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Jakyl25 posted...

Maybe this gets into my most controversial opinion

Unless you have dependents, you should absolutely have the right to commit suicide if you want to and it shouldnt be considered a tragedy. Everyone who is not taking care of someone else should have the unencumbered right to die.

i mean personally i'm not that far off from you on this but i also get that my personal opinion is outweighed by things like the goods the state should provide, social contract rules, and other more systemic reasons for why suicide should be treated negatively. which maybe is different than tragedy, though it overlaps. right now it seems euthanasia is the line between acceptable or not and i'm not sure there's any good reason to not allow it. like to be clear, i don't really personally disagree with a lot of what you're saying - i never was one for family celebrations, large gatherings, and i don't care for thanksgiving much. hell, i've explicitly said black friday is by far the better "holiday" and have been quite happy with its takeover over the past 15 years. my disagreement's just coming from the data, seeing what people are doing, hearing what they're saying, and it just matches up that yeah my personal take is in the minority on this one and isn't something i can morally justify against them.

Jakyl25 posted...

Also I want a source on that

I want a source that says people are more likely to kill themselves if they see their family on November 10th instead of November 26th

now you know that's just being cheeky. though now i do wonder what data is out there that covers the specific range versus another one, but i think for that data would totally focus more on Christmas due to religion, and i know you love that.

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