BonesOfTheMoonMillennials are exhausted by working more for less.
Okay, I can’t actually get work at the moment, I’ve ended up in the “precariat” despite my MSc because I didn’t understand what would be helpful in the labour market when I was younger. Didn’t have a supportive family, to make something of an understatement. So my question is, shall I kill myself? I’ve worked very hard in physical jobs so it’s not laziness, the labour market is just very cruel and is happy to kill me.
now, i’m not saying you should kill yourself, but in the way i view suicide, and in the way that society tends to exist as a functionalist unit.
I think there is a point where suicide does actually productively benefit society. But that’s only under a very specific set of circumstances. It begins with being involved with a group of people fairly intimately, such that you are important to them. Since most people view suicide as an individualistic failing rather than a societal one (seriously, fuck you if you think this) they will inevitably be more upset that you killed yourself, rather than the fact that you were pushed to suicide. (really fucking weird take on that concept btw, can we stop doing that?)
If you exist around a group of people that believes that suicide is a societal failing, and can appropriately reflect on it in a manner to inflict societal change. Then perhaps there is a benefit to committing. The problem is, you will almost never find anybody that thinks like this, aside from me, and maybe like 5 other people. Most of which probably aren’t here right now.
Suicide is a weird scenario when looked at through the social context of life. It can be a tool of change under very specific circumstances. But it also be the bearer of it’s own downfall, shielding the truth behind it’s grim exterior without people realizing what lies behind.
I’ve always found it weird how humans tend to have a particularly clocked response to suicidal ideation. Maybe I’m just too autistic or something, but it’s always confused me. I have an appreciation for people who will entertain my thoughts, i find it also helps me to comprehend certain concepts better.
and for some parting rambles, it seems rather disrespectful to the individual to consider suicide an “individualistic failure” doesn’t it? Isn’t it weird how we always look at these scenarios as tragedies, that never should’ve happened “if only they were doing better” we think. Rather than actually being concerned about them as a collective. I realize the difficulty of doing this, it may be an impossible task in fact, i don’t deny it. But i think it’s a productive way of thinking about this scenario.
And some boards of canada as a parting message. Give it a listen, or don’t, i’m not telling you what to do. just giving you some information.
