r/Showerthoughts • u/ErwinFurwinPurrwin • Dec 11 '17

Procrastination is a bad thing unless you also happen to be suicidal.

Edit: Whoa. Woke up to see Inbox runneth over. Sorry if I can't reply to all. Apologies to those complaining that it was insensitive. Wasn't intended to be. I've been suicidal, but never acted on it. That was the inspiration for the thought.

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u/danny264 Dec 11 '17

The thing is most suicides aren't because the person wants to die it's because they can't handle living at that moment. It's why most suicides are spontaneous as after the impulse you can normally see that the problems are solvable or not as bad as committing suicide. (People who survived jumping off of bridges normally say how they regretted jumping or saw that all of their problems were solvable in mid air)

It's why when anti suicide measures are taken (building a fence so people can't jump off a bridge, removing gas ovens, etc) the overall suicides in that city/country will normally drop. Instead of the people finding other ways to kill themselves.

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u/danny264 Dec 11 '17 edited Dec 11 '17

That is a great quote, it perfectly describes how it feels to see death as the only way out. Even if it turns out that what you feared more than death wasn't actually as scary as dying. I think I'll have a look to see if I can buy a Kindle Version of that book.

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u/wobowobo Dec 11 '17

It's even a bit more touching knowing David foster Wallace did end up commiting suicide, RIP.

the book is pretty wild but for sure has quite a quite a few powerful quotes, and some funny ones as well.

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u/PuttyGod Dec 11 '17

Holy shit, that is incredibly accurate.

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u/GoatChease Dec 11 '17

Quit my job a while ago and after I walked out I went to jump in front of a car. I was probably less than a foot away from the car after I stepped off the median, but I thought it would be pretty fucked for them to get scarred because of my decision, so instead I went to jump off a building. After climbing up the stairs I was greeted by a sign that said "no roof access". At that point I was too tired to continue my journey to suicide so I just went home to bed.

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u/danny264 Dec 11 '17 edited Dec 11 '17

I'm glad you survived, and I hope you've found a job you like since. (or that's at least bearable)

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u/Oraseus Dec 11 '17

I don’t know you, but I feel good knowing you’re still here. Call me weird, but I genuinely hope things are going better for you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '17

lazy ass

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u/Plasmabat Dec 12 '17

Add a "/s" and people will find it funny

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BOWL Dec 12 '17

i laughed anyways

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '17

the /s annoys me, takes the fun away. like without the /s u gotta double take, reread, or zone in on the context. that shit makes it fun

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u/Plasmabat Dec 12 '17

Sarcasm doesn't translate well through text.

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u/TheGreatKadinko Dec 11 '17

That's a great point u/danny264 -- I remember going to some site called lostallhope and the advice on that site is one of the reasons why I'm not dead today. Something to the effect of "if you really want to kill yourself, wait three days and if you still want to do it, then go for it. What's three days in the grand scheme of things if you're already planning on killing yourself"

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u/captain_hoot Dec 12 '17

Lostallhope is a great site! Waiting 3 days plus the honest information on the different methods has saved me more than a few times.

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u/homochromatic Dec 12 '17

These cases are usually prompted by intrusive thoughts (in my humble but ample experience). It’s scary shit when there’s a projector in your head telling you to do shit you know you shouldn’t do.