A 'recommended option'? Eek. Recommended by who? I don't believe any country in the world condones suicide, and I doubt that any will any time soon.
I had some friends who were in serious financial difficulties a number of years ago. They were destitute, but they were nice people, and stayed with friends for free. Creative solutions are often available even in the worst of times for people that are not abusively over-using friends and relatives.
Sadly in America, the homeless are often mentally ill, and in this Liberal's opinion should be provided food and shelter, not a recommendation that they off themselves.
I think our identities are often very tied to what we do at work. So being out of work is extremely painful.
Suicide is strongly coupled to wanting to end pain. Usually emotional pain. Dealing with that pain in other ways should certainly be the first recommendation from any outsider. From the inside, it's IMHO "the right choice", though not an easy road, I admit.
That's... not the groups that "sanctioned" (?) suicide is usually made available to. Unless you're attempting some kind of reddit-esque edginess, and you're trying to ask a different question..?
@reddit contributed to my learned helplessness. Big tech has engaged in a gnarly pattern of dossier-building rumor-perpetuating algorithmic-targeting abuse practices. @google, @reddit, @twitter and others have all participated. They all maintain secret dossiers that the end citizen never gets to see.
People will handle this differently. Some love the attention. Others find the presence of cameras on the front of every cell phone unsettling. I find the current state of affairs to be a new form of natural selection, a new filter to see who can adapt to the impending ubiquitous technical surveillance society towards which we're headed.
If you believe being out of work to be irrecoverable, please take a moment to consider whether you may have been drinking too much American Dream koolaid.
I don't consider scrapping for manual labor jobs for food money (certainly not rent) to be any form of recovery.
For those who are currently unemployable (in a professional setting making a living wage), they are either prepared for this financially, or their survival is threatened.
Are you out of work? What's the longest you've been out of work, in years?
lcuff|2 years ago
I had some friends who were in serious financial difficulties a number of years ago. They were destitute, but they were nice people, and stayed with friends for free. Creative solutions are often available even in the worst of times for people that are not abusively over-using friends and relatives.
Sadly in America, the homeless are often mentally ill, and in this Liberal's opinion should be provided food and shelter, not a recommendation that they off themselves.
I think our identities are often very tied to what we do at work. So being out of work is extremely painful.
Suicide is strongly coupled to wanting to end pain. Usually emotional pain. Dealing with that pain in other ways should certainly be the first recommendation from any outsider. From the inside, it's IMHO "the right choice", though not an easy road, I admit.
slater|2 years ago
That's... not the groups that "sanctioned" (?) suicide is usually made available to. Unless you're attempting some kind of reddit-esque edginess, and you're trying to ask a different question..?
provenance|2 years ago
People will handle this differently. Some love the attention. Others find the presence of cameras on the front of every cell phone unsettling. I find the current state of affairs to be a new form of natural selection, a new filter to see who can adapt to the impending ubiquitous technical surveillance society towards which we're headed.
082349872349872|2 years ago
cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
provenance|2 years ago
For those who are currently unemployable (in a professional setting making a living wage), they are either prepared for this financially, or their survival is threatened.
Are you out of work? What's the longest you've been out of work, in years?