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sixes_and_sevens comments on How would you talk a stranger off the ledge? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 24 January 2012 10:21:56AM 2 points [-]

I'm not suggesting that it's beneficial to make suicidal people feel silly. I'm proposing that the sensation of retreating from a position of suicidal intent is often feeling silly about having done it.

I'm starting to regret posting this now. There's way too much room for misinterpretation.