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Face to Face
Personal blog · akinokure.blogspot.comculturegames
Face to Face is a personal blog at akinokure.blogspot.com about culture and games. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
Commenters discuss a post on Utah and the American Dream, including its suicide and antidepressant statistics and the effects of the LDS church on some groups.
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What Hacker News says?
My personal experience is consistent with your second point. But I'd be careful about making conclusions from the suicide/antidepressant statistics. It's shown to be highly correlated to altitude. I've included a couple links from google search to demonstrate the point. That being said, the Mormon/LDS church does cause some psychological hardships for certain groups such as LGBT and ex-mormons... at least in my anec…
Comment linking /2015/03/higher-suicide-rates-out-west-due-to.html
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