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Unpopular Opinion
Welcome to the Unpopular Opinion community!
How voting works:
Vote the opposite of the norm.
If you agree that the opinion is unpopular give it an arrow up. If it's something that's widely accepted, give it an arrow down.
Guidelines:
Tag your post, if possible (not required)
- If your post is a "General" unpopular opinion, start the subject with [GENERAL].
- If it is a Lemmy-specific unpopular opinion, start it with [LEMMY].
Rules:
1. NO POLITICS
Politics is everywhere. Let's make this about [general] and [lemmy] - specific topics, and keep politics out of it.
2. Be civil.
Disagreements happen, but that doesn’t provide the right to personally attack others. No racism/sexism/bigotry.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Shitposts and memes are allowed but...
Only until they prove to be a problem. They can and will be removed at moderator discretion.
5. No trolling.
This shouldn't need an explanation. If your post or comment is made just to get a rise with no real value, it will be removed. You do this too often, you will get a vacation to touch grass, away from this community for 1 or more days. Repeat offenses will result in a perma-ban.
Instance-wide rules always apply. https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
No, it's by definition not a "good" solution; it's a last resort. I won't deny that sometimes there are no other options, but those situations are rare.
Something to think about, in case you're feeling suicidal: most suicides are done impulsively, and most people who survive suicide attempts regret making them. People tend to feel strongly suicidal for only about 15 minutes at a time. After that, the feeling tends to pass, so try to remember that if you do feel suicidal. The best thing you can do in those situations is either distract yourself or simply go to sleep, because that will allow time for the feeling to pass.
If you aren't in therapy, please consider seeking out a decent practitioner. Even if you've tried it before and not felt it was helpful. Sometimes it just takes finding the right therapist for you.
Best of luck. I know life can be really rough sometimes.