Discussion What is one thing that makes you shocked at it still existing in 2024?

[ijustwishtodie]

If you were to pick one thing that still exists in 2024 which you are shocked about, which thing would you choose?

In my case, I'm really shocked that people being extremely anti suicide and forcing people to live still exists in 2024. If I were to choose a second thing, it'd be religion but, since I can only choose one thing, I choose the anti suicide mindset that people have

 

[sserafim]

I actually don't know lol. I guess a lot of things

 

[CouldaHvBeenARock]

Me; but i failed my first attempt

 

[_Gollum_]

Me; but i failed my first attempt

Same lol

 

[RemainingDubious]

If you were to pick one thing that still exists in 2024 which you are shocked about, which thing would you choose?

my existence.

 

[_Broken_alice]

Artificial scarcity.

 

[Malaria]

Fax machines

 

[deathwish2]

The genocide of the Palestinian people as well as the oppression of others by bigoted people in positions of power

 

[Heidi48]

that we still cant carry liquids on an aeroplane

Fax machines

we still have them in work!!! to be fair, when we had a cyber attack and couldn't use emails they came in handy :)

 

[deathslament]

Me

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I actually don't know lol. I guess a lot of things

I kinda thought you'd say capitalism. I'm surprised you didn't.

Artificial scarcity.

What do you mean by this?

Fax machines

Oh wait what, they're still around and people use them?? That is shocking indeed.

Me; but i failed my first attempt

Same lol

my existence.

Me

My condolences to everybody here. I would say that I'm shocked at me still being alive this year but I'm personally losing hope over me being dead. I don't even think I have it in me to kill myself as I'm so scared and I react intensely to even the slightest amount of stress and pressure. I do want to be dead but the process of suicide (i.e. a shortcut to the inevitable death) is terrifying. I hope all of you find peace soon

 

[Againstthewind]

The Conservative Party

 

[Dliena]

Physical Media.

 

[4am]

capitalism, slavery, genocides, bigotry etc. basically the fact that humans are the only species on the planet that are actively making their own existence worse and worse every day

 

[deathslament]

Physical Media.

That's a good thing.

 

[sserafim]

I kinda thought you'd say capitalism. I'm surprised you didn't.

Capitalism is in my list of a lot of things, as well as religion lol. I still have to think about the other ones

 

[xhelx]

This forum, based on how much hate it gets, when I first heard about it I was surprised to see it hasn't been taken down yet

 

[ijustwishtodie]

This forum, based on how much hate it gets, when I first heard about it I was surprised to see it hasn't been taken down yet

I'm surprised about that too actually. I still am surprised though I'm glad that this site hasn't been taken down yet as I believe that people deserve to know about the information regarding suicide methods within this forum. That's far better than having people rely on crazy and inefficient methods like cutting wrists and ODing on common medicine

 

[Meteora]

Many things. corruption, war, how ppl with so called mental health issues are treated, poverty... people/children who starve.... there s tons of problems in this world that would be solveable.

 

[xhelx]

I'm surprised about that too actually. I still am surprised though I'm glad that this site hasn't been taken down yet as I believe that people deserve to know about the information regarding suicide methods within this forum. That's far better than having people rely on crazy and inefficient methods like cutting wrists and ODing on common medicine

It's sad to know that when this forum eventually gets taken down people will go back to the methods portrayed as efficient in media, that will only lead to injuries and will increase their suffering

 

[BrainShower]

Artificial scarcity.

And more of it than ever before!

 

[pleroman]

The existence of royalty. Like we have actual human beings on this planet that are officially queens, kings, princesses, princes...For fuck's sake.

 

[theboy]

I would choose free euthanasia

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I would choose free euthanasia

But free euthanasia doesn't exist in 2024, at least none that I know of. This thread is describing the things that do exist in 2024 which is shocking, not the things that don't exist being shocking

Edit: though, I do gotta say, I think that I am shocked that free euthanasia doesn't exist in 2024. Like wtf is this world

 

[darkenmydoorstep]

Zoos and marine parks. Just awful places. Surely should be confined to history by now.

 

[_Gollum_]

My condolences to everybody here. I would say that I'm shocked at me still being alive this year but I'm personally losing hope over me being dead. I don't even think I have it in me to kill myself as I'm so scared and I react intensely to even the slightest amount of stress and pressure. I do want to be dead but the process of suicide (i.e. a shortcut to the inevitable death) is terrifying. I hope all of you find peace soon

Someone on this site linked to a blog that I think describes our conundrum perfectly:

Why am I still here?

I think what I hate most of all is having to deal with all of this in the first place. I don't want to have to deal with suicide. I don't want to have to deal with death. But I must because I have something else I have to deal with, something I never wanted to deal with, something I wish I never had: life.

But, oh, how I so do not want to deal with any of this! I want to be spared from life, but in order to do that I must face suicide. However, I also want to be spared from suicide. But if I turn from suicide, I'm back to facing life!

Suicide seems like the better deal. It's certainly shorter in duration. And that aspect makes this debate seem so simple. However, every ounce of my instinct cries out, "Don't do it! Stay alive! Stay alive at all costs!" To which, internally, I reply, "Why?" But these cries supply no reasons for they cannot. They stem from a mindless drive to persist. I can push them aside through further questioning, yet still they shout. Is it fear that halts me and makes me listen? I honestly don't know. All I know is that they're not easy to ignore.

But neither are my own anguished pleas. I don't want to be here. I don't want to be anywhere. I simply do not want to be. And I don't have to be. This can all stop. Go. Just get this over with.

An exit is indeed available, but it requires a lot of effort to go through. And it's effort that I wish I didn't have to exert. I was thrust into this life unaware. I'll echo a previous commenter and say that the best that could happen now is to at least exit unaware as well. But beyond some outside chance, that's not going to happen. And so I return once more to the choice forced into my hands.

 

[theboy]

But free euthanasia doesn't exist in 2024, at least none that I know of. This thread is describing the things that do exist in 2024 which is shocking, not the things that don't exist being shocking

Edit: though, I do gotta say, I think that I am shocked that free euthanasia doesn't exist in 2024. Like wtf is this world

oh, sorry, I didn't understand your question.

 

[DarkRange55]

phone booths

 

[psp3000]

water beds, comic book stores, gamestop

edit: the Redbox kiosks for movies/shows/games

 

[DarkRange55]

The existence of royalty. Like we have actual human beings on this planet that are officially queens, kings, princesses, princes...For fuck's sake.

I think in places like the UK it's become more ornamental, like a relic of culture and tradition (yes, they still hold some power). Canada gained independence from the Queen in 1982.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, I'm not that surprised. The Kennedy's are kind of the closest thing we have today to an American aristocracies.

People still value gold and diamonds but it's really just anthropology and culture. Especially with the advent of lab grown diamonds.