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Hello. How are you? Please don't answer "fine", because I want to know. I want to know more than anything, and the very last thing I want from you is a hollow "fine".
Scream it at your computer screen. There.
Thank you. I believe that may have either aggravated you or made you feel a bit lighter. You have my sincerest apologies if you were aggravated.
Next question: How is everyone's day going? And you already know my opinion on the word "fine".
For some people their day isn't going so well.
And all they can say is "fine".
And you know what else? We can't see it. it all hides behind the emptiness, that word "fine". But this isn't about "fine". Because a young girl earlier today was anything but fine.
PartyZone is such a nice place, right? We try everything to make people, our fellow partiers, feel welcome. We love seeing a new user on our gorgeous server. PZ forever!
Alas, not all lives or experiences are the same way.
This young girl, whom we'll just call "Sad", was a fellow partier.
I doubt anyone but her in-real-life friends have even noticed her absence on the server.
Sad was dissatisfied with herself. She didn't believe in herself, she thought she wasn't worth it.
She was.
Sad was young. I don't know what she looked like, what she talked like. I know she was nice. I know she was too young to be doing things like she was to herself.
I wonder how many of you know someone who seems even mildly unhappy. Ask them. If they snort, check their eyes. Make sure they twinkle, make sure it's real, before you believe their 'fine'.
Because Sad, nobody ever should have believed her emotionless 'fine's.
Let's cut to the chase.
Our fellow partier Sad?
She took her own life.
And who knew about it on our wonderful server? Who, in all of the community, knew? Cared?
The answer to both questions is only her real life friends.
Really?
Maybe we didn't cause it. But suicide is nothing to turn your nose up at.
Maybe a Minecraft server isn't the place to talk about these things.
You're right, it isn't.
But she was a member, a friend, a partier.
And no one knew.
Please, just be aware.
Underneath the surface, no one is really 'fine'.
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[NOTE: If you know anyone who is having suicidal thoughts or actions, please call 1-800-273-8255 IMMEDIATELY.]
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Hello. How are you? Please don't answer "fine", because I want to know. I want to know more than anything, and the very last thing I want from you is a hollow "fine".
Scream it at your computer screen. There.
Thank you. I believe that may have either aggravated you or made you feel a bit lighter. You have my sincerest apologies if you were aggravated.
Next question: How is everyone's day going? And you already know my opinion on the word "fine".
For some people their day isn't going so well.
And all they can say is "fine".
And you know what else? We can't see it. it all hides behind the emptiness, that word "fine". But this isn't about "fine". Because a young girl earlier today was anything but fine.
PartyZone is such a nice place, right? We try everything to make people, our fellow partiers, feel welcome. We love seeing a new user on our gorgeous server. PZ forever!
Alas, not all lives or experiences are the same way.
This young girl, whom we'll just call "Sad", was a fellow partier.
I doubt anyone but her in-real-life friends have even noticed her absence on the server.
Sad was dissatisfied with herself. She didn't believe in herself, she thought she wasn't worth it.
She was.
Sad was young. I don't know what she looked like, what she talked like. I know she was nice. I know she was too young to be doing things like she was to herself.
I wonder how many of you know someone who seems even mildly unhappy. Ask them. If they snort, check their eyes. Make sure they twinkle, make sure it's real, before you believe their 'fine'.
Because Sad, nobody ever should have believed her emotionless 'fine's.
Let's cut to the chase.
Our fellow partier Sad?
She took her own life.
And who knew about it on our wonderful server? Who, in all of the community, knew? Cared?
The answer to both questions is only her real life friends.
Really?
Maybe we didn't cause it. But suicide is nothing to turn your nose up at.
Maybe a Minecraft server isn't the place to talk about these things.
You're right, it isn't.
But she was a member, a friend, a partier.
And no one knew.
Please, just be aware.
Underneath the surface, no one is really 'fine'.
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[NOTE: If you know anyone who is having suicidal thoughts or actions, please call 1-800-273-8255 IMMEDIATELY.]
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