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2016-02-18 at 7:24 AM UTC in I think about killing myself a lot
So no one caught the parallel between suicide hotlines and phone sex hotlines? What's everyone IQ and why do you insist on keeping your money and living at the same time while being so stupid?
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2016-02-18 at 7:22 AM UTC in I've been frantically searches Mexican obituary columns for Vizier's name
Vizier detected
I'll take that as a compliment. He was a pretty cool dude, but I do remember him not liking inb4lock. -
2016-02-18 at 7:21 AM UTC in US relations with Russia and China"When the elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers."
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2016-02-18 at 7:17 AM UTC in Usenet is the only TOTSE-like experience still alive
Fo real?
Yeah I don't remember ever using it.Usenet is a decentralized network. Think of it like a forum that can be hosted by anyone. The best part about Usenet is getting the best scene release files, it's even better than torrents in some regards, although it has slowed down in recent years.
I want to check this out. -
2016-02-18 at 7:14 AM UTC in I've been frantically searches Mexican obituary columns for Vizier's nameI miss Vizier. It was nice to have another Spanish speaking person on Zoklet.
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2016-02-18 at 4:51 AM UTC in Lanny spotted at Obama's speechLol. People believe this shit.
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2016-02-18 at 4:41 AM UTC in Usenet is the only TOTSE-like experience still alive
Except with way, way more spam.
And Usenet has of course been around for way longer.
There are some pretty good niche communities that deal with technical subjects. It's a lot of fun to bounce with some really intelligent specialists who act like hilarious assholes to noobs (like myself) trying to inquire about their field.
There's also some pretty chillax TOTSE-like communities still alive.
This is kind of interesting. I've never used Usenet. Is it like a dial in bbs? -
2016-02-18 at 4:36 AM UTC in Being gang stalkedBill Krozby my man, I really don't believe any of these encounters or observations warrant the conclusion that the government is paying people to gang stalk you. If gang stalking is even real (which seems pretty unlikely and even less likely that they'd be watching you), it seems a lot more likely that this is just people being assholes or socially unaware.
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2016-02-18 at 4:32 AM UTC in Runescape is a hell of a drug.Sploo let's play runescape.
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2016-02-18 at 4:29 AM UTC in Captain Falcon is the awkward and pathetic faggot of this community
Notice how every year the internet gets worse and worse
I actually have noticed that. -
2016-02-18 at 4:27 AM UTC in f169bbs.comNot to be an asshole but I'd rather post here. That website looks like it was designed with a potato.
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2016-02-18 at 4:22 AM UTC in I think about killing myself a lot
The way you wrote it made it seem pretty fucking stupid, like you didn't understand the value of crisis hotlines. How is that first sentence not clear? People who are suicidal often feel, or are, completely alone and having someone to talk to about an issue as serious as suicide can make a world of difference, they can at least be convinced to seek help.
Seeing as there's absolutely no way to whatsoever meaningfully measure the "value" of crisis hotlines, it's kind of ironic that you're jumping down my throat about how apparently uneducated my opinion is on the matter.
I mean, think about it - there's no way to accurately know how many people were actually going to kill themselves but were stopped by crisis hotline operators. What can you do, collect survey data? Self report data? Count how many people got connected to other support and consider every one a victory? Even if you followed up on every person that got put in touch with resources from their calls, it wouldn't be accurate enough to see if it's actually helping anybody. In fact, the only data that you could accurately find on the topic are people who called a hotline but killed themselves anyway, which doesn't support your case.
Honestly, it seems like a band-aid solution. Instead of giving people access to the psycho-medical resources they need before they get to the point of literally calling strangers to get help at the front door of suicide, the government throws a significantly lower amount of cash at the problem as a last resort. Just looking at how many people don't have health insurance in the US, meaning they can't see a mental health professional or get access to one easily.
Arguing about how "pretty fucking stupid" and laughable these conjectures are shows that you have no experience working with this population.I get that you're not happy with how things turned out and that's just my point - this whole thread is basically proof that right now your happiness is contingent upon your fulfillment and success. You did well in your undergrad, now just bury yourself with more loans instead of dirt.
I know I complain about money and working a shit job a lot, but this doesn't really have anything to do with financial success. Being the wealthiest person in the world wouldn't change my outlook. It's more about a persistent adhedonia and recognition of my own pointlessness. I alternate between whether or not I'm happy being alive. The argument usually boils down to "there's no real reason to be here, but there's no real reason not to be here."
On a more general note, the mantra in the thread here is basically that suicide is always a bad idea, it's always an "escape," it's always posited as a "permanent solution to a temporary problem," but that's really just a cultural axiom. The milieu has been different throughout different cultures and has changed over time. In fact, the population most likely to kill themselves are actually the elderly, and assuming that all of them who do it are mentally ill is silly. One of the biomedical ethical principles we frequently see in the field is the idea that life should almost always (without question) be preserved long past the point where the person in question finds it meaningful, and that's honestly pretty unreasonable. I wouldn't look at someone who lived a full life into their 80s and killed themselves in their home instead of dying in a hospital bed did something bad.
Everyone should have an honest evaluation as to whether or not they should kill themselves. Consciousness isn't a gift per se, it's just is. Most of us privilege it, but recognizing it's a cultural assumption is just that. Most people probably don't have the tools to evaluate it accurately and there's no way I'd share anything in this post with most people considering suicide, but you should always preserve the right to kill yourself. -
2016-02-18 at 3:56 AM UTC in "Brave" BrowserHonestly I was more interested in seeing a Hewfil1 post than I care about the browser.
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2016-02-17 at 7:23 PM UTC in Do I have the highest IQ on this website?Sploo is obviously a genius, and all it took was the empirical facts of Tic Tac Toe to prove it.
Ironically, Sploo also proves that he doesn't understand how basic patterns work. -
2016-02-17 at 7:20 PM UTC in Unstable is too much of a bitch nigger to respond to my threatsI told you guys Captain Falcon was mad.
It's only a matter of time now. -
2016-02-17 at 7:29 AM UTC in ITT Spectral compares this winter to that of winters pastYou don't scare me, kid. The only reason we even have winter anymore is because I allow you to. I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday, all I need is a good firewall and my super secure Windows XP, and I can hack the weather into anything I want.
It used to be that people were free to let the weather take it's natural course. It had direction and purpose. But no, you couldn't let it be. You just had to push buttons. I saw you outside spraying Aerosal cans into the sky in order to expedite global warming. You couldn't resist the feeling of power it gave you.
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2016-02-17 at 7:24 AM UTC in Captain Falcon is the awkward and pathetic faggot of this communityYour bubble yum ass would be dead if you lived my life.
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2016-02-17 at 7:23 AM UTC in Peptidoglycan: Strike back against the bacterial threat
>Keeping paperwork
Peptidoglycan thrives on bureaucracy you fools!
That was the test, and you passed. -
2016-02-17 at 7:21 AM UTC in I think about killing myself a lotreading what this thread has devolved to makes me want to kill myself.
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2016-02-17 at 4:39 AM UTC in Peptidoglycan: Strike back against the bacterial threatLieutenant November India Gamma Gamma Alpha Sigma India November Sierra Papa Alpha Charlie Echo reporting for surprise inspection. Recent reports Peptidoglycan have been interception which is against AR67-1 of DD-214.
I'm going to need to see full copies of everyone's TPS reports.