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#1443 This page needs to stop posting confessions about suicide contemplation because there are numerous other resources other resources that people who experience such extreme feelings should actually go to:such as a counselor, spiritual chaplain, support groups, or the suicide hotline. That is where the real help is because even though people will reply to such posts to offer themselves as confidents ( which is really nice), professional intervention is the first priority. I am of the opinion that by posting suicude related posts, this page can be detracting from the real problem. Posting here seriouslymajes no difference.
On a final note, seeing suicide confessions is a trigger to me (and maybe others). I have come really far and worked really hard so that I can be more effective in dealing with such drastic thoughts and behaviors. Seeing these confessions reminds me of times that I wish I could forget and I think that they put ideas into vulnerable minds.
I am anticipating a few snide and thoughtless responses to this confession but I want people to think of the implications. I also want to stress to those who are in a very dark time of their lives that YOU posess great INNER STRENGTH and YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS. The present is what it is, and no situation or feeling is permanent.
#1442 There needs to be a buzzed article "20 signs you're worse than Hitler" and to include such grievous human rights abuses such as taking too long to order at Chipotle and enjoying mass-market beer. What else could be on the list?
#1441 Turns out Kim Jung Un went to Macalester College back in the '90s, posing as a South Korean. That's where he learned not to take a joke.
#1440 I have family members and Mac alum friends that are cops. When your hashtag is "no justice no peace" you can't pretend to be surprised when cops die. It could have been my family. Fuck you all.
#1439 Every time I think about my mistakes, where I was just dumb and inconsiderate or did something embarrassing or didn't intend to be rude or hurtful, I still cringe. I still cringe about mean stuff I said in sixth grade, when I thought because I was a nerd, it wouldn't hurt them. How do I move on from this shit, Mac?????? (also writing to an advice column so I can be assured of one non-snarky response)
#1438 I'm white, and I'm sorry about that.
#1437 "I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth." Much obliged, Ursula K. Le Guin. It's good to not know what to think sometimes, because it means you've found a puzzle.
#1436 I try to avoid prejudice, but if you try to tell me Top Gun is one of the greatest movies of all time I will judge the fuck out of you