Suicide booths in Futurama aren't a bad idea. We should have those, except in a more humane way, maybe even facilities that would provide a sure method(euthanasia) and a goodbye ceremony like a funeral, in which the close ones could grieve over the loss, but also be assured and comforted...

-245 Suicide booths in Futurama aren't a bad idea. We should have those, except in a more humane way, maybe even facilities that would provide a sure method(euthanasia) and a goodbye ceremony like a funeral, in which the close ones could grieve over the loss, but also be assured and comforted by the suicidal that this is the best way. This would prevent a lot of failed suicides and a lot of unexplained deaths that cause guilt and confusion. It's a good idea, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I just think the choices for death they provide are pretty funny wary

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Pretty cruel too. But it's brilliant if you think of the idea realistically.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A suicide booth sounds like a good idea. I'd use it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@anon idk, sounds kinda stupid, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You are now dead. Thank you for using Stop-and-Drop, America's favorite suicide booth since 2008.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Killing yourself is already easy and now you wanna make it convenient?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's not that easy. And it's often very risky. And it also hurts a lot of people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes it is, there are so many ways to kill yourself such as: by jumping off a roof, by drowning, slitting your throat, or taking everything in your medicine cabinet. It's not risky if you combine all the things I said above. And the Suicide booth hurts people too. *Note: do not try at home

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's ridiculous. You have no idea, just shut up.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://amirite.net/112375

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or when you're so pissed at the person you don't even want to continue arguing. I just want to hit you.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRbXMWYMNno

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I like that song. :/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well then, I'm glad that I was able to smooth things over between us.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't know why but I found that really fucking funny

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, he's hilarious isn't he. Ignorant trolls making crying suicidals angry is the funniest thing ever.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I just found it funny the way they played it off like that instead of a flame war. I'm suicidal as well, but I still found it funny.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Haha, it's not like they chose it to be that way. They couldn't have a flame war on this topic if they tried. But whatever

As long as it's over.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hey Anonymous, you cannot kill your self by drowning.... and most roofs are too close to the ground to actually kill you if you fell from them, just hurt like a bitch and piss you off.... just pointing that out.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@Lamb_of_God You can't kill yourself by holding your breath, but you could definitely kill yourself by drowning

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, it's incredibly hard to drown yourself, your instinct kicks in and even if you've got a big boulder attached by a rope to your leg, you'll still panic and try to escape without thinking. It's hard.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There's a river and a bunch of canals with strong currents where I live. It's really hard to swim in them. When I read "drowning", that's what I thought of, but now I'm thinking that falls into a different category

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure why you'd want to make it easier to kill yourself, it shouldn't be like on the whim purchases at the checkout counter. Besides the grief caused to family is because the person died not because it was an unmonitored method of death.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Would it be regulated? Or would any old fourteen year old who was just dumped by their 'boyfriend' be able to use it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it should have an age limit. Besides, it'd be too expensive for a child to afford. And that initiation I mentioned earlier would filter out those who don't really want to do it. It'd have trained professional therapists to understand the problem and make the person consider it in a different way. I'm absolutely sure even if a 14-year-old girl were to be suicidal for such a reason she could be talked out of it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

With an age limit/price/therapeutic initiation, then, I agree.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I really don't have an issue with it if it's well regulated like that. The problem most people have is they think they can decide what others do with their lives. If a person is so set on suicide, then it only makes sense to allow them to do it to get away from the pain and suffering. This is a safe alternative that gives the person plenty of chances to back out. I would rather have a "suicide ceremony" than act in a moment of passion and possibly be unsuccessful, injuring myself and my family. I remember an anti- bullying speaker coming to my school in the sixth grade. He explained how he was woken in the middle of the night by his daughter screaming. He immediately got up and found her in a hysterical state and his son hanging by a noose in the bathroom. That's what I see happening more if something like this isn't established soon. Families don't need to be torn apart by suicide.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

And you would have to wait a few months or so, to decide if it's the best choice. And during this period, you would be in therapy(already said by OP above). So you wouldn't be making a mistake by killing yourself. Based on OP's regulations, this is a good idea. It wouldn't cause the trauma of finding somebody you know and love, dead. And people would be talked out of it if possible(therapy). I like the concept of a humane suicide, not an actual suicide booth.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@CherryBlossom: Yes, a major problem was that the parents were unaware of how distraught the boy was in the first place, but maybe with an option of a suicide "booth" in place, he would've felt more comfortable bringing up his feelings with his parents. Of course they wouldn't let him, but they would finally see that he needed counseling and help. However, I think the main benefit of the booth is not prevention of messy, random suicides, but the psychological effect it would have on society. Instead of it being a completely hushed subject, people would feel more comfortable talking about it with friends and family, and more people could be helped. Right now, kids are stuck hiding any thoughts of suicide because it is shamed in our society. Also, the booths would in no way encourage suicide. They would do all they could do prevent it. It would only be for people that are so far under that no amount of therapy could help them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think people with painful terminal illnesses wouldn't have to wait as long. Turn in a few medical records and doctor referrals, and do a psychological screening, and they should be able to commit within the week. People think "suicide" and they think all about the different mental illnesses people must have to want to die, but seldom consider the physical pain some people might be in. This would interfere with the age limit. If your eight year old daughter was dying of an incurable disease that caused her intense pain every moment of every day, would you want to watch her wither away on the highest doses of morphine available and still no relief for her pain for months because the clinic offering humane human euthanasia has an age limit? A lot of suicidal people also think that they are doing the world a "favor" and relieving their families and loved ones of the burden of having them around, and the extended wait period and extensive screening would probably encourage some people to try it at home. All of that said, suicide clinics would also bring about positive changes such as the ending of physical suffering for many and a less "taboo" mentality of suicide in our society.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If there was a service for this, I think it should be non-profit, so suicide would not be encouraged by any advertisements.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Galileo Do you think families wont be torn apart by assisted suicide? Your point about making it less taboo and free to talk about it to relieve the pressure which in turn helps people to give up the idea of suicide is a valid point, but there are other ways to achieve that rather than assisted suicide.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(8DUrkaron): What he was saying is that is's better than finding somebody dead. It would be horribly traumatic. But with the kind of suicide OP introduces, there would be more closure.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Finding somebody dead would be quite traumatic but maybe dealing with it in this 'knowing' manner would also be a different kind of trauma. I guess it would be traumatic either way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I see your point.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"Hey mom meet me at the suicide booth at 12, I'm gonna kill myself cause I hate life, k?" "K son I'll prepare the funeral." No just no. This is so wrong on so many levels. It's like you're encouraging people who have suicidal thoughts to just easily kill themselves, and providing an easy way to do so without feeling guilty. And I bet it'll be way worse for the parents to actually watch their child kill themselves and not being able to do anything, then coming home and finding them dead due to suicide. "This is the best way" you say? No it fucking isn't, suicide should never be the answer to anything, no matter what you're passing through.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That first example is completely wrong and completely irrelevant to the post. I'm not saying there should be booths. I'm in fact suggesting the opposite -- making it a big official ceremony for those who are absolutely sure and have thought it out. It's not for kids, (again, there would be an age limit). Saying suicide is never the way is like saying you should keep playing a game no matter how much you hate it, you HAVE to finish it no matter how absolutely torturous it is for you to continue. No. If a person is absolutely sure about not wanting to live, if they are absolutely sure what they have is not enough to continue living, it's fine for them to commit suicide. If a person lost all their limbs, was deaf and blind and had to rely on people to push them around in a wheelchair to go to places he wouldn't recognise, it'd be logical for him to choose to die. If life isn't worth living anymore, if the person has no more joy in it and will never have the opportunity, just let them fucking die.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

When it's someone I know and love and someone related to me, no I won't just let them fucking die when I know I can try my best to make their life become better. I think if a person lost all their limbs and they're still alive, then they're pretty lucky to still be living and shouldn't just waste that chance by killing themselves. And wow no person in the whole world has all these problems (no limbs, deaf blind etc) except if you count Hellen Keller (excluding the limbs problem) and even then she was grateful for what she had. And most of the time, it's not blind people or raped people or people with real problems who want to commit suicide, but those who live in misery and THINK that their life can't get any better, when in fact it can.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@anon: Alright, do it. Fix their problems and make them all better again. Try your absolute best, and when their still depressed and suicidal, then what? You say, "Well, sorry. I did what I could, but you're still not allowed to kill themselves cuz Helen Keller had it worse."? No, at that point, you have to let them go. Put aside what you want and do what's best for them.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

*Yourself

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@Julian: Oh so me trying to protect them and make their life better is selfish, while them committing suicide without thinking about anyone else but themselves isn't? What if the one committing suicide was a mother, isn't that selfish? Leaving her poor young kid all alone just because she thinks her life sucks. @Galileo: Why are you thinking of the impossible? I'm sure with the right amount of therapy and time, anyone's life can get better, and if not better, maybe at least get the suicidal thoughts off their mind. And I guess if nothing works, after me and everyone else has tried their best, and If they're that stupid (yes, stupid) and want to kill themselves, then let them do it I guess.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think using the Futurama example has caused people to think you may not have thought the thing through, hahaha, but I understand the principle and I think you're right. in Holland they have legal euthanasia and it's extremely well regulated. Switzerland too I think. People always try and stop something by talking about how it might be abused by people. Every system is abused to some extent - all you can do is try your best to put measures in place to prevent it. Democracy is constantly abused by those in charge - but you don't see western countries all seeking to destroy it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't legalized euthanasia (in places like Holland, etc,) only for victims of medical conditions they can't be cured of and those conditions are hindering their standard of living? Because that's not nearly the same thing as suicide because of emotional issues. Not even close.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I agree. It's not the same. I think doctor-assisted euthanasia is appropriate in the case of extreme medical conditions, but killing yourself because you don't want to live should never be okay, it's really tragic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes you're right. I'm not going to get into the specifics of it all - just that in principle, what the OP is getting at is quite a legitimate argument. My point was that a well-regulated system can exist, even for things that seem like they couldn't.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

While I agree that it could be a very well maintained system and that banning things or making things illegal because a small portion of the population could abuse it is a pointless idea, I just don't think that assisted suicide for victims of emotional turmoil is the best option for these people. Of course, that's just me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If someone has given real thought to suicide and reasonably decided that it's what best for them, then fine. That person should be allowed to use a suicide booth. But some people get overpowered by their emotions and act quickly, without thinking it through. Those are the people who would kill themselves, but would have regretted it if they'd been alive to. And suicide booths would make it too easy to act on those snap decisions.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The process that OP was talking about would prevent people acting on a whim, I think.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, but my concern with mandatory therapy is that it would be too much of a pain for some people, or they would be worried that they'd lose their will to die, and then they'd just do it the old fashioned way and jump off a bridge or something, in which case the whole system would be ineffective.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"[They would] be assured and comforted by the suicidal that this is the best way." Suicide is never the best way. Having such accessible, almost encouraging facilities for it, however, could cause people to think otherwise, which is absolutely horrible. Suicide should never be encouraged.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But it wouldn't be encouraged. Hey, alcoholism should never be encouraged and should never be the best choice, but do we not have bars? Do we not have liquor stores? Smoking cigarettes is never okay ever, but do we not sell those basically everywhere? Those seem like pretty accessible facilities to me. Like it or not, suicide is not "horrible". If a person really truly DESPISES this earth and HATES it with all their heart, what's horrible is forcing them to stay here. If you hated eating a certain vegetable with a insurmountably black horrible deathly fury, //I// would be the asshole if I forced that shit down your throat, even though it's good for you. Because well, it's your esophagus, not mine. I'm not in charge of it, you are.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

suicide is never the best choice? i disagree with that

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Bars do, in fact, encourage drinking, but having a drink every now and then certainly doesn't make you alcoholic. Also, a single vegetable isn't the best metaphor for life. Life is more like a meal; there's more than one food/taste in it. To elaborate, sure, that cauliflower may be horrible, but if the suicidal person in question can tough it out through the vegetable course, they can make it to dessert.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If I forced a whole plate of what you consider to be absolute shit down your throat, I'm the asshole. If you hated with a fire everything that meal entailed, from appetizer to dessert, then you don't have to eat it. I'd rather you starve to death than choke down what you consider vomit just so you can live. So you'd be ok with smoking a cigarette every once in a while. You know, so that it's an addiction. The point is not everyone likes dessert. Not everyone wants dessert. Let them refuse it if they want to.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well, that's the thing. You can't know you hate every single dish in the meal of life, because you can't possibly know all the different courses until you get to them. Additionally, having a cigarette "every once in a while" doesn't make you an addict. According to Dictionary.com, the definition of "addiction" is the following: "The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma." If you can go the "while" in between cigarettes without having mental or physical health problems, you, by definition, do not have an addiction.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Depends on how many cigarettes you have and how far apart you have them. That's true. You can't possibly //know// if you hate dessert, but what you //can// know is you hate the main course SO much that either 1) you can't even bear to go through the horror of the main course or 2) the chef is so damn terrible that you don't even want to even look at the dessert he made.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Basically what it comes down to is that it's my life and my body. You don't have an inkling of a say in what I choose to do with it. If I hate delicious cake and assorted desserts, who are you to try and force me to eat it? You can coax me and try to convince me all you want, but in the end it's still my choice. If I say it's the best choice for me and my body, who would you be to tell me that I'm wrong, or to tell me //you// can make a better decision for //me//?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

On one hand, it might be encouraging suicide, like HMDucky said. On the other, I've never been suicidal and it's unfair for me to make decisions for people when I have no clue what they're going through.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What are those suicide booths? Like you just walk in and they kill you? And failed suicides can be good, because if that person later realizes that they actually wanted to live

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No! You're just making it too easy. But a lot of people who attempt suicide realize that they want to live, so they call an ambulance or something. It wouldn't be the best way. And that's just like, encouraging them to kill themselves. Why would you EVER want suicide to actually work? That's horrible. I've been suicidal before. If there was a booth like that, I would've killed myself. But now that I look back on it, I'm glad I didn't. To sum it up, it's a crappy idea.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If I had used a suicide booth instead of taking pills, I'd be dead right now. Failed suicides are a good thing sometimes.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The last sentence of the post made you sound like a douche, even if the rest was true.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I didn't know how else to sum it up.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

the whole idea encourages suicide.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Nah, really? Good observation.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(cry2) Why did you have to make this POTD?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Interesting for you, frustrating for me

It's like one side of this debate can't even understand properly what this is, they've got the negative connotation to the word. They're completely stubborn to say "suicide is //always// bad, we all love you, everyone is beautiful, life is amazing, keep living, etc." But no, suicide //can// be the right choice.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(cry2) Hey can I delete this post? I don't like it anymore.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol I'm not serious. Of course I wouldn't delete this post, I still believe in it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

At least with suicide booths, you see the death coming. You have more time to cope and more time to talk to your loved one about their decision to kill themself. It doesn't encourage suicide, it discourages it. Now, people make the decision to kill themself and may or may not seek help before making their decision. The suicide booth requires therapy before use, which would end up turning a lot of people away from suicide , especially if there was more than one session required. And finally, I would much rather know my loved one used a suicide booth and didn't suffer. I would much rather a professional tell me they're gone than walk in on them bleeding out or suffocating.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

WAY too many features. And to these people complaining about kids, it's not like this is the only manner of suicide available. No one's gonna go "I want to kill myself, but suicide booths don't exist, so I want." If you throw in too hefty a price, and too many unnecessary features, people are just gonna do it the old fashioned way. Really, all it should be is a small fee, followed by a scanning of your idea to make sure you're of age, MAYBE a brief video reminding you of the severity of the situation, and then you get offed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What if there were an option? You could choose an elaborate "funeral" ceremony and a therapy session to make the person absolutely sure of their choice, or you could just choose a simple and certain death (which would cost less).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I hate to burst everyone's bubbles but....this probably won't happen.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think that suicide is ever the best idea, unless you're being tortured or you're stuck on a desert island and going to die anyway, and in that case I don't think you could even get to a suicide booth. Even if you have big problems, like you're being raped or abused, then chances are you can get out of it somehow, or it won't last forever. And then when it's over, maybe your life will end up being really good. If you kill yourself then you'll never know.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Rape and abuse are not what I'm talking about at all. Neither is being physically tortured or being in a desert. There are certain things that make life permanently suck, without a short traumatic event. Slowly and painfully living each day in misery, while not being abused, can also suck. There are things that may not seem bad to have for a day, but to live them for a lifetime they are simply too much to handle. To you it seems like I'm proposing quitting playing basketball forever, because of getting a leg injury. But no, I'm proposing quitting playing basketball forever because you just became quadriplegic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If i became a quadriplegic i couldnt even push the "off me" button (cry2)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You seem like a sad, suicide obsessed human being..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's a good way to cheer someone up, by insulting them...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(giggitygoo22) No he's just brought forth an interesting and very real discussion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You're going to die eventually, even if you're not stuck on a desert island. ._.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yep, POTD again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Or maybe we could have more GOOD options for dealing with pain like therapy and medicine specialized for that person. This post is so fucked up.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

//You're// fucked up. You clearly don't understand suicide, it's not just "some way to deal with pain".

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Then what is it? You're ending your pain aren't you?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm sick of this topic, I'm sick of trying to explain it, I'm sick of people not understanding shit about it. Sorry, I won't explain it yet again.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm sick of it. "Exactly". Now you've won the argument.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well then why the hell did you make the post if everytime somebody says youre wrong you tell them they just dont understand it

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, this is the first time I've said it. Look at the entire comments section, look at how many comments I've made about this, I've made numerous comments on other posts regarding suicide, I've argued hundreds of times on this topic... I've never won. Not even once. One of the reasons I'm so miserable is that I can't get even a single person to understand me that's not suicidal. I can't change anyone's mind, it's just so frustrating. I didn't make the post for the arguments. I didn't want it to be POTD. I just had a good idea and wanted to share.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The idea in this post would basically centralize suicide attempts in one institution, so that people wouldn't have messy home suicides. When you go to this place, there will be every preventive measure possible. There will be therapy and consulting of your family members so they won't get a horrific shock at 2 am. If you are still absolutely certain, you will get a painlessly way out, knowing your family is coping. It's not going to build a 3 foot neon sign saying "50% OFF SUICIDES NOW TIL 8 PM, GET IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN", it's like euthanasia, but with a whole staff trying to convince you otherwise. In the end however, you make the final choice. But the only thing I don't get about this is I think it makes suicides more complicated. A person, I'm sure, would rather do it in their own house than go through a whole process of meddling from strangers and parents not to do it. I'm not sure of the incentive people would have to actually go there.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@ Nacklefoodle, I understand what you're trying to say, I think, I just don't think it's a good idea. I'm guessing you're a teenager and if you are then you don't even know what your life is going to be like. Even if you or other people are adults, then they still don't know what else is going to happen to them. I heard that it's pretty common for old people to get depressed when their body stops working. If they all just went to a suicide booth, then they might never get the chance to meet their grandkids, or do whatever else they could have done in their life.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@spareseconds No, it's worth making it complicated because it's the last action you will ever do. It's the last chance to leave a memory, to leave anything. It's the last chance to interact with your loved ones and to leave them with the specific memory that you want them to keep of you. Leaving a note just makes one feel so unsure, what if they misinterpret something? What if they misunderstand? What will they think of it? What would they try to do? I think this whole ceremony would let a person die completely peacefully and sure of what is to happen after their death. It also makes them less worried about a possible failure. God, a failure after writing a note and planning it all out? That would be terrible. If some people don't like planning things out and want it spontaneous and risky they surely wont use the facility.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@anon, The people who didn't have legitimate reasons and a possible something they'd miss (like grandchildren) would be filtered out in the initial therapy session, mandatory for all to enter the facility. I'm sure only the ones who've completely thought out the suicide will actually go through with it, it's not as simple as entering the building and dying immediately.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Initial therapy session? Wow, you have it all figured out huh? I guess it wouldn't be as bad because of that. It seems like it would be a really depressing place to work though... I still think suicide is never a good idea, but I guess it would be better than razors in the bathtub on a whim and no one ever knowing why. Again, I'm still against suicide and I think it would be better to beat the depression than to give in, but it isn't really my choice...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well I've explained this post in more detail to many comments by replying... There's also an age limit. I know suicide is sad and all to you people, but I'm not proposing ADDING this to all the other suicides, but simply changing those awful suicides for the better. It's simply impossible to get rid of them, so why not just improve them?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But then that would essentially make KILLING yourself as socially acceptable as buying some soda from a vending machine...considering they're both basically booths on the side of the street that provide services to citizens. It's putting murder on the same standing as purchasing soft drinks. But then again, people support abortion...and there are abortion clinics set up everywhere. And abortion is the mother choosing to kill her baby, so if others can weigh the value of our life in their hands, I guess citizens should have the opportunity of choosing whether to continue their own lives or not. /sarcasm *In short, I am against the post and at the same time condemning those who are against the post, yet support abortion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why is suicide not socially acceptable? Oh maybe it's because we're so selfish that we'd rather a horribly depressed person keep on living their terrible lives just so we can get the satisfaction of, um...seeing them still alive. People DO have the choice of continuing their lives. Who else can possibly have that choice? I don't get what's so weird about the concept of people controlling their own bodies.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I wrote a paper for school once about how everything everyone does is for a selfish reason, even just being nice to people because it either makes us feel good about ourselves, we want them to be nice to us too, or we want them to be around us because it's "fun" for us

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@ spareseconds to answer your question; because people are fucking stupid.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not sure about which group of people you're saying is fucking stupid, the people who harm themselves or the people who disapprove of people controlling their own bodies...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Are you okay Nacklefoodle :(

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol that's cute. I'm completely fine, just suicidal.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I saw that a few comment threads up. Do you need someone to talk to :(

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well.. thank you for the compassion. But I'm fine.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay. Well, if you need someone to talk to just reply to this comment

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Maybe you should shut up and keep your definition of "fine" to yourself. I know what I am, and I'm fine.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes there is a need to get pissy, when people start deciding things about you which they can't even understand.

They obviously implied in their question if I was being suicidal, and if this is the cause of me making the post, so I simply admitted it. To them. I didn't shout it from a rooftop.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Okay, as long as no one else says I need to get help, I'll remain completely calm. I didn't want anyone to say anything, but I didn't want to hide anything. I think it's perfectly fine to be suicidal even if others do not, so if I'd just said "fine" maybe that'd be misleading to them. They wondered if I'm suicidal, I told them I am. I said lol and I said I'm fine, those were my two efforts to show how this isn't a big deal.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not from a rooftop, just online for everyone to see..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@GiggityGoo How do you think that is helping literally anything at all

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well once a life just reaches a certain level of awful-ness, suicide just seems like the only logical step. I know it's sad and it hurts your loved ones, but it's better than living in misery for decades and decades. It's fine.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

@Giggity lol you're making it seem like I made a post about it. I was asked (discretely) and I answered. No need to reply to it, just move on, man.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

bug off giggity goo

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There should not be an easy way to kill yourself I went through depression not that long ago. I wanted to be dead. If I didn't have to go through the process of dying, I may not be here. I also have a friend who I worry about because he is VERY depressed. He has seriously considered suicide multiple times. But he can never pull the trigger, thankg God. He's feeling better now, because he has a new girlfriend he really likes, and they're there for eachother (She's had some tough times herself) Lives get better. Even if you could only use them if you were deathly ill, people would get around that. Just look at medical marijuana. We can't make suicide easier.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But you would have to take therapy sessions beforehand, so you could be talked out of it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think this a good idea, because first of all, it would probably increase the suicide rate. I don't think suicide should ever be the answer. So many people get suicidal over small issues such as bullying in high schools and etc, and they never get a chance to truly live their life. This would just make suicide easier and more accessible for these people. Besides, even if they did make such a thing, it would only be available in first world countries, and I feel that the more major problems would be occurring in the developing countries.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think to you all it sounds simpler than it would be. It would cost money, a ceremony, therapy sessions, it's kind of a big complicated thing. it would only be there for the convenience of those completely certain about committing suicide in the first place. It shouldn't increase the rate.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

garimap - I completely disagree with you. Suicide has nothing to do with developing and non developing countries.That point is bizarre. Depression is depression and the reasons for it are many, it's not easy to be less depressed because of material things or your lifestyle being a certain way or your countries GDP being higher or lesser. Infact in countries where life is more difficult on a general basis , there may be lesser chances of people taking their own lives relative to the numbers that are suffering from depression as compared in other countries because quite frankly when life is hard you appreciate it more and people who go through hardships on a general basis have more of the inherent quality to hold on.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it's a brilliant idea. It won't add to the suicide rate, and I think the therapy should be 6 months minimum, as it is a major decision, and that should filter out people who still want to live. I'll say it - I'm suicidal. I want to die. And I've been this way for years. I've had depression since I was young - not hyperbole, I started seeing a case worker about it since 12, and even though because I was young they couldn't give me an official diagnose, it was depression, and it's persisted all the way to my 20s. I am in such mental pain that it does translate to physical pain, I'm not happy and haven't been in a long time, I have no future and nothing to look forward to, and I honestly would prefer death, somewhere I could go and talk to a therapist for the required 6 months, and then a nice painless death, instead of having to do it myself and possibly living yet hurting myself. I'm not saying this to illicit sympathy, but because there is no reason for me to live - I'm fucking miserable, I don't want to live, and I don't think it's fair for anyone to force me to. Im not contributing to society or helping anyone, and most days it's hard to get outta bed.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I decided a list would be easier than an actual comment. I'm tired. 1. People should be able to kill themselves. We're already allowed to smoke and drink our stress away, which is basically the same thing but drawn out. 2. Suicidal tendencies are more than likely genetic. If they want their suicidal genes out of the gene pool, why the Hell not? Bonus for us. 3. Failed suicides aren't always a good thing. Have fun with your depressed life being made worse by failing organ systems by your attempted overdose or crippling injuries due to attempting to kill yourself via mechanical injury. 4. Suicide can certainly be the best answer. Terminal disease? No connections to anyone? Certain death situations? Fuck it!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Avoiding failed suicides? (facepalm)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Not gonna lie, it's a pretty interesting idea to think about, but I doubt it would ever work in action.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Suicide by euthanasia. Reminds me of The Giver.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There was an article I read where they interviewed people who jumped off of the Golden Gate Bridge to kill themselves and they failed, and 15 out of 15 people said as they were falling they realized suicide wasn't the best choice, that there WAS a reason to live. Suicide will never be the best choice. Ever.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Completely agree Harry_styles and what legal alien said ..... about it turning into a lucrative business whether we like it or not. Also OP your point about it being less painfull for all the people involved ,I disagree, I think it will be more painful for the family and friends this way. Yes due to the mandatory reasoning and therapy involved many will filter off and that's a good thing , however the same effect of making it easy for people to talk about it , feel less judged about it , be open about it can be achieved through different ways not just suicide booths.I would lay more stress about making suicide a more approachable topic by emphasizing on the need to talk freely about it and to create an environment where going in for therapy is the norm. Infact assisiting suicidal people with therapy should be free... rather than assisted suicide be made free (making it payable is a complete no no for obvious reasons stated in legal aliens comment) As for your feelings about some people going through with it at all odds, those could easily be the people who need failed suicides to get a fresh perspective...and to realise something. Suicide booths are not needed*

by Anonymous 12 years ago

*A change of attitude towards depression and suicide are needed. I think the world is fast becoming a place where real therapy should be free because we're all going to need it at some point or the other in our lives.... and it's nothing to be afraid of, it's something to be dealt with. Making way for assisted suicides is not it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I understand how frustrated you are from all these replies, but your reoccuring argument cannot be "You guys don't understand anything about suicide". Don't forget, just like everything else, you can have an opinion on suicide. Some people think it's alright, some think it never will be. But you can't tell somebody their opinion is wrong, because it's an opinion. Second of all, don't assume that everybody disagreeing with you has never been suicidal. It's quite possible to be suicidal but at the same time realize suicide isn't the answer.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Hmm. Nacklefoodle, you're frustrated because it seems like not many people understand, and everyone else is indignant because it seems like by saying that, you're patronizing them or something. They don't seem to realize that by sticking with their gut "suicide is wrong" response, they do look like they don't completely grasp every detail in your scenario, and are refusing to acknowledge that your arguments even make sense. It's an interesting post. I'm sorry it's blown up for you the way it has.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The gut tells you what people can't.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This wouldn't completely get rid of at home suicide anyway. A suicidal person could decide that they don't want to go through months of therapy, they want to die now. And quite possibly they hate their family so they don't want a ceremony either. Therefore, they resort to committing suicide on there own. The purpose of suicide is to end your life NOW, right? So I don't understand why someone would extend their life further in a suicide facility. Having an age limitation would not prevent young suicides either, there are always accessible methods. However, I do see how the booths could help prevent certain suicides, and closure for families could help. Also, I think the word "booth" makes it sound too casual and almost like a carnival booth where you just walk up and they give you a gun to shoot yourself with.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They're not booths they're facilities. The booths were the casual "telephone booths" in futurama that offered suicide for a coin - that was simply a reference. The point of suicide is not "to end it now" but to end your misery and to leave the world exactly as you want it. I already said above, there would be an option for a cheap non-ceremonial suicide with little therapy, so there would be a choice. Of course it wouldn't get rid of home suicide, but it would diminish them. This idea is for those who spend years or months of planning and are still worried something may go wrong. It's not casual, it's like a big hospital.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"This idea is for those who spend years or months of planning and are still worried something may go wrong." People who are planning for years or months and worried that things may go wrong .... are not ready to commit suicide. Sticking to the booth idea and according to your visualization about it , they are the ones that will probably get 'filtered off ' in the process and be dissuaded ... hopefully.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I fucking hate it when people act like they know others more than the others know themselves. We don't spend so much time planning it because we're "not fucking ready" but because we dont want to risk it not working and living as a cripple until our next attempt, we don't want to risk our parents misunderstanding, we don't want to risk leading behind an incorrect impression, we don't want to leave anyone confused or guilty. This is the last action anyone can ever do in their life and we just want it to be perfect, it doesn't mean we're not fucking ready just because we don't want to spontaneously do something stupid and hope it works.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"spontaneously do something stupid and hope it works.".. I rest my case.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

and why are you being so 'fucking' hostile because of the opinions on this thread just because they don't match yours. Calm down man.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We don't want to do something spontaneous and stupid? that's how you think you've won the argument? I'm not just frustrated because the opinions are different, I'm frustrated because you all have the same exact //reason// of not agreeing, you think differently of suicide and have this mindset of it being murder or something. It's not like that! Why can't you see that if its our own bodies we should be able to do what we want (cry2) Making someone stay just for the sake of being alive is just as selfish as leaving everyone behind.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

ok first of all I'm not trying to win an argument.I really am not, sorry to come across like that. Secondly I was under the impression you were more interested in winning the argument rather than stating your different opinion. Thirdly Everybody disagreeing does not have the same reason for disagreeing. Infact everybody agreeing seems to have the same reason. That it's your body and you should be able to do what you want with it because it's your right to make that decision for yourself. And I get what you mean but I do not agree. And nobody makes anybody stay. The people who want to go will go . Nobody can make them stay, with or without assisted suicide. And it's not like I view suicide as murder or wrong. I just disagree with giving up entirely and losing all hope , that is all. Plus I feel that somethings are bigger than us and the universe certainly is. Let the universe decide when it's time for one to move on...and yeah sometimes I believe that the right thing is to let things happen not make them happen.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This post has made me hate notifications.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

At least you got a potd :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No this is my second. I hated the first one too but not as much.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What was it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

http://amirite.net/719391 Of all my posts that I like, they just //had// to choose two crappy ones.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't think someone should just be allowed to choice suicide whenever they feel like enough is enough. These people are usually completely irrational at the time, and will live happy healthy lives if given enough time to calm down. However, I do think that people who are likely going to die from something else, such as cancer, should be allowed to choose to speed up the process to avoid the horrible end stages.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So, I know it's a little late but I've been thinking about this, and I think it's actually a good idea. At first it sounds horrible and depressing, but if you think about it, it actually makes sense. It's kind of like abortion. And I don't think it would cause more suicides, because suicides are going to happen no matter what. At least this way they could be painless, and with the therapy you talked about, it would probably actually save peoples lives who without it would have just killed themselves. Also, if you commit a bad enough crime, then there's the death penalty. Why shouldn't someone who's horribly depressed get the same option? I've never been depressed, so I don't know what it's like, and I still don't think suicide is good, but it's their body and it's none of my business. Someone earlier said that people might then try and make people suicidal so they could make money, and as long as it wasn't like that, then I think it's a good idea.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

inb4 Nacklefoodle troll

by Anonymous 12 years ago

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You are one fucked up person... you're condoning suicide?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well I suppose I'm a bit biased.

by Anonymous 12 years ago