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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:26:59 JST lainy
   Although looking at the numbers, it seems like the foxconn suicides are more or less a media phenomenon. "15 attempted suicides a year at factory x" sounds a lot, but that "factory" had 300k workers. Average suicide rate in China was apparently around 20/100k at the time.
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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:29:27 JST iced depresso

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     @s8n @lain before giving china any credit remember they turned the factories in to literal prisons over covid
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     THOT POLICE (s8n@posting.lolicon.rocks)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:29:28 JST THOT POLICE

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     @lain average rate in the usa is around 15/100k
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:30:49 JST lainy

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     @s8n rookie numbers
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     p (p11@baraag.net)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:50:53 JST p

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     @lain So working at that factory reduced the probablilty to commit suicide to a fourth.

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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:50:53 JST lainy

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     @p11 lifesaving work at foxconn