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Then why didn't he use ropes?

• samtho 3y ago
  Do you wear a helmet everything you’re in situation where you might hurt your head? If you lived in a world were people wore a helmet every time they drove a motor vehicle, but you were okay without, you may agree that there are benefits, but if you consider an event where it would help you unlikely and you liked the feeling of not wearing a helmet, would you classify that as suicidal? People die of blunt force trauma during car crashes but not protecting yourself does not mean you are having suicidal thoughts and ideation. What he did was objectively more dangerous, but his risk tolerance was different. The part I take issue with is the accusation of being literally suicidal which is a serious matter that many people struggle with and we should not extend that definition to include daredevils.
  • jrm4 3y ago
    Sure we should. Why, precisely, should we NOT? I keep hearing this idea of "it's bad to use the word suicidal except in these very specific cases," and no one's REALLY come up with a genuinely compelling reason not to. Fitting what a book says is not compelling; potentially saving lives is. Not calling someone "suicidal" when they are or merely might be strikes me as infinity worse than calling them suicidal when they're not.