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This puts a whole new spin on, "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?"

It wasn't terribly helpful for me, but I did read something by an autistic person who swore by Emily Post's guide to Etiquette, which ended up resulting in my parents buying me a copy.

It's a very large book with extremely detailed information about how to conduct oneself in a wide variety of social situations. Not sure it's exactly what you're looking for, but it's the closest thing I can think of.

And look, I hear that you're suffering. I don't know how I can help you, especially if you have clinical depression. You know as well as I do that your thoughts about this issue aren't rational. And I know as well as you do just how utterly useless that knowledge is in the face of enormous pain, pain so deep you just go numb because feeling it is more emotionally taxing than your burnt-out mind can tolerate.

But I wish I did know. I wish I could do something that would push back that tide for you, even just by improving your material conditions a bit. I'm sorry that you feel this way and I hope things somehow get better for you. And I know none of this is particularly helpful, and I'm sorry for that.

go read the modlog. You're arguing against people trying to tell OP to stay alive. Your initial comment essentially advertised suicide by talking about "ending suffering"

This thread is not about you and you need to read the room

But you didn't bump her thread either, did you? No, the only "help" you're offering is encouraging her to kill herself. You should be ashamed of yourself.

You seem to think you're speaking to someone who's never faced these issues before, but you're wrong about that. Empty platitudes may not be helpful but arguing in favor of suicide is beyond unacceptable.

Also, I gave OP money today. Did you?

do you seriously think this is appropriate behavior?

go fucking have a debate about it somewhere else ffs, what the fuck

Please tell me you aren't playing devil's advocate right now

I wish you wouldn't. But I also don't know how to make your life better, and it feels like our whole system is built not to care. I just hate to see you give up instead of finding your way to some degree of happiness (in spite of how arduous a journey that's likely to be).

My friend, I'm well aware of modern political history within the Democratic party. That doesn't change the fact that your heuristic is not a good one; there are plenty of reasons to run a second presidential campaign besides fundraising, even if you don't think you're likely to win (and Biden had to know he wasn't in '08).

Moreover, Bernie's campaign strategy in '16 was poor, and his run in 2020 amended that by focusing a lot more resources into Iowa early on. Unfortunately, Buttigieg played the same angle and the caucuses were a total debacle besides, which robbed the campaign of the momentum it had hoped to generate with a big win in Iowa (which, you'll note, is exactly how Obama won in 2008.)

Edit: I'd be a lot more inclined to listen to your request for respect if it didn't follow an incredibly condescending comment. Also, I'm well aware of the uselessness of electoral politics--but it was 2020 that cemented that for me, and for many others as well, particularly here. So even in that sense, Bernie's 2020 run had real impact.