It is probably not a good thing I agree with such a large number of these concepts.
But instead of sadness, I somehow always transform it to self-directed hatred, as if everything is my own fault.
Probably not healthy.
@Joseph Raszagal
If you find yourself angry at people you’ve never met, it’s time for a change.
Regarding the “sentiment”, I was trying to continue the joke from @AlsoSprachOdin, but see that nobody got it. That’s too bad.
But hell, why not: @Background Pony #9285 might be just as depressed as many of us are/has been at one time or another, contemplating suicide but being too afraid to go through with it, and genuinely thinking he’s just a nuisance to the people around him, like @Background Pony #1F65, and weak for not killing him/herself already. Their comment may be an expression of self-loathing, rather than a troll. I doubt we’ll ever know.
[at this point, I actually check who bgp#9285 refers to].
Oh, I actually guessed right. Cool.
Anyway, @Background Pony #1F65, don’t worry about it, people like us can always find something to get upset about on the internet. We should try not to, but when someone says something and it gets misunderstood, I don’t think anyone’s really at fault, so to speak. Get a meal and take a walk, get some fresh air. Try to improve yourself in little consistent ways. And have a good day.
First off, if you’re depressed yourself, there’s always someone to talk to, even if it’s just some asshole like me on the Internet. Someone always has an ear to listen, myself included. I take that shit very seriously. As seriously as I take suicide or the threat thereof.
Second off, considering what has been said, how can you just expect me to let this go? Look back on what’s been discussed in the comments and give me a damn good excuse.
“Depression = too weak to commit suicide”.
How can that sentiment be defended? Please, tell me. Enlighten me. Otherwise, as a guy who takes a lot of medication, I will remain thoroughly angry.
I’m #9285 and #BE6F I’ve been stuck in depression for 10 years but everyone just thinks I’m lazy. I have no ambition, I’m a constant source of disappointment and frustration and my family are giving up on me one by one. I’ve been contemplating and pondering suicide for a while now I just haven’t got the guts to do it. No one in my family trusts me, they’d say I’m just lazy if I tried telling them I was depressed and I can’t afford therapy. Now, I find a way to be an insufferable cunt to people who share the same problem and I can’t redeem myself from that. Putting it altogether, I see no happy ending. For what it’s worth, I’m sorry.
I’m done.
@Joseph Raszagal
You really shouldn’t take these things so seriously. Besides, when I’m depressed (and I do mean actually depressed), I don’t expect people on the internet to be considerate towards my feelings. Come on, lighten up.
Defending a guy who said that all people with depression simply aren’t strong enough to kill themselves.
Note: Many suicides are the direct result of unchecked and untreated depression.
Deflecting everyone’s complaints against this opinion simply by referring to them as “emotional”, as though people don’t get emotional regarding suicide.
Note: Death in general is a subject that elicits strong emotions in many, many people.
Arguing that this opinion may have been stated in good faith, that it may have expressed a wish for the world to be less “annoying” due to all of the people suffering from depression that inhabit it.
Note: That statement cannot be made in any way that isn’t insulting.
Stating that we don’t have enough data to properly compare “How Annoying the World is due to Depression” vs. “How Annoying the World is due to Suicide”.
Note: Of course we don’t, that would be one of the most ridiculously insensitive and backhanded surveys ever conducted.
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You’re either a troll or you’re an idiot.
There, now I’m insulting you “emotionally”. Either way, knock it off, dude. This is disrespectful in so many ways.
@AlsoSprachOdin
You can’t defend somebody who is basically saying that all depressed people should go kill themselves but they’re too cowardly to do it.
@Joseph Raszagal
I considered it emotion-based because it appeals to a consideration for emotions, that is, the emotion “insulted”. But I can see how you wouldn’t consider it emotion-based, seeing as it’s not you that being emotional. So it’s more like second-hand emotion-based rebuttal. Either way, it doesn’t argue the point.
Guys, come on, emotion-based rebuttals and name-calling can’t substitute for a decent argument. After all he might be right, depending on your ideas regarding suicide and the annoyance dead people generate vs depressed people. I don’t think we have enough data to determine the latter, though.
Depression = too weak to commit suicide
Which is ten times as annoying because when someone’s dead they’re not a nuisance anymore. Unlike depressed people.