I actually do support the idea that we have a right to end our lives on our own terms.
But, I would say to anyone asking this question that there is so much good left undone in the world that they could make happen.
If you can, don’t end your life. Donate it.
Baked goods
Food tastes good
Sunsets are awesome
Some people are worth being around
You might mess up the attempt and end up worse off than you are now
Religion might be right and you end up in the bad place
Religion might be right and you end up in the bad place
With modern life being as it is, we would be screwed either way in most religions. Everyone is probably breaking at least a couple of dozen rules in every religion.
Even if you just need to follow a central “be kind”-rule - how kind is it to buy stuff on Amazon, packed and delivered by wage slaves, which was imported from China (which may include child or slave labour) [or some US states for that matter] while also hurting the environment in the process.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Literally the entire plot of The Good Place
If anyone still haven’t watched it, they should.
BORTLES! 🍾🔥
Such a good series, but I deliberately didn’t mention it here as not to spoil too much😅
If there are people who care about you, it’s not only selfish but also cruel. All you’re doing is passing on your pain to them.
So you are supposed to experience a life of misery, so that others around you wont have to suffer momentarily(mostly after your death)? That doesnt sound like a good argument.
I think those pains are very different from one another. It’s not passing on [your/the same] pain.
Because we need you to help make world a better place to live.
Plus you’ll miss cat videos.
R. Buckminster Fuller asked that same question as he contemplated throwing himself into Lake Michigan. He was broke, in debt, jobless with a wife and small family.
The only thing he REALLY had was life insurance, which made him worth more dead than alive.
His experience is worth reading:
tl;dr - He made a wager with himself that there was some larger purpose to his life. He went on to hold 28 patents and became the inventor of the Geodesic Dome. Bucky Balls are named after him.
You can always end it later, so stick around a little longer and see how things play out.
This is my excuse. I can die any day I want, but I can’t play the new warframe update after I die so I’ll just put that off.
Weaponized procrastination, I like it
And if you wait long enough it’ll end anyway.
This is my philosophy too. If you’re gonna do it then there’s no harm in doing something fun first, and if it’s still bad tomorrow you can finish it then. Having suicide as an option always on the table is a bit freeing, honestly. Momento mori and all that.
Everything ends and everything changes.
Might as well see what will come your way.
Rage.
Ammo is expensive and I can have more fun drinking and get the same result later down the road anyway
Science, pancakes, art, philosophy, cats.
5meoDMT. Do it first then decide.
I honestly wouldn’t even know where to start with accessing DMT. I’m not OP and I’m not suicidal but I mean, where would I even start?
In my country it can be found via search engine pretty easily. Just search it with your country name, maybe search on reddit if you’re struggling .
This but good ol fashion LSD and mushrooms
Also get in (at least something close to) your peak shape and be lusty at least for awhile before you die. It’s a trip.
The endorphins alone are worth it
¡Think of the society that would crumble if everyone that was an impoverished wage slave ended their life! If even so much as a third to a fifth of the world’s population did it, everything would be ripping apart at the seams pretty quick.
Id rather die for something bigger than me and my mental anguish if im gonna knowingly off myself.
Ive lived through too much shit to make the weakness of the day take me out.
But I’ll go when I wanna go too. But it’ll be me saying “my time here is done” not in pain but acceptance and peace. Not despair.
Can’t let that shit win.
Losing someone to suicide sucks. I’m willing to bet there is at least one person in your life who would be sad (or perhaps devastated) if you suddenly died. Even if it means continuing on while unhappy, don’t put that person through such an ordeal.
Depression is a temporary condition. It feels like it’ll last forever and that life can never go back to the way it was, but that’s not true. It might change you, and that change might be for the worse, but you can escape it. You can. It’s hard, but it’ll be worth once you’re on the other side.
Start by seeking professional help. There are affordable (and, depending on your area, perhaps free) options out there. Then, change how your mind thinks. Don’t let those thoughts rule you. Fight them! You can do it!
The fact that you immediately jumped to depression seems like you didn’t even think about the question.
There is literally no reason to live, we’ve made that all up. That’s not depression, that’s reality. Pushing fundamental questions into a pathological corner is condescending.
Call me crazy, but typically when someone asks for reasons to not kill themselves, depression is involved. Maybe OP was just starting conversation, but given the question and the increasing rate of people struggling with depression, I thought I’d offer my thoughts. I don’t believe this answer was condescending.
Simple: death will come, it is a guarantee you get by being born. So, unless your life is hell (diseases can do that easily, including mental ones) and it clearly won’t end (or anyway not before you become broken beyond repair), why not see some life before it ends
