Teen Suicide Rate Chart

Teen (15-19) suicide rate per 100k Boys suicide rate Total suicide rate Girls suicide rate Windows Vista Chart: Will Reinhart • Source: Centers for Disease Control • Created with Datawrapper

A line chart shows teen suicide rates from around 1970 to 2020, with boys’ and total rates sharply dropping in the mid-1990s and later rising. Arrows connect the drops to a PlayStation console and Windows Vista, jokingly implying that video games and an unpopular operating system prevented teen suicides. The meme is used as an absurd reaction to nostalgia or to sarcastically claim that old technology had a positive social impact. EN: A line chart shows teen suicide rates from around 1970 to 2020, with boys’ and total rates sharply dropping in the mid-1990s and later rising. Arrows connect the drops to a PlayStation console and Windows Vista, jokingly implying that video games and an unpopular operating system prevented teen suicides. The meme is used as an absurd reaction to nostalgia or to sarcastically claim that old technology had a positive social impact.

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