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About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the U.S., the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently came to the realization that staying alive to prevent my share of an inheritance from going to the greedy bitch who married my father late-in-life is a reason to stay alive. That's fucking sad as fuck.

Don't get me wrong. I love my life. But when something so dark and grim can be phrased as a positive, things are really wrong.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Spite can be a very effective motivator too, you know, lol! To live in spite of the shitty world around us, I see that as kinda romantic, even heroic.