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Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by phil248 on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:14PM (#17270168)
It sounds like you do not know much about the topic, but still felt compelled to contradict the most common suicide prevention advice in a public forum while offering no evidence.

Maybe not a great thing to do on a high-traffic website on the day of a high-profile suicide.

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Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by RobertDeNiro on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:01PM (#17270424)
> not a great thing to do on a high-traffic website on the day of a high-profile suicide.

It's the only time people seem willing to discuss suicide. A week from now everyone will have forgotten that suicide is a real epidemic. I'd rather see people discuss real solutions instead be of endlessly repeating the same pointless things.

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Re:What to Do When a Loved One Is Severely Depressed by Magmatic on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:25PM (#17270550)
And I think people, including the person you responded to, would be open to that discussion if you had in any way supported your arguments with facts. If you want to propose "real solutions" provide some supporting evidence for why suicide hotlines do not provide good value for cost and what alternatives do.
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