Plague happened

Well, they got dealt a crappy hand, that's for sure. But every generation has to deal with the problems handed down to them from the last. Some do better than others.
An Isaac Asimov quite comes to mind.
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
It's a little idealistic, and maybe not a applicable to all situations. It's just interesting to think how a different group of ppl might have dealt with the problems--leaders and followers alike.

I feel like you may have misunderstood. We're not saying the pain isn't legitimate, or that depression can be cured by simply thinking of others and forcing yourself to be positive.
But maybe posts like this can give SOME ppl a different perspective on what they're thinking, and maybe that could motivate them to take a step in the right direction. That seems like a good thing to me.
And acknowledging that a certain kind of thinking a selfish isn't necessarily not understanding a person's feelings. It'd certainly not calling them bad people. It's just one part of a complex issue. Ppl that suffer from depression need to see that fact as much as the ppl that care about them.

Well I tend to look at the world wars as more like THE world war, parts 1 and 2. To me, the situation could have been defused with a more lenient treaty. Instead that little "family dispute" escalated after a two decade cease fire into a genocide, and while I agree that that should be dealt with harshly, don't imagine that the allies reentered the war to save the Jews. Many of them, including the us knew about the final solution fairly early, and did nothing until their own interests were threatened.
I guess my point is that in terms of what was preventable or justifiable cause, both wars (or phases of the war if you prefer) fit the category of senseless, and nobody was particularly justified.

Touche.
Then perhaps no war is morally justifiable.

But ww2 was completely preventable. If you're talking about the reasons behind the conflict, those were so avoidable you could call them equally senseless.

But ppl with severe depression aren't thinking like that. I'm sorry to say, and this is probably going to be unpopular, but depression and selfishness go hand in hand. All your feeling are turned inward, and you get absorbed in how miserable YOU are. The idea that your death is negatively affecting other doesn't occur to you.

It's so tragic. I remember when. My mother was diagnosed with a nickel allergy. She was never the same after that.

Maybe some sick sob is really having a great time with this year and doesn't like all the 2016 hate.

Exactly. They should have said she WOULD be next. Then she'd still be here. That's....idk whatever the opposite of jinxing is.

@sincere_milkshake No, if you say it, then it won't happen. That's how it works, right? Right?

Long live the Irken Empire!

Exactly! Who's it going to be tomorrow?? The queen?

Well...I laughed.
And then cried a little

Thanks!

I feel like at this point it won't matter. It's going down and taking as many celebrities with it as it can.

The kind of savages that once owned a quarter of the world.

That phase doesn't last very long. Once they're 4 they can basically take care of themselves. Like cats. But, like cats, they're not for everyone.
All jokes aside, my kid IS pretty great. The trade off in entertainment alone is worth the stressful moments.