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minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 days agoThat’s a monkey paw wish if I’ve ever heard one
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 days agoIt’s a suicide joke with ennui. You can’t really monkey paw someone that doesn’t want to live. “Oh life got interesting in a way that gives me more motivation to kill myself, what do?”
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days ago You can’t really monkey paw someone that doesn’t want to live You can absolutely make things “more interesting” for a suicidal person that makes life worse AND convinces them to not kill themselves
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 days agoCan you do it in a way where they aren’t screaming “Rampage?” I don’t personally think so, unless they’re just a coward scared of dying in a hail of cop bullets
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoMy first thought is mom gets diagnosed with terminal cancer causing dad to panic and leave her. Now you’ve got a dying mom whom you don’t want to abandon on top of everything else
minus-squareRandomStickman@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoFor sure. As someone that has went through a… spicy (in a bad way) January, I’m pretty ok with some boring times rn
That’s a monkey paw wish if I’ve ever heard one
It’s a suicide joke with ennui. You can’t really monkey paw someone that doesn’t want to live.
“Oh life got interesting in a way that gives me more motivation to kill myself, what do?”
You can absolutely make things “more interesting” for a suicidal person that makes life worse AND convinces them to not kill themselves
Can you do it in a way where they aren’t screaming “Rampage?”
I don’t personally think so, unless they’re just a coward scared of dying in a hail of cop bullets
My first thought is mom gets diagnosed with terminal cancer causing dad to panic and leave her. Now you’ve got a dying mom whom you don’t want to abandon on top of everything else
For sure. As someone that has went through a… spicy (in a bad way) January, I’m pretty ok with some boring times rn