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Cake day: June 25th, 2023

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  • i think it is incredibly unfair that the process of ending your own life is, in this culture, a necessarily lonely and grim affair.

    according to the theory of complete bodily autonomy the option must be available, simple, painless, and ideally a joyful shared experience. but the moment you make such a desire known to others, they will try to “help” you. and i can assure you that their idea of “help” will not be pleasant for you.

    so, sadly, you must tread this path alone.

    philosophically, i think it offends people because it forces them to acknowledge that their own life is probably not worth preserving. we force each other to suffer through it all because no one wants to openly admit that this shit just plain-old-sucks.










  • back when i was younger and had the energy and focus to do so, i would engage with my father (whom holds unreasonable opinions such as you are up against with your family).

    often, i would catch him making a point which directly contradicted an earlier point of his. i would then circle back to the earlier point and connect the two, breaking both of his arguments and hopefully forcing a concession.

    but somehow he was able to blind himself to self-contradiction. it was infuriating.

    the moral here is that i do not think it is possible to change anyone’s mind, even if you are clear and rational and your point is water-tight.

    your love for and enjoyment of them must be independent of political and religious differences. good luck!