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HedonicTreader comments on Open Thread, Apr. 20 - Apr. 26, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: HedonicTreader 22 April 2015 11:19:20AM -2 points [-]

Do what? Commit suicide or talk about suicide?

As for the latter, the request is childish, and as for the former, I have yet to meet a person who would even pay the financial cost of living for another person.

Yet, for some reason, everybody feels entitled to judge whose life is worth living - even for total strangers. And why wouldn't you? You get to be morally superior AND you get to have higher social status AND you get the upvotes for being a nice person AND you don't have to go through the suffering AND you don't have to pay the cost.

Bravo. Well done. Thanks for the objective discussion.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 22 April 2015 11:34:55AM *  2 points [-]

You are welcome to die if you wish, although I would probably not want you to. But if you encourage others, in particular depressed people, to commit suicide you can expect some pushback. That's because you are being an asshole.