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[โ€“] lanolinoil@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think we can have compassion for people who commit suicide because of suffering and are young, but not think it's a good or ideal thing. I think the protest here or euthanasia because you're old/sick is a different thing.

For everyone (for me) condoning suicide too much -- I always think about it like this:

We were dead for billions of years and we will be dead for billions of years. This little sub 100 year run we all have is just a flash in the pan and even if you're not having a good time at all and think you can't ever have a good time, surely just sticking it out for the novelty if nothing else is better in most cases of suffering than checking out too early. We'll all be back there soon enough.