(don’t actually drink Drano, you’re an idiot if you do)

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    I know this is just a joke, but seriously don’t kill yourself by drinking lye/drain cleaner. It a horrible death, basically slowly charing your esophagus and stomach until you die.

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      I might not be remembering it totally accurately but my school back in the day had some dude who attempted this come and talk to us about something, can’t remember exactly. Anyway, in order to save his life, doctors had to take his intestines and attach to his throat…OVER the rib cage. I’m pretty sure in order to eat he had to push the food down that over-the-rib intestine like trying to get the last of the toothpaste out of the tube.

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          For real, I just wanted to read about antics related to the American election, and homie is coming in with the “hey, I have a story about nightmare bowel reconstruction” that makes me simultaneously thankful everything is okay on my end, sad for another person, and grossed out at the same time.

          I’m too exhausted for it.

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          Here let me balance it out for you:

          Jsndjslaleijenfnsknabwjelfoksnsbajririndnsnskfjkzmwowonrjfbdjzaiwjrnfnxksojendmxkzosmndnxndisnshufjd ok sndisnskdnidxjjsnndirjenf

          Doesn’t that make it better? For those that can’t read, I typed out something wonderful. Text to audio doesn’t do it justice.

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        I remember seeing this on TV - I believe it was grill cleaner? It’s been quite some years… But I remember him showing how he had to manually push food down the front of his sternum… Creepy

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        I saw this on TV and it lives rent-free in my head, forever. Guy indeed has to manually assist chewed food on its way down. I don’t recall if he’s on a special diet, has to chew the hell out of his food for lack of a stomach, or anything else like that. What was clear is that how he got there, and the way life is now, is very unpleasant.

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        My mom has peristalsis. That means her esophagus muscles no longer work, and so she has to have soft foods that go down really easily and has to either sit up really straight or stand up while she eats.

        And I thought she had it bad.

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      It doesn’t just unclog your digestive tract to be like a slip n slide for your food to come ou the other end mostly intact? The media lied to me

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      Don’t worry, I’m European, I won’t tell them pesky Americans. You can tell me.

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        don’t worry, soon you will also know, and it will be before us. Have a nice EOD you travellers from the future.

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    Yeah don’t drink draino. If you feel depressed and want everything to end, try something new: small crimes (eg graffiti), starting a union, volunteer work for food bank, election volunteer, etc

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      I would but I’m too depressed to even leave the house most days.

      Has nothing to do with the election; that’s just my default behavior.

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    I think you’re supposed to inject the Drano or something? Like to kill fake diseases that totally never happened… Or was that bleach?

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    Good plan. I mean personally I’d go with a .38 - Drano is gonna hurt like a motherfucker the whole time it’s killing you.

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    Sooooo, the morning after is here. Please tell us you used the Drano to get a clog clear.

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    On one hand, lmao good meme

    On the other, I genuinely wish depressed/suicidal people would dedicate their life to a random cause instead of offing themselves

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      On the other, I genuinely wish depressed/suicidal people would dedicate their life to a random cause instead of offing themselves

      Man, half the reason is that the struggle is unbearable and never ends. “Go involve yourself more in the struggle” isn’t really an answer to that.

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        It can be. Struggling is part of life, meaning makes struggle worth it. Meaning can change ones outlook from it never ends to I can move the needle, even just a little.

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          Ever been deeply, clinically, chronically depressed to the point of suicidal thoughts and possibly have exhausted clinical treatments?

          Are you a medical professional offering a legitimate treatment?

          No?

          Maybe you should sit down and not offer such reductionist advice regarding conditions you apparently do not understand.

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          Meaning can change ones outlook from it never ends to I can move the needle, even just a little.

          Meaning? Ha! And that needle you can do freely move? Doesn’t even exist for us. 👍

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            Wait, are you saying my statement is toxic or the responses I’m getting are? Cause I didn’t think suggesting finding something meaningful outside yourself CAN BE helpful, would be so divisive. I certainly didn’t think it would be an invitation for the rude responses.

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      On the other, I genuinely wish depressed/suicidal people would dedicate their life to a random cause instead of offing themselves

      It really doesn’t work that way. You can work in charity and still deal with mental illness and suicidal ideation.

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      Yeah it doesn’t work that way bro.

      Take the most debilitating pain you’ve ever endured in your life, amp it up to “11”, and then live with it every single day from here until you die. 24/7.

      Then when you think you might have a handle on managing it, have people like yourself make such dismissive comments on how you should dedicate your life to some “random cause” instead.

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      Many depressed/suicidal folks often do give themselves to a cause or calling. Depression isn’t just the episodic spiral you see portrayed as depression, it’s also the hard fought days where only you can see your struggle. Along with therapy, exercise, and medication, “faking it til you make it” is the treatment plan, allowing yourself the freedom to try to function and feel better. And from experience, living for others is one of the easiest ways to push yourself to make an effort.

      Unless you mean “dedicate their life to a random cause” as in “at least take someone awful with you”. That’s generally frowned upon advice, but I definitely understand the sentiment more than I wish.