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Anecdotally: in my years on this planet, I've never known anyone who committed suicide (thankfully). However in the last 3 months, I've had both a friend and a
by lsllc 6y ago
Anecdotally: in my years on this planet, I've never known anyone who committed suicide (thankfully).
However in the last 3 months, I've had both a friend and a relative kill themselves unexpectedly, both laid off since March, unable to work, financial issues, no hope and one just recently in an area just gone back into lockdown.
It is very much easier for those of us who are able to WFH taking Zoom meetings in PJs with Amazon Fresh delivering groceries to the door. But for a big chunk of the populace, these are really hard times.
I do not know what the right answer is, but you have a very good point.
- anoncake 6y agoWe are killing people to save others. It's the trolley problem, except we don't even know how many we save and how many we kill.