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anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:26 pm
by Anonymous User
?

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:42 pm
by Oblomov
No, but I have thought about other people thinking about it. To be honest, I'm somewhat (and pleasantly) surprised that there haven't been any (publicized) cases.



In conclusion, the economy has not affected the rate at which I think of throwing someone/myself in front of the subway train as I stand on the platform. It has, on the other hand, made moving to a cave in Afghanistan a more realistic prospect. Then again, if Bin Laden had student loans, I'm sure they'd have found him by now.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:50 pm
by gollymolly
No, and while I'm guessing this is a flame, I hope that anybody who is thinking about suicide for any reason will go and talk to their school's counseling services first.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:05 pm
by ruleser
If op posted seriously, please seek counseling.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:23 am
by Anonymous User
gollymolly wrote:talk to their school's counseling services first.
ha. have you ever actually done this? all they do is ask what you're "feeling," and then they repeat exactly what you said to them with sympathetic head tilt.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:30 am
by Vincent Vega
Bankruptcy > Death

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:30 am
by Kohinoor
Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
gollymolly wrote:talk to their school's counseling services first.
ha. have you ever actually done this? all they do is ask what you're "feeling," and then they repeat exactly what you said to them with sympathetic head tilt.

haha, yea, if you feel suicidal talk to the idiot at your school who as a B.A. in pysc and a M.A. in education from FSU. That will solve it!
abusing anonymous function.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:31 am
by rayiner
Halibut6 wrote:Bankruptcy > Death
Death > student loans that can't be discharged in bankruptcy.

:lol:

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:32 am
by JPJ
If things ever get that bad, I'm going to move to Jamaica and start renting out surf boards to tourists. There's also a cool job in South Africa saving penguins that I found. I mean, really, jobs can be unpredictable no matter what your age, location, or profession. Sometimes you just have to take a breath.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:37 am
by Jay-Electronica
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Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:38 am
by Anonymous User
rayiner wrote:
Halibut6 wrote:Bankruptcy > Death
Death > student loans that can't be discharged in bankruptcy.

:lol:
titcr

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:39 am
by Vincent Vega
Anonymous User wrote:
rayiner wrote:
Halibut6 wrote:Bankruptcy > Death
Death > student loans that can't be discharged in bankruptcy.

:lol:
titcr
Disagree.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:41 am
by Leeroy Jenkins
The solution is to /killself

If you don't want to do that get a prescription for Zoloft, geez.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:42 am
by Anonymous User
IDILL_E wrote:I find it hard to feel sorry for people who commit suicide, not trying to be a dick.

Things can never get that bad imo
they probably don't care whether you feel sorry for them or not, especially seeing as how they're dead.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:44 am
by Lincoln
JPJ wrote:If things ever get that bad, I'm going to move to Jamaica and start renting out surf boards to tourists. There's also a cool job in South Africa saving penguins that I found. I mean, really, jobs can be unpredictable no matter what your age, location, or profession. Sometimes you just have to take a breath.
PM me the job with the penguins. From now on, it's not T14 or bust. It's T14 or penguins.

I'm serious.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:46 am
by rayiner
I mean, do you have anything else going for you? Are you a fun guy with real friends? Then don't kill yourself. They'll miss you!

On the other hand, if you're one of those people that wanted biglaw since age 6 and don't have friends so much as you have "contacts"...

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:49 am
by Oblomov
Seriously. Look at being 200k in the hole and no job an opportunity. All your planning has come to naught, so what you do now can be a clean break from that. Max out you debt, and go somewhere cool. Being a vagabond >>>>>>>>>>>being dead.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:50 am
by friedoreos
no. life is not that bad. i think its kinda pathetic how ungrateful some people are

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:50 am
by Vincent Vega
Oblomov wrote:Being a vagabond >>>>>>>>>>>being dead.
This is what I was trying to say.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:58 am
by underachiever
No, Im 22 and a law student in the prime of my life. If I can't get a job once I leave school I will simply leave the country and my gov't backed debt behind and live the rest of my days in a foreign country with an American JD 9may help get me a job, who knows). I plan on learning Spanish and owning a little bar near a quit beach front town in South America.

I love myself Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much to kill myself...seriously, I'm in infatuate with ME!

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:00 am
by Anonymous User
underachiever wrote:No, Im 22 and a law student in the prime of my life. If I can't get a job once I leave school I will simply leave the country and my gov't backed debt behind and live the rest of my days in a foreign country with an American JD 9may help get me a job, who knows). I plan on learning Spanish and owning a little bar near a quit beach front town in South America.
good luck getting a loan to open up your bar in any foreign country with banks that communicate with the US credit bureaus

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:01 am
by Anonymous User
Halibut6 wrote:
Oblomov wrote:Being a vagabond >>>>>>>>>>>being dead.
This is what I was trying to say.
ever been a vagabond?

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:03 am
by JPJ
Lincoln wrote:
JPJ wrote:If things ever get that bad, I'm going to move to Jamaica and start renting out surf boards to tourists. There's also a cool job in South Africa saving penguins that I found. I mean, really, jobs can be unpredictable no matter what your age, location, or profession. Sometimes you just have to take a breath.
PM me the job with the penguins. From now on, it's not T14 or bust. It's T14 or penguins.

I'm serious.

Ok, so I have to take a back the "job" part. I forgot this was something I thought about because you could do it for a very long time on very little money. They provide a place to stay (beach hostel), but you still cover your airplane ticket and food. --LinkRemoved-- Oh well... as a side note you can get paid to pick grapes in New Zealand vineyards, almost year round.

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:03 am
by James Bond
Dude, I went even farther. I did kill myself.

*Posted at 12:02 AM EST 11/23/09 from Beyond the Grave

Re: anyone contemplated suicide as a result of the job crisis?

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:09 am
by Oblomov
Does the French Foreign Legion still look the other way w/r/t all the dumb shit you've done in the past?

1. Run Away from America.
2. Get drunk a lot
3. Marseille
4. seven years
5. profit