I don’t think Tim was trying to discriminate between those who do and those who don’t choose suicide. Tim and I go back more than 20 years, and several of our mutual friends have chosen suicide. During high school it was at least one friend a year: Christy R., Jamie F., and James C. come to mind. After HS, we lost Matty B., John St. J., Mike S. (that might have been murder), Matt C. and a few I’ve probably missed.

Tim has no illusions about what type commits suicide. I think what he meant was that for some suicides, you could almost see it coming, while the guy in question, not so much.

“and was too fucking cerebral to remotely fit any profile of a suicide case.”

“Cerebral” people commit suicide all the time. Whether he meant “contemplative” or “smart” by “cerebral,” the point still holds. The dumb cows who DON’T spend any time in contemplation are least likely to commit suicide… why would they? There’s always more twinkies in Aisle 3, and hey, a new episode of American Idol is on next Tuesday! YaaaY!

this is almost certainly beside the point Tim and Brendan were trying to make here. (And I did get that point.. and don’t disagree with it). MY point is that there’s no “model” of a person who commits suicide… and being smart/contemplative is certainly no protection against it.