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Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so

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[–] IronpigsWizard@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I worked crisis intervention for a few years. I have arrived to probably a dozen or so suicides. About a half dozen left these huge manifestos.

Every. Single. One. Got thrown away, 2 had family members toss it in front of me. Turns out your loved ones do not often want to read the crazy shit you killed yourself over, especially when it ultimately changed nothing. One individual had 1000+ pages written, the family wanted nothing to do with it.

I'm not pro-suicide for anything. Most of these people are just depressed. It's not resolve when you're giving up on life.

[–] SparBrow@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Just curious, but was any of those suicides you arrived to a case of self immolation? I get giving up on life, but I can just off the top of my head think of 5 ways to off myself that would be much less painful and take less effort.

Setting yourself on fire kinda has a history of being the most extreme form of protest. This guy clearly did it because he believed that he needed to wake people up to the reality of the world he found himself in. But yes, he was probably also depressed. I don't blame him. The conclusion he came to is goddamn depressing for all of us. Unless you're a billionaire.