• The Barto
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    3310 months ago

    I’ve been in a bit of pain the last few weeks, my knee giving me grief and my tooth deciding to go nuclear so I made a joke saying " I wish the grim reaper would stop flirting and just kill me already". Didn’t get the laugh I was going for, just the look of concern.

  • @lseif@sopuli.xyz
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    710 months ago

    aita for not finding it funny regardless, bc you could just jump off a building instead? not advocating suicide btw

    • @theneverfox
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      810 months ago

      Wanting to die and committing suicide are totally separate things. Suicidal ideation requires a focus on a method… It’s very specific, often like a specific bridge, or a specific method, like pills or a gun. Take that option away, and overwhelmingly people don’t find another

      Saying “I want to fall off the Earth” is nowhere close to saying “I want to jump off a building”. The first one is an expression of a feeling of exhaustion with life, the second one is a potential cry for help

  • @phorq@lemmy.ml
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    610 months ago

    If I was president, I’d build a railing around the rim and make the lizard people pay for it!

  • Dr. Coomer
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    010 months ago

    That not funny, that’s genuinely upsetting to hear.

      • @FMT99@lemmy.world
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        -310 months ago

        You’re not tired of this “I want to die” joke that’s been circulating since ca 2012 Reddit? It’s getting a little old.

        • @theneverfox
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          610 months ago

          It’s probably less of a joke than you think. People see death in different ways

          And FWIW, wanting to die and suicide are almost completely separate things. You frequently have one without the other - I find jokes about wanting to die in the abstract relatable, ones that are more concrete about a feasible method would be pretty concerning

    • TragicNotCute
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      2110 months ago

      You’re right. Even pretending the earth is flat isn’t a laughing matter.