Desmond Amofah aka Etika has died

[Soviet Tankistan]

I'm not in to youtube much but this is tragic. I believe a culture of death is taking place in America and people don't take it seriously. Remarks can have effects and joking about suicide does nothing to make the subject lighter.

[Arcadian Union]

Damn I hoped he was going to be okay, may he rest in peace.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Is it me or is the number of Youtubers’ disappearances increasing? In the last five years or so I’ve heard of several cases.

I wasn’t familiar with Etika’s vlogging but may he RIP.

Fame and riches isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

It seldom is. I mean, the financial aspect sounds nice. What can come with it however? Not so much.

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

Is it me or is the number of Youtubers’ disappearances increasing? In the last five years or so I’ve heard of several cases.

I wasn’t familiar with Etika’s vlogging but may he RIP.

Fame and riches isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

Actually wealth lowers suicide risk.

[Rojava Free State]

Fame and riches isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

Actually wealth lowers suicide risk.

Does smoking lower your risk for cancer too?

[Tornado Queendom]

Who?

He is a random guy who decided to kill himself

And yes, "Is". Not "was," because I'm a rebel against past tense.

[Rojava Free State]

Who?

He is a random guy who decided to kill himself

And yes, "Is". Not "was," because I'm a rebel against past tense.

I mean I wouldn't call a well known YouTube personality a random guy

[Andsed]

Godamm. I just found out about this. I really have never watched him but it is always tragic to learn about this kind of stuff. And what is worse is that I heard that some toxic part of his fanbase basically egged him on and made fun of his breakdown. I don´t know how true that is but if it is true than those people disgust me.

I hope his friends and family are well and are able to recover from this tragedy.

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

Actually wealth lowers suicide risk.

Does smoking lower your risk for cancer too?

Probably not, my understanding is that poor people smoke more cigarettes too though. If you want to smoke go for it but I wouldn't expect health benefits if I were you.

If you are poor the odds of suicide are higher. In fact money troubles are the primary cause in the US. Being man increases this a lot. I have no idea who the deceased was but suicide is common among certain professions. Primarily physical labor oriented work. However jobs in media and entertainment also suffer.

https://www.registerednursing.org/suici ... rofession/

Here have a random Google link if you don't believe me.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5463019/

[Saiwania]

Fame and riches isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

It is infinitely better to have money than to have no economic prospects and potentially starve to death at a later date.

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

Ok a quick search. He had under a million subscribers. Uploaded porn to YouTube to get banned intentionally. Taunted police officers that had a warrant, and repeatedly hit himself in the head while screaming and crying because he saw a video game get announced. I truly hope his family saw the signs and contacted mental health professionals.

Edit: he wasn't rich. He was asking people on twitch for money to buy food a while back.

RIP

[Bluelight-R006]

May he Rest In Peace.

No one deserves such an emotional torment.

[Rojava Free State]

Fame and riches isn’t what it’s cracked up to be

It is infinitely better to have money than to have no economic prospects and potentially starve to death at a later date.

No one starves to death in america, and I would rather be poor but feel cared for and supported than be rich and alone.

I'm used to being the worst of both worlds tbh

[WayNeacTia]

He is a random guy who decided to kill himself

And yes, "Is". Not "was," because I'm a rebel against past tense.

I mean I wouldn't call a well known YouTube personality a random guy

Well known? Never heard of the guy. Shame he died, but life marches on.

[Rojava Free State]

I mean I wouldn't call a well known YouTube personality a random guy

Well known? Never heard of the guy. Shame he died, but life marches on.

Just because you never heard of him doesn't mean he isn't well known

[WayNeacTia]

Well known? Never heard of the guy. Shame he died, but life marches on.

Just because you never heard of him doesn't mean he isn't well known

This is true. Just seems like an obituary in a newspaper would be a better place for this.

[Pax Nerdvana]

Can't say I watched any of his stuff, but RIP. Stories like this are always sad.

[Ayissor]

This may come off as very cold, but ultimately that won't do much.
Yeah sure, people are going to be talking about it, but give it a month, or, less than that actually, and it's just another Youtuber to be added to the list of those who killed themselves.
Which, I guess, wasn't his goal as he said in his "I'm sorry" video.

[Rostavykhan]

Learned about his disappearance a few days back, and his death last night. Leaving his cellphone and other belongings by the bridge was definitely a telling sign. Sad that he was found dead.

I didn't follow him religiously or anything, but I'd known about him for a while, and watched some of his stuff on and off. He was pretty entertaining. It was pretty concerning when he began to act weird, and then get hospitalized, though. He really should've gotten better help; should've had more support from his peers too. Still, shame that he's dead. It's weird, thinking that I've watched the guy on and off before, and now that dude is dead. Reminds me of TotalBiscuit.

[-Ocelot-]

I'm not in to youtube much but this is tragic. I believe a culture of death is taking place in America and people don't take it seriously. Remarks can have effects and joking about suicide does nothing to make the subject lighter.

Absolutely not true. The US is significantly less violent than it was 30 years ago.

[Saiwania]

No one starves to death in america, and I would rather be poor but feel cared for and supported than be rich and alone.

Normally, no. But it is still possible in that around 5% of US households have extreme enough food insecurity to really be imperiled. How it works is that usually there is more food produced than is needed on an annual basis, but what doesn't get sold- or the nasty and almost expired food, that is what people get to have for free, because it'd otherwise simply get thrown away. Beggars can't be choosers, so that's perfectly fine in most people's opinion.

Logistically, distribution is always going to be imperfect- so some people just won't get what they need. That is why we haven't solved world hunger. Stuff that could be used is discarded all the time or arrives too late to where it can't be used.

I'd say its more common in the US for people to die if they don't have air conditioning and its hot enough where they're at. At the lower end of wages, you can't have it all- you have to only have one or a few major expenses.