If you were required to be an organ donor, you’d save lives while setting yourself free. You’ll also give someone else a chance at taking the spot you had at work and your apartment.

  • @AA5B
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    59 hours ago

    A distant family member took care to avoid his family discovering his remains. But someone does the discovering and if your end is violent and messy, now you’re inflicting that violence on someone else.

    Having a way out means a peaceful end, a clear choice, minimal violence and mess, the whoever “discovers you” is prepared for it. Sparing a passer by or first responder, along with your loved ones, from the trauma is a value to society, so there’s that

    • atro_city
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      39 hours ago

      Yep, that’s true. People who kill themselves in public places can traumatise bystanders. Train operators who hit suicide victims don’t get away without a mental scar.

      • @AA5B
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        49 hours ago

        I was in one of those trains. I never found out whether it was intentional but my train hit someone on a bridge known to be a shortcut for homeless. They took great care I helping us transfer to another train such that we couldn’t see anything. I really hope that driver was eventually ok