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Orang Utan said:
It's got a lot of stick for being irresponsible about teen suicides, presenting suicide as an answer/solution
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well seeing as most of the issues were relatively basic and could have been sorted out it kinda was, like she sat there for weeks on end staring at two friends who buoyed her trying to get them to notice her, who the fuck even does that instead of just going oi you fuckwits wtf??
 
Orang Utan said:
It's got a lot of stick for being irresponsible about teen suicides, presenting suicide as an answer/solution
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it is a bit shit, but not for that reason... I don't understand how anyone could interpret it as that either, unless they think the idea of a tv show discussing a teen suicide is totally unacceptable full stop (which I don't)
 
pengaleng said:
well seeing as most of the issues were relatively basic and could have been sorted out it kinda was, like she sat there for weeks on end staring at two friends who buoyed her trying to get them to notice her, who the fuck even does that instead of just going oi you fuckwits wtf??
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I do think that is intentional (that you watch a lot of it thinking she is kind of dramatic), and what actually happened only gets revealed in the last few episodes (not that it suddenly becomes amazing or anything)
 
rutabowa said:
I do think that is intentional (that you watch a lot of it thinking she is kind of dramatic), and what actually happened only gets revealed in the last few episodes (not that it suddenly becomes amazing or anything)
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I watched it too and brought back memories of how intense things feel at that age. I actually only watched it because my 18 year old son said he'd been watching it, and that he couldn't stop binge watching it as he wanted to know what was going to happen next. I had heard it was about teen suicide so thought I'd check it out. He said it was 'true to life' even though he went to secondary school in London. He said they could apply to anywhere: (cyber) bullying, friend hopping, not telling parents what's really going on... Anyway, we had a few conversations about it, so in that sense it was worth watching it (p.s. he's not thinking of suicide, but gave us a chance to explore the subject).

He said the main thing he got from it was how devastating suicide is for the people left behind and that the things that happened to Hannah happened to other people who didn't chose to kill themselves. I said some people are more sensitive than others and find it harder to cope.

The whole slut shaming thing, well it's sad to see it still goes on, thought times had moved on but clearly not. Hannah actually coped pretty well with all that I thought, but then what followed, well - anyone who doesn't sympathise with how terrible she must have felt doesn't have a heart IMO.

I did find it weird how a couple of the kids called their dads 'Sir' regularly :oops:

I watched the extra bit at the end too. And I even cried a little bit for Hannah Baker. Thinking about suicide at that age is so common, hopefully this will get the people who this is relevant to talking.

I followed that with 'Dear White People' (I saw the movie a while back) - which I recommend.
 
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