Now let me be serious, because that leaves an ill taste in my mouth.

Basically, online its hard, if I ever found out somebody did do it over what I said, I'd be extremely surprised (Angry at myself obviously) But for that to happen, they had to already be in depression, therefore the internet isn't the best of ideas.

Forums, rather.

People need to seek the help, its there.

I won't pretend to personally know what it's like to live with depression, but my sister has it and she attempted suicide on multiple occasions. Everyone knows it's a joke among friends, or at worst just some internet euphemisms to tell someone to fuck off. But I know for certain that there are users here who on a weekly or daily basis consider ending their life, and while they probably consider the people on here friends, all it takes is one particularly shitty day, where they retreat to the safety of the internet to talk about random stuff on the Flood, for one of their friends to jokingly say "kill yourself", and have that inexplicable chemical imbalance going on in their head lead to the feeling that it's finally a good idea.

Just food for thought. Telling a friend that may be hiding depression to stay off the internet, a huge means of escape for those people, is incredibly insensitive and cruel.

Quote from: True Turquoise on June 03, 2015, 12:24:23 PM

Now let me be serious, because that leaves an ill taste in my mouth.

Basically, online its hard, if I ever found out somebody did do it over what I said, I'd be extremely surprised (Angry at myself obviously) But for that to happen, they had to already be in depression, therefore the internet isn't the best of ideas.

Forums, rather.

People need to seek the help, its there.

Just food for thought. Telling a friend that may be hiding depression to stay off the internet, a huge means of escape for those people, is incredibly insensitive and cruel.

This is why I said

Forums, rather.

I'll use this place as an example, for a friend I know who is in depression, I'd never tell him to come here. Ever.

Jokes or not.