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Have you tried not having a smashed hand? (www.akimbocomics.com)

submitted 1 week ago by samus12345 to c/comicstrips

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

But you still have to take steps to do it or your hand will never get better.

As someone else said in another comment a broken foot might be a better metaphor. Or a leg. Two legs even.

You're telling people with broken feet and legs to just walk to the doctor.

[–] quixotic120 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Im not telling people with two broken legs to walk to the doctor. I’m telling them to assess their situation and do what is within their power to do in this moment, which would likely be to call emergency services/ambulance in that metaphor

You have to own your problem to start fixing it or it will never get better. There is no changing that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think you kinda have to imagine yourself in a situation where you are despearate and see no way out, except maybe suicide, cause it's easier and will end the suffering. Then you will get where these people are.

[–] quixotic120 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get where these people are

What are you suggesting? That we just leave these people alone to languish? That to me sounds unbelievably cruel. It’s just under a shitty veneer of pretending to be kind. You’re enabling someone and worsening their quality of life because you don’t want to encounter the idea of discomfort.

[–] samus12345 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I get where these people are

Then you're not being depicted in this comic. None of the other people do, or even appear interested in trying to get it.