The distressing thing is that the views he brings forth in that post quoted by bhank may be entirely rational. If anyone is interested in philosophical thoughts on these topics check out David Benatar ("Better to never have been") and Emile Cioran for example ("The trouble with being born"). Even the "minority" and " racism" grievances can often be argued to be entirely rational. And if you read Getbig you know a large percentage of the population, if not everyone, has some of these thoughts on occasion. In fact, some of the best people I know are crazy bigots but have hearts of gold ironically. But when does your "fuck this" outlook cross over into mental illness? I wish Matt goes on and wish the best in general for him but what can I say when I'm not far from the same point myself? I have a phrase playng in my mind daily, by Samuel Beckett, “You must go on. I can't go on. I'll go on.” I think many people have a hard time helping suicidal people except by saying, "you have to go on, I can't say why, but you just have to." Perhaps the best reason is by Cioran,
"It's not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.“ You were already born, not much to do to undo the damage, might as well see what happens in the future. Life is absurd.
"Why don’t I commit suicide? Because I am as sick of death as I am of life." - Cioran.
