yallarewild:

nest:

genderists:

me in conversation with someone i know in passing: oh hey, good to see you, how’s your day been? 🙂

them: just another day of wanting the sweet release of death lmao *adjusts their kanken backpack with iron-on ufo and “hella rad but hella sad” patches* crippling depression amirite mdude? lmao (they are saying “lmao” out loud)

me: WelL. Ok

to the people reblogging this post saying that they do this, i don’t think you understand how uncomfortable and sometimes upsetting it is for the people you subject to this, especially if those people have struggled with suicidality themseves. if it’s an in-joke among your good friends that’s fine, but saying shit like this to people you don’t know well when they’re just trying to be polite is extremely extremely misguided.

i think about this post a lot bc a lot of ppl in the notes fuckin missed the point like, “but they shouldn’t have asked me if they didn’t wanna know!!!” & “maybe some people feel uncomfortable with lying tho”, “maybe it’s a cry for help!!!” like even if all of those things are true it doesn’t change the fact that it’s largely inconsiderate to dump vaguely concerning jones on someone you don’t know? they’re not your therapist and might not know it’s a tumblr meme. also my fav “so now being honest with our friends is inconsiderate huh” like y’all have fuckin selective reading bc OP specified it was someone you don’t know well, not your friends.

like being depressed sucks but it’s selfish to justify making others who might be dealing uncomfortable for your desire to make a quirky tumblr joke