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i myself have often tried to come up with a reason, and you’re right.. there isn’t one. its been two years and it still hurts.
thank you. your work is beautiful :)
In terms of suicide, I do believe senseless deaths are the worst; meaningless, purposeless. Still, I can’t say anyone is truly obligated to be here. Its certainly the noble (and some would say honorable) thing to do, enduring the seemingly endless annoyances, frustrations and anger for the sake of those you love. But for all the selfish reasons a person can find to die, I really find it hard to believe people have selfish reasons for wanting to live, aside from fear of death.
I needed to read this. I might save this image to my hard drive, if it’s okay. I find myself in very dark places all too often lately, and I need to be reminded that I need to live. Regardless of how it seems.
Sometimes dying is just better than being trapped here.
People saying things like this to me never helped. “You’re here not of your choice, now you have to abide by our rules and our laws, and if you don’t like it, too bad.” It just… drove home to me that they were never willing to do anything.
They said, “Come to me if you need help.”
But they never would try to change the world for me.
And all the world was why I wanted to die.
I don’t really know if you meant it this way, but people who say things like this have only made more clear their untrustworthiness. They weren’t just willing to make me suffer so they didn’t have to; they wanted to make me suffer so that they didn’t have to change.
“But they never would try to change the world for me.
And all the world was why I wanted to die.”
Wanting to kill yourself because someone can’t change the entire world for you is like wanting to kill yourself because someone can’t change water into wine for you. Get over yourself.
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April 15th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
thank you for this.
May 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Obligated? Why?
May 13th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Thank you so much for this.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:23 am
That was beautiful – you can be wonderfully meaningful for someone who has so many fart jokes in her comics.
Thank you for both.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:24 am
That was beautiful – you can be wonderfully meaningful for someone who has so many fart jokes in her comics.
Thank you for both.
(yep, above post was mine, just got my name wrong – it’s been a long, long day).
May 21st, 2009 at 11:02 am
i have trouble not getting mad at suiciders. you made this comic real good.
May 30th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Absolutely beautiful.
June 23rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I can’t tell you how many people tried to say “helpful” things like that to me, after my brother died. Not a suicide, but an accident.
I often felt like telling them to cut the crap, but I think they felt like it was comforting to me somehow.
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:42 pm
i myself have often tried to come up with a reason, and you’re right.. there isn’t one. its been two years and it still hurts.
thank you. your work is beautiful :)
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
In terms of suicide, I do believe senseless deaths are the worst; meaningless, purposeless. Still, I can’t say anyone is truly obligated to be here. Its certainly the noble (and some would say honorable) thing to do, enduring the seemingly endless annoyances, frustrations and anger for the sake of those you love. But for all the selfish reasons a person can find to die, I really find it hard to believe people have selfish reasons for wanting to live, aside from fear of death.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Hey guys, she died from a stupid, totally avoidable accident, not suicide <:)
July 31st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
my brother died before his time too. it all started with a car crash and ended two weeks later in an inept hospital….
August 27th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I have been on the other side of that coin. My death would have been a suicide, not an accident. Thanks for helping me see the other side once more.
September 3rd, 2009 at 8:15 pm
This made me tear up. I lost one of my best friends to cancer this year. I found out on my honeymoon. He was 21. I have felt all these EXACT things.
September 13th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I needed to read this. I might save this image to my hard drive, if it’s okay. I find myself in very dark places all too often lately, and I need to be reminded that I need to live. Regardless of how it seems.
September 13th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
P.S. I’ve set this as my wallpaper on my main monitor. It keeps helping, little by little, every time I toggle or minimize a window. Thank you.
September 14th, 2009 at 3:31 am
No, there isn’t a reason.
Sometimes dying is just better than being trapped here.
People saying things like this to me never helped. “You’re here not of your choice, now you have to abide by our rules and our laws, and if you don’t like it, too bad.” It just… drove home to me that they were never willing to do anything.
They said, “Come to me if you need help.”
But they never would try to change the world for me.
And all the world was why I wanted to die.
I don’t really know if you meant it this way, but people who say things like this have only made more clear their untrustworthiness. They weren’t just willing to make me suffer so they didn’t have to; they wanted to make me suffer so that they didn’t have to change.
September 14th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Raevyn, reach out to someone close and hug them.
September 14th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Jen, that is some childish shit right there.
“But they never would try to change the world for me.
And all the world was why I wanted to die.”
Wanting to kill yourself because someone can’t change the entire world for you is like wanting to kill yourself because someone can’t change water into wine for you. Get over yourself.
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:47 am
Mourn not those who are dead, for they are beyond all pain, mourn for those whom they leave behind.
October 11th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Bill, you only say that because you don’t know how it feels. It’s impossible to explain.
April 9th, 2010 at 10:00 am
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