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    ConfederateIrishman said:
    The reaction to his death has been.... well I don't know what I expected.

        'We just need to force more positivity, ban all negativity'
        'Just shout down people that disagree with you if you think they are toxic'
        *uses death to attempt to start a conservation on why this is all actually about racism*
        'People just need to be better; No social media isn't the problem'

    All these 'solutions' to prevent more suicides I am hearing are just going to drive more people to suicide in the long term.

I have a schizo friend who talks about suicide a lot. I tell him "do it faggot, don't be a bitch." Then we discuss amusing ways he can off himself before wandering off onto other topics.

I am a good friend. Seriously. That gets him in a better frame of mind. Bloo blooing about "life is magical and you have so much to offer" doesn't help. It juat makes the prick spouting platitudes feel better after being upset by the suicidal person.

Some people just need a reset. Some people want to talk frankly about their problems. Everyone is different.

But NOBODY benefits from essentially being told to shut up. "We care about you" is telling, not showing, and what's bad in writing is bad in real life. "Stop being toxic" shows that you regard a friend in need as an irritation. "You have so much to live for" tripe is dismissive. Some people's lives really are shit and unfixable.

I hope I'm not soapboxing too much. This shit really pisses me off. If you actually care about and like someone, you will seek their company because it pleases you to interact with them. Having friends who seek you out because they like you makes life seem worth not skipping. Nobody wants "friends" who look on you as a project, and spending time with you as a chore or grind.

Social media really exacerbates this by making it so easy for people with very little real affinity for you to puff themselves up playing at being friends with you. It's fucking sick.
 
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