There was somebody posting these lyrics in other community as something that spoke to them:

You know, suicide isn’t painless,
When you leave everyone in pain.
NOFX - Doornails

Anybody has the right to have any lyrics - or any thing really - to mean whatever it needs to mean to them. But...

I lost a dear colleague and friend to suicide just a week ago and I am myself passively suicidal. Bullying people that contemplate ending their suffering into staying alive or tainting the names and acts of those that already did is just not the way to go.

Edit: this is not critique towards the person who commented those lyrics, but against that artist and society in general.

I just had to rant. Feel free to believe or react in any way that feels right to you.

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[–] 7 points 1 day ago*

Suicide isn't always rational. Someone who is terminal and in excruciating physical pain 24/7 is one thing. Someone suffering depression isn't necessarily thinking rationally and probably does not actually want to die. Depression is a mental disorder and can make you think and do things you wouldn't otherwise. Being mean about it is shitty, but it's not necessarily wrong to talk someone out of suicide if they don't have a really good reason.

And I say this as a depressed individual with constant suicidal ideations.

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