(March 10, 2019 at 10:42 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: My ex wife was a lifeline operator...oddly enough, she couldn;t talk herself out of committing interpersonal suicide. Zing!
On a more serious note..seriously, I've sometimes wondered whether anti-suicide campaigns would be more successful if..instead of focusing on how people have reasons to live..they constantly drilled down on how likely a suicide attempt was to fail, and the aftermath of that failure. Offer to call in a pro before they hurt themselves..and live.
(March 9, 2019 at 10:01 pm)bennyboy Wrote: In the defense of religion-- if we don't and can't know the truth™, isn't a system of mythological memes that gets people out of bed in the morning, or brings them together under a roof once a week, that much worse than any of the other very inaccurate or incomplete ideas that dominate our world views?
Yes....because of what they do when they get out of bed compelled by the same. The world would be much better off if they had decided to sleep in. Religious belief isn't just another idea amongst ideas. It's malignant as all get out.
I've known people who failed to make a "successful" suicide attempt. There were some pretty ghastly results, mostly as a result of firearms. One guy I thought was a harelip, until I found out that he'd merely pointed the gun too far out of his mouth. He finally managed to gas himself in his old Ford van using a hose to duct the exhaust back into the vehicle.
I don't know what went on in his youth, or whatever, but as bad a time as I've ever had in my life, I never got that far.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
