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who wants the embarrassment?

Problem one: you consider depression and disappointment with life to be embarrasing. If you ever end up feeling like that yourself, you will immediately start spiralling downwards, because not only do you feel bad: you feel bad about feeling bad.

You talk about it, and you end up in a nuthouse.

Problem two: you don't know what the hell you are talking about. People that are considering suicide are not usually institutionalized. That only happens if they are also deemed mentally ill, like when they are psychotic.

Honestly I don't see why anyone would want to go through suicide. That's like admitting you lost,

Problem three: you think you can define what is 'winning' and 'losing' in life and that those are the same for everyone. News flash: some people feel you cannot win in life, for instance because there isn't, by definition, anything worth striving for.

If you think like killing yourself, at least put your death to good use. Go buy some guns, go grab some ammo, then go on a killing spree of all those people who screwed you over in life.

Problem four: you think executing revenge is a good use of your life. Most people, even when considering suicide, disagree. Not liking this life does not suddenly change your moral opinion on murder.

Problem five: you think people commit suicide because others 'screwed them over'.

suicides, they fade away from life, like they never existed. But go kill a few dozen people who screwed you over, and you might just get a round the clock news coverage.

Problem six: you think notoriety is important.

Problem seven: you think notoriety is important to someone considering suicide.

And yeah I know you guys will downvote the crap out of this, but I don't care, it's my philosophy on suicide.

Problem eight: poisoning the well.

Problem nine: thinking 'having a philosophy' entitles you taking a righteous attitude, completely failing to recognize you may be utterly wrong.

In summary: you don't know what you are talking about, you are repeating the culturally entrenched values that are the brethren of those that actually drive people to suicide and you are blissfully unaware of the fact that people considering suicide do not think rationally anymore.



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