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Stamets lemmy.dbzer0.com Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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makeshiftreaper lemmy.world makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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That's a monkey paw wish if I've ever heard one

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
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That's a monkey paw wish if I've ever heard one

It's a suicide joke with ennui. You can't really monkey paw someone that doesn't want to live.

"Oh life got interesting in a way that gives me more motivation to kill myself, what do?"

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RandomStickman fedia.io RandomStickman@fedia.io
Joined: 2024-06-09
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That's a monkey paw wish if I've ever heard one

For sure. As someone that has went through a... spicy (in a bad way) January, I'm pretty ok with some boring times rn

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makeshiftreaper lemmy.world makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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It's a suicide joke with ennui. You can't really monkey paw someone that doesn't want to live. "Oh life got interesting in a way that gives me more motivation to kill myself, what do?"

You can't really monkey paw someone that doesn't want to live

You can absolutely make things "more interesting" for a suicidal person that makes life worse AND convinces them to not kill themselves

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DragonTypeWyvern midwest.social DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-05-23
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You can't really monkey paw someone that doesn't want to live You can absolutely make things "more interesting" for a suicidal person that makes life worse AND convinces them to not kill themselves

Can you do it in a way where they aren't screaming "Rampage?"

I don't personally think so, unless they're just a coward scared of dying in a hail of cop bullets

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makeshiftreaper lemmy.world makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world
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Can you do it in a way where they aren't screaming "Rampage?" I don't personally think so, unless they're just a coward scared of dying in a hail of cop bullets

My first thought is mom gets diagnosed with terminal cancer causing dad to panic and leave her. Now you've got a dying mom whom you don't want to abandon on top of everything else

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MousePotatoDoesStuff lemmy.world MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-09
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It's a suicide joke with ennui. You can't really monkey paw someone that doesn't want to live. "Oh life got interesting in a way that gives me more motivation to kill myself, what do?"

What if it makes it harder/impossible for them to do it?

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