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Ah, yes the classic "everyone else who doesn't subscribe is deluded" echochamber red flag.
"Voluntary Extinction" is right up there with "flat earthers" and "anti-vax" as the dumbest pseudo-intellectual things I've read on the internet.
Ignorance is bliss, I suppose.
Enjoy your dreamland, and have a nice day
Just know that you don’t have to feel this way. Depression is a sickness that convinces you “that’s just the way it is”. It’s a chemical disfunction of the brain. It can be treated most of the time. It’s a hard path, starting with finding the right therapist, but it’s worth a try. Talking as someone who’s life was saved by therapy.
Oh I know a lot about the world don’t worry. Including the fact that any living being that does not strive to stay alive is having a fundamental disfunction… as I said, people can help, medication can help. I know it personally. Do what you want with that information. I wish you all the good in the world, take care.