• quixotic120@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Im not telling people with two broken legs to walk to the doctor. I’m telling them to assess their situation and do what is within their power to do in this moment, which would likely be to call emergency services/ambulance in that metaphor

    You have to own your problem to start fixing it or it will never get better. There is no changing that.

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      10 days ago

      I think you kinda have to imagine yourself in a situation where you are despearate and see no way out, except maybe suicide, cause it’s easier and will end the suffering. Then you will get where these people are.

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        10 days ago

        I get where these people are

        What are you suggesting? That we just leave these people alone to languish? That to me sounds unbelievably cruel. It’s just under a shitty veneer of pretending to be kind. You’re enabling someone and worsening their quality of life because you don’t want to encounter the idea of discomfort.

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          9 days ago

          I get where these people are

          Then you’re not being depicted in this comic. None of the other people do, or even appear interested in trying to get it.