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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to All on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 00:13:28
    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    Because of covid, his business was suffering and he was losing everything.
    His great truck, his house that he was so proud of and his livelyhood.

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 03:00:15
    Re: covid suicides
    By: MRO to All on Tue Jan 05 2021 12:13 am

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    That sucks, man.

    A lot of depressed people are not actually hiding it. They just get tired of bringing their problems up and getting ignored, so they stop complaining and carry on until they break.

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  • From Vk3jed@VERT/FREEWAY to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 20:28:00
    On 01-05-21 00:13, MRO wrote to All <=-

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    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    Because of covid, his business was suffering and he was losing
    everything. His great truck, his house that he was so proud of and his livelyhood.

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    Sorry to hear about your friend, that sucks. :( Depression can be nasty and a lot of men won't talk about it. Attitudes are slowly changing, but need to change faster.


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  • From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 07:54:00
    Hello Mro!

    ** On Tuesday 05.01.21 - 00:13, MRO wrote to All:

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    [...]

    That packs a punch when I hear things like that. I can relate.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 08:42:27
    Re: covid suicides
    By: MRO to All on Tue Jan 05 2021 12:13 am

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    Because of covid, his business was suffering and he was losing everything. His great truck, his house that he was so proud of and his livelyhood.

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    That's sad to hear. :(

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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 10:18:00
    MRO wrote to All <=-

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    I wonder if he'll be listed as a COVID death.

    The gov't response to COVID has already killed more people than COVID.


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 13:48:00
    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    That is really sad. I lost my closest childhood friend to suicide over 12 years ago. He left a wife and kid. He hid it well until the last day or
    two apparently. Unlike COVID we never really knew what pushed him to it.


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dr. What on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 00:35:43
    Re: Re: covid suicides
    By: Dr. What to MRO on Tue Jan 05 2021 10:18 am

    MRO wrote to All <=-

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    I wonder if he'll be listed as a COVID death.

    The gov't response to COVID has already killed more people than COVID.


    they probably dont go that far. i did have a coworker who killed himself when this shit first started.

    had a beautiful girlfriend and her kids loved him. seemed like a happy guy. well he wasnt
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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 00:37:49
    Re: covid suicides
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Tue Jan 05 2021 01:48 pm

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    That is really sad. I lost my closest childhood friend to suicide over 12 years ago. He left a wife and kid. He hid it well until the last day or two apparently. Unlike COVID we never really knew what pushed him to it.


    his 3 sons are such nice boys and they idolized him. and the mom is nuts and they have to go live with her now. he was separated from the wife. i dunno she brought a lot of drama.
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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to MRO on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 14:01:00
    his 3 sons are such nice boys and they idolized him. and the mom is nuts and th
    y have to go live with her now. he was separated from the wife. i dunno she bro
    ght a lot of drama.

    If he managed to get custody, she must have brought plenty of drama.
    Having a spouse or co-parent who causes a lot of drama is a real strain on one's sense of self.


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  • From Vlk-451@VERT/INREALM to MRO on Thursday, January 07, 2021 04:02:35
    Re: covid suicides
    By: MRO to All on Tue Jan 05 2021 12:13 am

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    Because of covid, his business was suffering and he was losing everything. His great truck, his house that he was so proud of and his livelyhood.

    blew his brains out. father of 5.
    he pushed other people away too. he was depressed but hiding it well.

    That's absolutely fucked up.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Dumas Walker on Thursday, January 07, 2021 01:38:27
    Re: covid suicides
    By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Jan 06 2021 02:01 pm

    his 3 sons are such nice boys and they idolized him. and the mom is
    nuts and
    th
    y have to go live with her now. he was separated from the wife. i dunno
    she
    bro
    ght a lot of drama.

    If he managed to get custody, she must have brought plenty of drama. Having a spouse or co-parent who causes a lot of drama is a real strain on one's sense of self.

    no, she just didnt want the boys. they had younger twin daughters and she took those.she probably liked the attention she got with them.
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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to Dumas Walker on Thursday, January 07, 2021 09:45:00
    Dumas Walker wrote to MRO <=-

    That is really sad. I lost my closest childhood friend to suicide over
    12 years ago. He left a wife and kid. He hid it well until the last
    day or two apparently. Unlike COVID we never really knew what pushed
    him to it.

    Had a guy in my area who did that. Everything seemed fine. He seemed happy. Had a good job, nice girlfriend, was sociable.

    Then he killed himself and no one knew why.

    Society puts pressure on everyone in different ways. Today that pressure
    is mostly political (whether you are anxious about the presidential election
    or COVID). But everyone has a breaking point and what different people do when they break will be wildly different.

    2021 will be an interesting year. "Interesting" as in the Chinese curse:
    May you live in interesting times.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Dr. What on Wednesday, January 06, 2021 12:51:00
    Dr. What wrote to MRO <=-

    MRO wrote to All <=-

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    I wonder if he'll be listed as a COVID death.
    The gov't response to COVID has already killed more people than COVID.

    And now we know what a complete lack of empathy looks like.



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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DR. WHAT on Friday, January 08, 2021 16:34:00
    2021 will be an interesting year. "Interesting" as in the Chinese curse:
    May you live in interesting times.

    Yup. Eight days in and it has already been so.


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  • From Dr. What@VERT/DMINE to poindexter FORTRAN on Saturday, January 09, 2021 10:39:00
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Dr. What <=-

    i just found out that a former close friend who drifted away
    killed himself after christmas.

    I wonder if he'll be listed as a COVID death.
    The gov't response to COVID has already killed more people than COVID.

    And now we know what a complete lack of empathy looks like.

    The term is "sympathy" not "empathy".

    I cannot feel the same feelings (empathy) because I don't know the person who committed suicide.

    But I cannot feel sympathy either because I'm too angry about the gov't causing the suicide in the first place.


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