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It is commonly known that the probability of surviving whileafter slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the veinartery and bleed quicker if you plan to commit suicide.

However, people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally.

Is this done on purpose to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example, or is this just a mistake or a coincidence that a majority of movies follow this convention?

It is commonly known that the probability of surviving while slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the vein and bleed quicker if you plan to commit suicide.

However, people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally.

Is this done on purpose to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example, or is this just a mistake or a coincidence that a majority of movies follow this convention?

It is commonly known that the probability of surviving after slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the artery and bleed quicker if you plan to commit suicide.

However, people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally.

Is this done on purpose to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example, or is this just a mistake or a coincidence that a majority of movies follow this convention?

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It is a wellcommonly known fact that the probability of surviving while slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the vein and bleed quicker if you plan to commit suicide.

However, however people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally to suicide, is.

Is this done on purpose (toto increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example), or is this just a mistake or a coincidence that a majority of movies follow this convention?

It is a well known fact that the probability of surviving while slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the vein and bleed quicker if you plan to suicide, however people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally to suicide, is this done on purpose (to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example), or is this just a mistake or a coincidence?

It is commonly known that the probability of surviving while slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the vein and bleed quicker if you plan to commit suicide.

However, people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally.

Is this done on purpose to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example, or is this just a mistake or a coincidence that a majority of movies follow this convention?

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Why do people in movies commit suicide by slitting their wrists in the wrong direction?

It is a well known fact that the probability of surviving while slitting your wrists is much higher if you cut horizontally and that you should cut along the forearm to cut a longer portion of the vein and bleed quicker if you plan to suicide, however people are often depicted in movies slitting their wrists horizontally to suicide, is this done on purpose (to increase the probability that somebody imitating the movie will survive for example), or is this just a mistake or a coincidence?