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This more begs the question of why he's your buddy

Oh he's a swell guy, don't get me wrong. But during his college years I'm guessing he was spending 16+ hours a day on the internet. Swell guy, but he needs to learn it's not so ok to joke about killing yourself in public

Those type of jokes aren't that similar to this one... Hope your friend is actually okay and just messin round.