Monkeys have opposible thumbs, so they could do it the same way we do...

[jackofallgeeks]

So, right... I'm sitting here, minding my own business, taking a break from reading Plato, and not one, not two, but three people rather close to me casually remark on suicide. Like, their own suicide. The first was less-casual, just a simple "yeah, I've thought about it, but it always seemed to selfish." The second was a bit more confused, as it was in the middle of a long, emotionally-charged rant about loneliness. But the third was rather off-handedly "yeah, I guess everyone thinks about killing themselves."

I've never thought about it. I guess it's natural human folly to imagine oneself is indicative of the majority, but I'd at least assume that rational self-preservation would stand up to all-but the bleakest of emotional despairs. Maybe that's just me; I do tend to eschew emotion over reason whenever and wherever I can. I wouldn't ask for confessions, but I think now I may be shocked by the number of friends I hold dear who would have considered That Way.

If I think about it too long, I think I could get very sad.

Comments

[thismortalquill.livejournal.com]

I believe the third person was referring to the process by which we eliminate options in any situation. The media has wittingly and unwittingly bombarded us with images of suicide as an option that even those who would never seriously consider it might bring it up (even if it's just to say "well, *that* is CERTAINLY not an option).

Granted, the person could believe that there comes a time in every human's life where we all sit around and seriously contemplate offing ourselves, but the probability of that is highly unlikely.

And don't be sad. Even if some of us have contemplated/attempted... we're still here, right?

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

Due to context on the third, I would disagree -- they pretty clearly seemed to mean more the second possibility you list there.

And yeah, even those who have thought about it and even attempted it, assuming there ARE still here, are still here. But what if they weren't? And what about the ones who aren't? On a less-sad, more-philosophical note, the implications of people we might have met are simply astounding. "If anything were different, everything would be different."