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by tweetle_beetle
346 days ago
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I would say it's not the treadmill at work in this case. It's not simply a replacement. The article linked by the parent comment explains it well and references plenty of considered material. But the tldr is that committing suicide aligns with an active criminal/immoral act, while dying by suicide is a factual cause of death with many possible causes. Consider how people would like your death, or the death of a loved one, described by others. And if you can't, maybe consider how others might be affected. |
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The projections are doing the work here. Colloquially today what's understood is that "commit" merely means they did the deed. People can judge that to be immoral or not regardless; most people don't, except through the lens of religion.
They might judge it to be the wrong choice, as I surely do, and I don't think it helps to diminish agency as though suicide is an inevitability following any given circumstance.