Discussion Your (least) favorite meaningless anti-choice platitude

[Comatose11]

Although this isn't really a platitude, I hate it when someone who is well aware that you want out, tells you about a friend of a friend who has recently been diagnosed with a terminal disease and really drives it home how unfair and awful it is, as if implying: what right do you have to be suicidal when you are physically healthy, when there are poor people who have been given months to live with no control over it?!
I realise that this is an terrible situation to be in, especially if you have a good life and actually enjoy living, but for me, having a terminal disease would be very welcome, I'm sure I'd absolutely hate the pain that comes with it but at least there'd be an end in sight.

I agree with that. I would love to take someone's aggressive terminal illness away from them. It would be miserable, but at least there would be an end in sight. The less time there is to live, the better. Then the person who wants to live can have my good physical health.

 

[Jane8334]

I agree with that. I would love to take someone's aggressive terminal illness away from them. It would be miserable, but at least ther would be an end in sight. The less time there is to live, the better. Then the person who wants to live can have my good physical health.

Exactly! It would be a win-win situation!

 

[readyanddetermined17]

I myself don't suffer from depression or am not really suicidal (meaning having suicidal thoughts - i just want to casually stop existing, make sense?), but honestly those empty, generalised, mostly unsubstantial phrases are getting on my nerves so much i'm sure if i was in some emotional trauma etc. wanting to kill myself, but needing an impulse to do it - having some of them said (especially without understanding for me or even trying to do so) to me would do the job.
I've heard those phrases thrown around so passionlessly like they were some proverbs...

Now as for them, the "best" one i've heard is this, hold on tight to something, cause this one is going to stun you, ready? *drumroll*

"Everybody wants to live"!

 

[Suicideisnirvana]

"Permanent solution to a temporary problem"

It's the most stupid platitude because it's not even wrong : the problem may be considered temporary as in "life is temporary", but a permanent solution is exactly what we want lol.

 

[Tiburcio]

"Everybody wants to live"!

This joke is really good

 

[readyanddetermined17]

It really is - i cried laughing when i (first) heard it.

 

[Comatose11]

Or, "There are people who want to live but are dying." Umm what does that have to do with anything?

 

[Hanger]

it only shows how unfair the world is. We want to die but have to live. Other people want to live and we have to die. Shit this world is cruel, especially people that do not acvept the death wish of others

 

[Suicideisnirvana]

Or, "There are people who want to live but are dying." Umm what does that have to do with anything?

Me : Hey girl, wanna have sex with me ?

Girl : No, you're ugly.

Me : Well, there is this girl who wanna have sex with me BUT CAN'T, she lives too far.

Girl : OMG sorry, i feel so ashamed of my ingratitude now, let's have sex.

 

[readyanddetermined17]

Yet lower are people trying to downgrade (for lack of a better word, you know what i mean) one's "not physical suffering" by juxtaposing it with being damaged physically as if it was necessarily always so much worse that it should make you happy you only have "some mental problems". They are trying to make comparisons not knowing both elements they are comparing...

And also i'm aware of a situation where a person as advice for an obviously (clinically) depressed one recommended to stop worrying.
Get it? Is' so simple. It's basically:
-I have a problem.
-Then stop having it!

 

[wezel]

God loves you.

 

[readyanddetermined17]

wezel, It must be some weird twisted love for sure.

 

[lv-gras]

Yet lower are people trying to downgrade (for lack of a better word, you know what i mean) one's "not physical suffering" by juxtaposing it with being damaged physically as if it was necessarily always so much worse that it should make you happy you only have "some mental problems". They are trying to make comparisons not knowing both elements they are comparing...

And also i'm aware of a situation where a person as advice for an obviously (clinically) depressed one recommended to stop worrying.
Get it? Is' so simple. It's basically:
-I have a problem.
-Then stop having it!

yeah, as someone physically damaged that makes no sense

 

[readyanddetermined17]

I meant that being damaged physically is not worse just by its nature.

 

[wezel]

readyanddetermined17 ... the church is full of loving priests ...

 

[lv-gras]

I meant that being damaged physically is not worse just by its nature.

yes, agreeing with you completely

 

[readyanddetermined17]

Are they necessary to get in touch with God? I don't know if you're trolling, but in case you're serious, well you are confusing me with someone else.

 

[EternalSleep]

Good things happen to those who wait.

 

[wezel]

Are they necessary to get in touch with God? I don't know if you're trolling, but in case you're serious, well you are confusing me with someone else.

I ain't serious, be assured. https://www.vox.com/2018/8/15/17689994/catholic-sex-abuse-priest-crisis-pennsylvania-report

 

[readyanddetermined17]

Good things happen to those who wait.

Pity it's a tendency not a dependence.

 

[Morning Angel]

I also hate motivational crap like "If its not ok its not the end" and all that stupid nonsense

Or, "There are people who want to live but are dying." Umm what does that have to do with anything?

Sadly it's an obvious guilt tactic.

 

[Morning Angel]

Good things happen to those who wait.

This one makes me sick to my stomach. Can't articulate why.

 

[Why.]

They're all as painfully insufferable as each other, IMO.

 

[Morning Angel]

God loves you.

But Jesus hates me ;)

 

[Morning Angel]

God loves you.

But I prayed to Jesus so many times!

 

[LadySin]

"Think of your children! OMG will someone please think of the children!!!??"

 

[Rocky M]

I hate how people say "suicide is not an option!" No, suicide is always an option, it may not be the best option in the moment, but once you've had a few too many "moments", it becomes pretty clear that suicide is the only option.

By moments I mean being emotionally abused by someone, then having the same people tell you to "get over it" or "you're just sad, cheer up" and stuff like that because they fail to see what they've done to you.

 

[LadySin]

Everything that encourages to live in general annoys me.

Really now? Because I feel the EXACT same way.

 

[Tiburcio]

Really now? Because I feel the EXACT same way.

Don't tell me...

 

[hopeis5427]

These ones really grind my gears
"suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem"
"You are crazy/selfish/lazy/coward"
"You will go to hell"