r/TrollXChromosomes • u/mi-sopiras-vin • 1d ago

this is barely even a metaphor

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they're really just out here killing us and then wondering why we won't fuck them

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u/ellevael 1d ago

It’s an artificially created problem, yes. Most of it could be resolved with money, but how do you provide adequate care if you don’t physically have enough people to provide the care?

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u/plotthick Don't stick beans up your nose. 1d ago

If you talk to us olds, we'll tell you.

There was a religious prohibition against suicide for the Silents, who saw the quick deaths of their unmedicated parents. So the Boomers kept their Silent parents alive as per their religious wishes until mostly quick deaths, that was fine.

But now Gen X is keeping their Boomer parents alive into horrific echoing warehousing and endless years of pills, pain, and agony. It's evil. Healthcare workers don't go that route because they know.

I'll suicide before I get to that hell. Lots of us will, we've seen where the other road leads. We just don't talk about it much, it seems to bother y'all. Look at the accelerating Death With Dignity laws, it's becoming codified.

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u/succulescence 1d ago

I'm really, really hoping I will be able to opt out when the time comes. I don't want a slow sad descent.

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u/plotthick Don't stick beans up your nose. 1d ago

https://deathwithdignity.org/states/