How does the average person respond to seeing someone jump off a bridge?

[Weebster]

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[Sleepdrifter]

Not a bridge but I saw a close relative throw themselves down the stairs in front of me once. It shocked me terribly, I've never been able to talk about it

 

[Weebster]

Not a bridge but I saw a close relative throw themselves down the stairs in front of me once. It shocked me terribly, I've never been able to talk about it

That would be such a bizarre thing to witness that it would probably affect me more than a bridge jumper.

 

[WorthlessTrash]

Probably shock.

 

[lobster salad]

I respond with jealousy. I have a few videos of people jumping off videos on my computer and everytime I watch them I feel so jealous and look out of my window.

 

[Nyktalgia]

When I was in middle school I saw an old woman kill herself by jumping out of window. Surprisingly it didn't affect me much, probably because I was a kid or because I didn't know her. Her death was so fast too. She broke her neck and died instantly. I'm kind of jealous of her.

 

[Symbiote]

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

Either a scream or some variant of "oh my God" if the videos are anything to go by.

 

[Al Cappella]

By getting a video of it, pasting it onto tik tok, then checking it ever 0.5 seconds to see if they've gone viral yet…

 

[MellowAvenue]

By getting a video of it, pasting it onto tik tok, then checking it ever 0.5 seconds to see if they've gone viral yet…

Don't forget overdramatic shouting, possibly turning the camera around so everyone can see their shocked face.

Don't get me wrong, I actually don't think most people would react like that, but the fact there is a subsection that'd look at the situation and think "Hey, free content!" is very frustrating to me.

 

[indigomoon]

Before I became depressed and suicidal, I saw a man jump off a bridge into the river while I was taking me kids on a hike. It was quite the "wtf did I just see" moment. Quite shocking. The man ended up being pulled from the river by a boater and the police showed up. I don't know if it was a suicidal jump or not. My kids were in their early teens at the time and they were quite shaken by it.