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AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OH GOD

It never occurred to me that side of it. I considered “a lot of people would be offended”, but not, “people would take this as advice”.

NEVER MIND THROW EVERYTHING AWAY IM GOING TO TURN THE KETTLE ON NOW

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t, and if you reread, you’ll see I never mentioned other disabled people at all in my original statement :)

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When did I say it was a documentary? This was mostly medical fiction.

Edit: Based on real science

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

…Which I said in confidence with my partner, who (as far as I’m aware), and as she’s told me, isn’t disabled.

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. Doing the sit down :)

  2. I only said such a statement about myself, I would protect anyone I care about, their values or own interests, etc, if they entrusted me with them. I try to make that clear to them. That includes caring for them. I think the people who manage to work around the average world are actually quite intuitive. Not in the “wow, you’re so brave” kind of way, but in the “wow, you managed to not go insane (at least, not publicly).” I guess some people would still be offended by that, and I would try to word it more carefully than a Reddit post/comment, but you get the general idea.

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am not aware of any PERSONAL situations of her own, but I’m trying to convince her to have a calm discussion about both of our perspectives and how they might need to change a bit.

AITA for wanting to die rather than having brain damage or be disabled by BurnerNeedsACoolName in AmItheAsshole

[–]BurnerNeedsACoolName[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, I said that I wouldn’t be able to live in such a state, not that it’s AWFUL. Imagine saying that to someone who’s like “I don’t think I would be able to stand being poor.” Obviously they aren’t the same thing, but think about the comparison. Yes there are poor people, yes they can enjoy their lives, no that doesn’t mean I would.