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

Spelchek

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I agree that the media has planted horrible thoughts in peoples' minds, but its also the weak nature of humans nowadays. We all have little things that drive us, and when those things cease to be or we lose interest, then most people give up rather than try and find a new motivation. Hm... maybe not most, but at least some.

For my part, I think it would be folly to blame the media in this case; yeah, the media generally doesn't do much to encourage healthy growth in children, but I'm not so sure it encourages "kill yourself" as a solution to life's troubles, either. Not sure who you're agreeing with; no one so far mentioned the media.

As Jenny said above, and as I've said before, I can understand the loneliness; those we have known me well enough long enough can verify this. What bothers me, though, and what I don't understand, is the now-apparent phenomenon of suicidal thinking -- which I can't pass of to the Fiend of Media, and so my circular comment ends.