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      what, you don’t want to spend your whole day sitting motionless and drooling in a wheelchair parked in some out-of-the-way corner of the nursing home? because everyone knows that people need to stay alive for as long as humanly possible

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          no, but seeing how I worked at one as a dishwasher making 19/hr when minimum wage was 5.75/hr, I’d say they’re one percenter shit by this point

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    many older adults commit suicide, rather than feel like they are a financial burden on their families. In addition to the elderly, students have higher-than-average suicide rates, at least partly because they feel high levels of pressure to succeed academically. When they do not achieve their goals, they may feel that they have dishonored their families.

    Very relatable I would the same for the first reason I consider the second more than I guess I should

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      I agree. If my family was wealthy and the costs were negligible to them then maybe not but I don’t want to see to see them financially ruined or even struggling harder. I don’t want xmass to not have presents because granpa has to keep breathing with no real quality of life.

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    Weird to highlight the 4th highest. What’s going on in Lesotho? It’s 3x higher than South Korea.