Are LGBTQ people at a higher risk for suicide? Could hotline staff reduce suicide attempts with special training? Seems like you could measure this.

Thinking about other groups with a higher risk--veterans, abuse survivors, gambling addicts--are there suicide prevention programs for these groups and are they effective?

I do find that I read faster on an e-reader.

I think my only contradictory point would be: what is the aesthetic value of indexing information or reading more immersively? Surely there is one, but there may be a qualitatively different value in reading quickly but exposing oneself to more text. For example, I read the entirety of William Gibson's works last year. They went by in a blur, but I did find the speed of encountering his ideas through his novels ironically fitting for his subject matter.

I no longer buy printed books, but I do keep a few favorites around on a shelf because they look cool and remind me of my favorite reading experiences. I still have my Asimov's SF and comics, though. I'll never give those up.

Doing an ambiguous preventive activity on 1 out of 365 days doesn't sound effective.

https://www.reuters.com/world/google-secures-eu-antitrust-ap...

So far, he has gotten operations on his hips, hands, shoulders, and back after overexerting himself while gardening, moving furniture, and... walking. When I ask him to consider the risks of driving, he brushes me off like I'm being ridiculous. It infuriates me. There's no arguing with him. And I'm absolutely gonna get a phone call one day that I'm not gonna like.

And finally, if you can't reach me on Zoom, you flash a beacon in the sky. With a bat on it. This is yet another way of disrespecting my time.

Ok, jokes aside, this post resonated with me, more personally than professionally (because no one wants to meet with me, professionally). Every other week or so, my elderly dad asks me if I want to go to lunch. Inevitably, if I say yes, he says "great. Why don't you pick a place?" For years, this seemed to me like he was expressing deference for my tastes, but now it just seems like he's lazy and wants to me to do the work of picking a new place.

2. Bully then into submission for reasons

3. Say you'll stop hitting them if they cut some deals. Oil and deportees, in this case.

The rent is too damn high

It takes longer into adulthood to achieve stability

Porn brain

Phone brain (24/7 infinite entertainment)

Dating apps are not delightful

The pandemic led some people to stay in for good

Loss of third places (rent too damn high again)

Tight job markets lead to reluctance to bring kids into the picture

Healthcare is more expensive every year

American individualism diminishes multi generational family support structures after a generation

A long tail of other causes: drugs, gun violence, obesity, losing one's religion, growing up with divorced parents

But my parents sucked. And they thought parenting sucks, but they had kids anyway. I don't want to continue the cycle. My wife feels the same way. We're pretty happy, healthy, married for 11 years; we just don't want kids.

I still silently and slowly read novels, but as of now, that's a different media experience. Its slow pace is also enjoyable in a different way.