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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by throwaway988 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @09:57PM (#32123732)
With respect to the button in the nitrogen chamber, I doubt anyone experiences regret for pushing in their last few moments. That seems like more of a literary device. I think "relief" would be the common emotion in practice.

For myself, I'm no longer suicidal, but I don't want to be reincarnated, I don't want to go to heaven (and obviously not hell), and I simply don't want to wake up anywhere at all after I die. An endless, dreamless sleep is what I hope for.

I cannot imagine how awful immortality would be in practice. Death, in due time, is a blessing.

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Re:U.S. transition to 988 suicide and crisis lifeline begins... by throwaway742 on Sunday July 17, 2022 @04:07AM (#32125239)
I have expressed this sentiment on here before. Immortality is my nightmare. I find it mildly amusing that some people seek it as a goal.
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