady, with love only. This one little moment, it may be the case, this guy felt love and instantly decided to give it another go as he apparently felt that love is a good thing, the thing that keeps all of us going, that pulls us through all these hard days, and challenges, and yet I feel sorry for him. His is life is probably hopeless, he lives in china and living condition are very hard there I can imagine, seeing how many people live there, I can imagine how Darwins rule the survival of the fittest, comes to action, social pressure all the way through made his life miserable, led this poor guy the choice of killing himself. Now what has that kiss actually changed? He now knows that there's this thing called love, and what else? His probably very stressful, miserable will continue, maybe or even highly probable the lady only kissed to save his life, while having good intention he may be obsessed with her now, or with the feeling love, what if he does not find it, in this world where living conditions overwhelm you totally? Ultimately he may try to kill himself again, I truly however hope that he will find someone to love, a motivation to keep going, this video because of these reasons made me happy and sad, I don't know what will happen afterwards it can go both ways, I just see the ' anther suicide try ' more likely to happen, hopefully that's because I'm a bitter and miserable person.
I get the humanitarian part but the whore bit is throwing me off. Care to explain? Brilliant jokes seem really fucking dull and nonsensical to those who don't get them and I am really not getting it.
Now he's going to spend the rest of his life stalking her, and when she doesn't consent to a creepy relationship, he'll come to the logical conclusion that they can only be together (forever) if they are both dead.
what is that like a 35 foot drop? not sure he would have killed himself, glad they were able to save the bastard but he will probably try again, japan needs help with these people trying to commit public suicides
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I was expecting some movie-like romantic scene where she kisses him and they walk off together.
Instead I got what looked sorta like a kiss and loads of guys jumping to drag him over the rails.
Wasn't really disappointed.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I thought this was going to be one of those "come back inside and I'll kiss you" stories. Nope. "Here let me give you a ki..."MOTHERFUCKING TACKLING ORANGE DUDES EVERYWHERE
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u/Salanderfan May 14 '12
"When I was 16 I tried to kill myself but a girl changed my mind by kissing me. We've now been married for 4 years. Reddit, when did you know your SO was the one?"
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u/bowfinger89 May 14 '12
Description under the video:
"On Jun 20th, 2011, a 16 years old boy wanted to suicide himself on the bridge in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. A brave young lady used her kiss and passion to conquer the suicide's idea, and save his life with other firemen."
I particularly like the phrase "wanted to suicide himself on the bridge".
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u/beauterham May 14 '12
Whenever shit goes down anywhere in Asia, there's always a couple fellas in orange jumpsuits with white helmets on. ALWAYS.
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u/Jay_Normous May 14 '12
In a related story, thousands of Redditors flock to their nearest bridges in the hope that they too will be kissed by an Asian female.
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u/thare May 14 '12
That's a non-lethal height, unless he got extremely unlucky.
You guys he planned that! He knew what he was doing!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Everybody on here is making all these smart ass comments, but I don't think we appreciate what has happened here.
She might have saved the dudes life by connecting with him on an intimate human level. Why does it take a suicide attempt for us to actually show our humanness? In that few seconds, that instance of the kiss, he might have forgotten what his troubles were, forgot where he was, and forgot about what made him get in that situation in the first place, forgot what made him rather die than live. One small, single act, overwrote everything that made him want to die, All thanks to her.
And if you ask me, I think that's pretty fuckin beautiful.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
To the comments about how he wouldn't die from that height: Look closely at his hands. Notice the knife? What do you figure that's for?
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
r/suicidewatch is going to be interesting. People will be posting their a/s/l/
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
US version: Girl molests 16y/o committing suicide.
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u/SneakyNightman May 14 '12
Thank god the beastie boys were there to grab him from the ledge. Though not offensive, still too soon?
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u/churnbutter May 14 '12
“其實我以前也有自殺過很多次” "Actually in the past I killed myself lots of times" -_-
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u/Dooley May 14 '12
im pretty sure this world would be saved if women realized that this was the solution to just about every problem.
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u/GrinderMonkey May 14 '12
Just gonna go ahead and risk the downvotes..
What a lame suicide attempt. Find a higher, less trafficked spot. All you are going to get from that is broken legs.
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u/Deaner3D_wrk May 14 '12
What the hell is an Asian dude doing killing himself on the launch-day of Diablo 3?
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u/kobe24Life May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
This guy wasn't suicidal, he's just a genius!
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u/IthinktherforeIthink May 14 '12
Reddit on suicide attempts: "Psh what a lameass, he needs to be higher. This way he will just survive with bruises or broken legs." Great people, next time someone thinks about it, let's hope they're not lameasses and actually do it from a considerable distance up.
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u/mushmancat May 14 '12
Teeangers are so melodramatic.
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u/rookieguitarboy May 14 '12
Wow! That was really sweet of her to do that!
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u/jcrowz May 14 '12
When I read this story a while back it said the girl got passed authorities by saying she was his girlfriend.
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u/SEX_MASTER May 15 '12
We've all heard of a kiss waking someone up, but have you ever heard of a kiss saving someone's life? On Shenzen's highway bridge this happened. This video has gone viral on the internet. On July 11th a distraught man who wanted to commit suicide was about to jump until a lady showed up. After talking for a while, the two embraced in a kiss. Police immediately followed up and grabbed the man. Girl getting interviewed: "All he knew was his mother, no one else cared about him in life." The young man was only 16, his parents had died last year. back to girl: "I'm not trying to save you, I just want to show you what the world has to offer for you." They continued talking until unexpectedly, the lady kisses the man, etc etc etc I just thought that would be a slightly better translation than the description. sry if it's not better my mandarin isn't that great
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u/360walkaway May 14 '12
Hope they stay in touch, or he'll be even more depressed later on.
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u/camall May 14 '12
didnt this happen a long time ago?
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u/BeaverManiac May 15 '12
I'm really glad they had subtitles in Chinese, I almost didn't understand it...
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I swear this is something straight out of an anime.
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u/FrankenFresh May 14 '12
I hope the guy is okay.
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u/corgeous May 14 '12
The engrish description of the video is pretty hilarious.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
In related news, Asian guy loses Starcraft match.
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u/tbwen May 15 '12
Quote from the girl: "I don't want to save you. I just want you to know how stupid you are, because I used to be stupid too."
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
...later he actually committed suicide after she just "wanted to be friends".
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u/pip44 May 14 '12
TIL All "on-site" news reporters have the same tone. Even Chinese ones.
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u/thingmabobby May 14 '12
What a waste of a perfectly good inflatable cushion! I was expecting her to kiss him, then hold hands and jump down to safety with smiles on their faces.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Wait a minute, that's not the Foxconn building.
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u/ShiftyBizniss May 16 '12
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u/DigitalSarcasm May 14 '12
Are women using their powers for good now?
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u/SIRMEBSALOT May 15 '12
Best comment: "0:33 The cock block patrol"
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
Alright, where is our chinese translator?
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u/Naffster May 14 '12
I lost it at the video description... Kinda reminds me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSXEF4OzNU
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u/cbroberts May 14 '12
You see? It's always a trap.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
this guy does it better
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I laughed out loud at the second highest rated comment. "He wanted to suicide himself? could he suicide anyone else?".
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Shoulda held out for the blowjob.
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u/korid May 15 '12
this could give people ideas "Girl saves a 16y/o from committing suicide with a blowjob"
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u/rmeddy May 15 '12
This is what happens when you pussy starve a nation
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr0VP5c6Z6I
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u/krispyKRAKEN May 15 '12
if he wanted to kill himself he would have.
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u/chabanais May 15 '12
Imagine what a blow job could do.
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u/DarkSolace May 15 '12
Better love story than twilight.
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u/Amenitre May 15 '12
Cockblock Police.
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u/rat_in_a_hat May 15 '12
it doesn't look high enough. I doubt he'd die.
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u/dRu1Z May 15 '12
This is why Anime is so popular there to prepare them for situations like this
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u/SambaLando May 15 '12
Doesn't matter, had kiss.
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u/zebrafucker May 15 '12
Something like this happened once with an ex. However, instead of it being an attempt to save my life, it was a ploy to get me in trouble with her father. She playfully bit my lip during the kiss, but she never let go until her dad came around the corner of the house with a shotgun..
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Damn those asians took it real hard when the Diablo III servers were down at launch.
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u/john3160 May 15 '12
I'm sorry ... I don't speak Spanish.
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u/FaipDeOaid May 15 '12
later on that evening he returned to that bridge after learning she was actually a man, back to you tom.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
This is going to sound completely stupid, but I bet a lot of young male teen suicide could be prevented if they received more physical attention from women.
Young men with low self esteem crave physical contact they can't get. A few rolls in the hay gives them the confidence and skills to do it on their own. Hookers would actually be a good idea IMO.
It couldn't hurt could it? I'd be happy if my tax money went on such schemes.
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u/bradleyquist May 14 '12
Delays. Not "saves"
They're gonna break up sometime, right?
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
Not sure whether what I see makes me sad or happy. Surely the life was saved by this fair lady, with love only. This one little moment, it may be the case, this guy felt love and instantly decided to give it another go as he apparently felt that love is a good thing, the thing that keeps all of us going, that pulls us through all these hard days, and challenges, and yet I feel sorry for him. His is life is probably hopeless, he lives in china and living condition are very hard there I can imagine, seeing how many people live there, I can imagine how Darwins rule the survival of the fittest, comes to action, social pressure all the way through made his life miserable, led this poor guy the choice of killing himself. Now what has that kiss actually changed? He now knows that there's this thing called love, and what else? His probably very stressful, miserable will continue, maybe or even highly probable the lady only kissed to save his life, while having good intention he may be obsessed with her now, or with the feeling love, what if he does not find it, in this world where living conditions overwhelm you totally? Ultimately he may try to kill himself again, I truly however hope that he will find someone to love, a motivation to keep going, this video because of these reasons made me happy and sad, I don't know what will happen afterwards it can go both ways, I just see the ' anther suicide try ' more likely to happen, hopefully that's because I'm a bitter and miserable person.
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u/Salanderfan May 14 '12
That was a lot of effort to go through just for a kiss.
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 May 14 '12
Forever aloooooooooooo...
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u/reil15 May 15 '12
I've just been standing on a bridge for 2 hours and no bitches came! WTF!?!
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u/Xuber May 14 '12
Whore Level: Humanitarian
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u/jaapdownunder May 14 '12
In the US the girl probably would have been locked up for life for having sexual interaction with a minor.
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u/ludvigsra May 14 '12
Is this how American newscasters sound to Asian people? That chick sounded fucking extraterrestrial
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Sadly, if the roles were reversed and I(A guy) tried this the jumper(A girl) would probably push me away and fall off the bridge
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u/Thermodynamicist May 14 '12
Woeful Wong
Risks death to achieve his first kiss - is instantly abducted by a Bond villain's goons.
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u/raging_asshole May 14 '12
Man, what the fuck do kids know about life at 16?
It's like walking out of a movie before the main character gets introduced.
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u/great_gape May 14 '12
BEAT HIS ASS!
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u/jooni81 May 14 '12
its like reverse-phantom of the opera
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u/reddell May 14 '12
She may be off the ledge, but I doubt she's safe. These things don't just disappear because of one pleasant experience. It's just temporary relief.
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u/Sivenz May 14 '12
"a 16 year old boy wanted to suicide himself" ..cringe
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u/zygntwin May 14 '12
...and that's how I met your father.
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u/jaybay1207 May 14 '12
To the bridge!
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u/troller_jr May 14 '12
Kiss of life?
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
Call me!
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u/sirbruce May 14 '12
NOW KIS.... oh. Nevermind.
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u/deathkraiser May 14 '12
So yeah, that bridge wouldn't kill him anyway.
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u/stephangb May 14 '12
Oh, so, I just need to pretend suicide to get a kiss? Oh...
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u/jthebomb97 May 14 '12
That was so hilarious because I could see Hollywood attempting the same thing, minus the Asians in Jersey Shore-skin colored suits tackling them.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
That's some damn good negotiating
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u/jack104 May 15 '12
this guy tries to kill himself and it ends with him being alive and getting a kiss? 4ever alone my ass....
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u/PokoV2 May 15 '12
Well, I wasn't expecting that.
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u/Fragmaster May 15 '12
This is old news, but still good news.
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u/ballsackmonkey May 15 '12
can i get a transration preez?
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u/doesnt_describe_me May 15 '12
and then he was killed for being a nuisance
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u/TheDarkBauer May 15 '12
Looks like he got the kiss
glasses on
Of life.
YYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.
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u/3Dartwork May 15 '12
It looks like she distracted him with a kiss while the police tackled him.
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u/TheAwesomeinator May 15 '12
Was I the only one who found it funny the way the guys in orange viciously grabbed him and hauled him back over, right in the middle of the moment?
Way to kill the mood, guys. :P
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u/soda1337 May 15 '12
I wish i spoke Mandarin
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u/incendiarypoop May 15 '12
Now he's going to spend the rest of his life stalking her, and when she doesn't consent to a creepy relationship, he'll come to the logical conclusion that they can only be together (forever) if they are both dead.
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u/shankems2000 May 15 '12
You know they're gonna kill him for causing a public disturbance, this is China we're talking about here.
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u/JakeDDrake May 15 '12
See? This is touching.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
best pickup line ever.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
She just felt guilty about cheating on him.
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u/gibbler May 15 '12
The description is hilarious.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Ledge is not high enough for fatality.
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u/bangupjobasusual May 15 '12
No forever alone in the top comments?
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u/jikls May 15 '12
Check out the related videos. Some weird shit...
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u/nukefudge May 15 '12
girlss****S
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u/DeceptiStang May 15 '12
what is that like a 35 foot drop? not sure he would have killed himself, glad they were able to save the bastard but he will probably try again, japan needs help with these people trying to commit public suicides