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Write LOVE on your arms today

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skinnylove
Posts: 6807 - Karma: 167
In support of TWLOHA, write it on yourself today.

check out the site if you don't know what it is.

http://www.twloha.com/index.php
Nov 13 2009 11:00AM
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the.hellion.
Posts: 861 - Karma: 698
I think she meant no one should BE FORCED to deal with those emotions alone. That's the whole point of this cause, and other causes like AA, NA, Kid's Help Phone, psychiatry, psychology, therapy and the other mental health agencies and advocacy groups out there.
It's precisely this stereo type of being weak or incapable which requires these types of groups to advertise and promote themselves. Not everyone should have to use them but I hope everybody here recognizes their function and the benefit of their existence.
MSTRKFT, I hope that you would have wanted your friend to have any and all possible support to avoid doing what he did.
That is all I would want.
And to the other gentleman up there who made some comment about privileged suburban white kids purposely getting all worked up for without cause. Depression isn't something that is mitigated by wealth, familial stability or where you grow up. As skiierman said, it's a biological condition of the brain. Depression is a mix of biological hardwiring, genetics, and nurture. I know that there are all kinds of things that kids have to deal with, which are more visible than depression. But depression is not something most people choose, and if they do, they obviously have some other mental issue that requires attention.

And just for reference, my name, it's my bike. A Brodie Hellion hardtail.
Nov 13 2009 3:48PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
yeah man, i know where your coming from. my dad is bi-polar, and its not happy angry, its happy/depressed, and lately he has been very depressed. it sucks to see him like that and there really isnt anything i can do about it and that sucks even more.
Nov 13 2009 3:55PM
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The_Future
Posts: 1418 - Karma: 607
You might think this shit is funny now, but just wait till this hits home. I never once thought I would be dealing with suicide. Two years ago my bestfriend attempted to kill herself... luckily she made it through all of it, but it definitely opened my eyes to the fact that I'm not protected from terrible things like this. No one is. You never know when someone close to you could make a poor decision and attempt to take their own life out of desperation. Have some respect, because someday suicide or derpression or just bad things could change your life. I know it changed mine big time.
Nov 13 2009 4:23PM
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Chickendodo
Posts: 1426 - Karma: 33
Naw that's not the problem, you just need to see the funny side of everything.  I had a friend succeed a little over a year ago, and it sucked.  I can still laugh at a shirt that say "Kill yo' self", cause it's funny.  Yeah, it sucks, but if you get all uptight about it that doesn't solve shit.

What I'm saying is yeah its a shitty subject and it sucks, but you can still have a sense of humor... but some people don't have those I guess, and some people are just dicks, so to each his own I guess.
Nov 13 2009 4:26PM
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Calb3rt
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i very much agree with you. laughter is one of the best medicines. people always hate on me for making jokes in bad situations but really if you cant learn to laugh at things then you will never be happy. im not saying that being serious is a bad thing or that poking fun at a situation is always good. i have learned to laugh at just about everything not because i am cynical or anything like that. i have learned to laugh at things because i know that focusing on the bad only leads to worse.
Nov 13 2009 4:37PM
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McLeod
Posts: 1762 - Karma: 1,582
I really feel sorry for you. Hopefully one day you will develop some compassion and care for your fellow man.
Nov 13 2009 4:40PM
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WikiWiki
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 426
i giggled
Nov 13 2009 4:41PM
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The_Future
Posts: 1418 - Karma: 607
Oh don't worry I have a sense of humor too, but I just feel like a lot the kids on here feel like I use to.... "oh this will never affect me... my life is perfect."... or something along those lines.
Nov 13 2009 4:42PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
how the hell does writing Love on your arm do anything for anybody. its just like the "day of silence" for gay people. its stupid as fuck and doesnt prove anything, just that you like gay people. i'd rather see people actually making a difference by doing something proactive, than a bunch of poser people not doing anything, and thinking they are making a difference. i'm all for fundraising and setting up clinics and stuff, but if you actually want to make a difference for someone do it, don't just make it so other people are like 'oh man, that guy is cool because he believes something!"
Nov 13 2009 4:45PM
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Mr.Panda
Posts: 17711 - Karma: 564
True that. It is something that no one can truly understand until it happens to someone they know.
Nov 13 2009 4:51PM
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KramerC
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Bon Ivor sucks unless your a hipster girl
Nov 13 2009 4:51PM
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Tasche
Posts: 5422 - Karma: 99
I have had to deal with a couple of suicides; friends dad, close friend in HS, and a distant cousin and let me just say that writing love on your arm is the stupidest fucking thing I have ever heard of.  What these people need is someone to talk to and a doctor.  Make sure you confront people about their depression and get them help but writing a faggy "love" on your arm is fucking retarded.  Writing love on your arm is a good way to become more depressed.  People are so stupid.

I meant faggy in the South Park way not the homophobe way.
Nov 13 2009 4:59PM
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Kevski
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This thread disgusts me. But it's NSG so I guess it makes sense. This isn't fucking 4chan, not everything is about the lulz. You know it's bad when Skiierman makes one of the best, most serious, and well answered posts in the thread.

It seems like some people truly don't give a shit about other people (losing a friend to suicide recently and making fun of anyone who's depressed or suicidal by supporting them? Glad I don't know you in real life...), and that others' lives are inconsequential to theirs and they feel they are superior because of this. But some day these people might mature and realize how lonely your life will be if you keep thinking that emotions are bad. Yes this is mostly directed at MSTRKRFT.

We can all laugh at the over-dramatic emo kids who really are only hopping on the bandwagon for attention and don't have anything to actually be depressed about, but people who are legit depressed deserve a little compassion. That's what this love thing is about. Writing it on you arm won't do shit to help depressed people, but what it does is show that you support this idea and them. Then when someone asks why the hell you have "love" written on your arm, you can tell them about this organization and that you believe in helping out depressed people. Then maybe they will have a sense of compassion too and write it on their arm and so forth.
Nov 13 2009 5:23PM
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Tasche
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agreed. 
Nov 13 2009 5:27PM
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k-rob
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i was diagnosed with severe depression, but also not a danger to myself (so i'm not gonna kill myself), and i could give a fuck about some kids writing love on their arms. every depressed person i've met is annoyed with the people around them. this kind of annoying pretentious "oh i think i've done something useful today i'm gonna have a cookie" crap doesn't help.
Nov 13 2009 5:28PM
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Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,785
Well it's not like anyone writing love on their arms thinks that it will directly make depression go away (I don't think), it's just the idea of recognition and support. If it doesn't work, so be it.
Nov 13 2009 5:37PM
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k-rob
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that's the thing, is the idea that you're showing support for something. it would be like me writing "cure cancer" on my arm and then walking around telling people that somebody might cure cancer because i wrote some crap on my arm. it's a load of bullshit designed to make people who are already not depressed feel even better about themselves than they already do. balls to this whole thing i say.
Nov 13 2009 5:43PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
THANK YOU
Nov 13 2009 5:45PM
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Kevski
Posts: 7056 - Karma: 2,785
Could be, but I think it's at least better than those saying "fuck the depressed people, let them die". This in itself isn't going to do something, but take your cancer analogy, for example. If they get enough people on board, there could be more people willing to donate and provide more funding for a cure/better treatment options or whatever. Same thing with this. Caring about it is (yes this sounds ridiculously cliche and corny but whatever) the first step in taking action.

And who's to say that everyone who's depressed wants to avoid people and caring? Obviously you have a better idea than I do, but there are probably those out there who would benefit from feeling wanted.
Nov 13 2009 5:53PM
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k-rob
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wanted, or exploited? "oh hey guys i just heard about this depressed people thing, i'm gonna write on my arm now because that's what makes a me a good caring person. if somebody calls me and says i don't care, i'll just say i'm spreading a message to others who might care and maybe something will get done about this thing i just heard about. i suck by the way."

i still say balls to this.
Nov 13 2009 6:07PM
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meggles
Posts: 3156 - Karma: 54
Thaank you.

To the guys above me:
How the FUCK do you know what other people have or haven't gone through? If someone participates in this and you see them walking down the street, who are YOU to judge them and think "You're a fucking idiot, you don't know what it means to be depressed. This is fucking dumb and you're just doing this to feel better about yourself." For all you fucking know they could have been on the brink and overcame whatever issues they had. The "love" isn't directed at you assholes. It's directed at the people who need to know they're not alone and others care about them. Even if they don't know them.

Nov 13 2009 6:08PM
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Kevski
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This is exactly what I was trying to say.

K-rob, I think your assumption of why people writing love on their arm is wrong. Maybe some people would do it for themselves, but I think most would do it because they legit care about others and want to show it.
Nov 13 2009 6:19PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
yeah i just see it the other way around, most people doing it for themselves, the odd person actually caring, but either way, i don't see this as the way to go about trying to change things.
Nov 13 2009 6:24PM
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NW_Rider
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Nov 13 2009 7:18PM
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ElbridgeGerry
Posts: 5902 - Karma: -27
I consider kids who can't differentiate between red and blue retarded. It's funny to think of them that way because they're physically retarded, not mentally retarded like emo kids.
Nov 13 2009 8:42PM
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kzrstf
Posts: 2778 - Karma: 695
i fucking hate you, and i hope you will die in an horrible way.
Nov 13 2009 8:55PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
hey no worries, its good to know who on this site has no fucking idea what theyre talking about and instead try (and fail horribly) to be rude or shocking. really though, you suck at it.
Nov 13 2009 8:57PM
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ElbridgeGerry
Posts: 5902 - Karma: -27
Skiierman, I'm sorry I've upset you . My entire existence on NS has been to please you in every way possible, evidently I have failed. I'm not gonna lie, I know very little about depression, because my brain isn't shitty enough to have a chemical imbalance. Sorry I'm genetically superior to every single depressed person on Earth. Sorry for having good genes and not being an embarrassment to my parents. In conclusion, you can't win this argument because in my mind I have already won. Go jerk off or something productive. Having an E-fight with a 16 year old probably doesn't bode well for your E-persona.
Nov 13 2009 9:05PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
there it is, another terrible attempt at being funny through rude comments! its incredible. keep going please because i want to see how many times a person can fail before they finally give up.
Nov 13 2009 9:12PM
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Tortao
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both of you fail. its the fucking internet!! calm down
Nov 13 2009 9:13PM
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frosted_flakes
Posts: 1200 - Karma: 1,256
write it on my arms??
I already have it tattooed on my balls
Nov 13 2009 9:26PM
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gmack24
Posts: 4636 - Karma: 31
hahhaha you def frequent that site. Nice life buddy!
Nov 13 2009 9:31PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,142
Wow, what a ridiculous wesbite... Frank and his website postsecret.com actually do something for people who suffer from depression, how about people support that by buying the books instead of this nonsense. Pseudo-artsy hipster garbage.
Nov 13 2009 9:50PM
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Dbit
Posts: 385 - Karma: 71
great post +k

I dont dress emo at all but did it today. Its just all about letting kids who are suffering from depression see that others acknowledge/ care for them.
Nov 13 2009 10:58PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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You don't find this funny because it's directed at you. It's fine, I really understand no one likes being made fun of. It has to happen though, it's the natural course of events.
Nov 13 2009 11:06PM
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Nicholas.
Posts: 10905 - Karma: 60
i dont get why sad kids cut their wrists when guns are so much more effective?
Nov 14 2009 1:44AM
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skinnylove
Posts: 6807 - Karma: 167
Do you have any sort of human feelings?
Nov 14 2009 3:45AM
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meth_time
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then instead of spending all there money on eyeliner they could just use coals and put there money to razors, my chemical romance cd's, and bullshit suicide notes that aren't taken seriously.
Nov 14 2009 3:54AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Ehhhh...not really.
Nov 14 2009 12:31PM
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fujarome
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i'm wondering where the idea of depressed=emo comes from. They are not at all similar.

shit, i was depressed for a long time and had some terrible thoughts go through my head, and i still thought emo kids were being stupid.
Nov 14 2009 12:53PM
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musick13
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HAHAHAahahahahaha

Seriously though, If you hate emos then don't wright shit on your arms, Instead of wining about it in a thread made by a caring person


Nov 14 2009 1:28PM
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TotallyTrevor
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so that's why i saw people with LOVE written on their arms yesterday...i figured something was up
Nov 14 2009 1:30PM
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yourthemannowdog
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it's better known as  a band
Nov 14 2009 1:43PM
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[~_~]
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You're assuming that depression is strictly a biological occurrence, and not a cognitive one. It is perfectly possible for a person to think themselves into depression, and not just wake up one morning hating life. Furthermore, there is such a thing as depressed people who don't want attention, which really sucks because there's always some little shit like you who comes along and labels them "emo." Instead of perpetuating your own little realm of bullshit and ignorance, why don't you accept the possibility that there is more to human consciousness than you seem to be able to wrap your head around.
Nov 14 2009 1:56PM
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[~_~]
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And this whole "Write LOVE On Your Arms" thing is a bunch of trendy self-indulgent crap. Talk about patronizing...
Nov 14 2009 1:58PM
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BrewskiJunior
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+k

You don't have to talk shit if you think the cause is stupid. Just shut the fuck up.
Nov 14 2009 1:59PM
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Brock.
Posts: 5698 - Karma: 1,332
everybody needs to read this
Nov 14 2009 2:44PM
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ElbridgeGerry
Posts: 5902 - Karma: -27
You really don't understand the concept of trolling do you Landis?
Nov 14 2009 10:56PM
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i.am.a.skier.
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Dude, some of us might have lost people from suicide, show some fucking respect.  Suicide is much more serious than your pathetic hatred of some clique in your highschool.  Suicide does not always occur when your in highschool, please stop being so arrogant and narrow minded.  All you're accomplishing is pissing people of, so why dont you do us a favor and stop fucking posting in this thread.

PS:  Im not writing love on my arms, since i dont understand how its gunna do anything to help suicide rates, ect..

Nov 14 2009 11:02PM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Now why the fuck would I do that? Being an e-douche is fun.
Nov 14 2009 11:04PM
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