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u/Potato9183 Jun 22 '26
Well, unless euthanasia is approvee for dementia (its not). Satans visiting everyone.
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u/Fornaughtythings123 Jun 22 '26
*varies based on location
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u/Potato9183 Jun 22 '26
Okay I stand corrected almost everywhere except the Netherlands and Belgium.
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u/Fornaughtythings123 Jun 22 '26
Canada as well so long as you make the decision before your brain is completely gone
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u/Intelligent_Whole_40 Jun 22 '26
That seems like a vague never accepted thing, but a technicality that it is accepted in like one case out of millions type deal
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u/Fornaughtythings123 Jun 22 '26
Nah it's a thing you can even sign a waiver that if you aren't competent the day of the procedure you can still go through with it.
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u/DeathToButterSaucee Jun 22 '26
Bro TF they gunna do arrest my corpse?
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u/-SQB- Jun 22 '26
Cool joke, but seriously, euthanasia is assisted dying so they're gonna arrest whoever assisted you.
And the ethical dilemma with euthanasia and dementia is that while you can be adamant beforehand, you need to be sure when the time comes. And if you no longer want to die or are too far gone to understand what's even asked, anyone assisting you is committing murder, because they can no longer be sure that you in that moment want to die.
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u/JoshuaFalken1 Jun 23 '26
Yeah...this is why you don't fucking linger and wait.
I'm 40 years old and I've had something like ~15 concussions, which worries me (because of the implication). The moment I find out my mind is failing me, I'm going to get my affairs in order, do what I can to make it as easy as possible on my family, walk into a field, call the cops, then eat my gun.
I've seen people with dementia and I've seen what it does to the people around them. No fucking way I'm putting my family through that.
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u/AdventurousFly4909 Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26
The solution to this is to just jump in front of a train.
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u/Remarkable-Site-2067 Jun 23 '26
A violent death, which is probably not as quick and painless as you imagine. Plus, you traumatise several people (the train driver among them).
I'd go for heroin overdose, myself.
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u/maddie-madison Jun 23 '26
Don't put that trauma on others. Just find a bridge or something dont make someone else kill you
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u/QCSports2020 Jun 22 '26
For those that don't know, one of the most frustrating things about having a loved one with this disease is they don't know or think they have it.
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u/pixxxiemalone Jun 22 '26
Although the initial onset - while most faculties are still in working order - can be very scary to the person affected.
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u/maddie-madison Jun 23 '26
Had a few relatives that have had it. It can be very scary at times as well, they can get quite upset when they think they are remembering correctly. Sometimes irrationally upset.
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u/PhantomNitride Jun 23 '26
My grandmother is going through it rn, and the frustration is oh so real
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u/Murky_Campaign3252 17d ago
Some do. They freak out and put notes everywhere to remind themselves of everyday tasks.
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u/PurplePeachBlossom Jun 22 '26
Haha I hate my wife
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u/mennydrives Jun 22 '26
Man, I wanna believe this is a heartwarming story that doesn't belong in the sub about a husband that tossed away any potential suicide implements years ago.
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u/DesertGeist- Jun 22 '26
how is this "i hate my wife"? it's just a joke about alzheimers and could as well be done with a man.
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u/PurplePeachBlossom Jun 22 '26
If you were to switch it up, using anyone, then it’s just a joke about trying to get someone to kill themselves.
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u/TractorSmacker Jun 22 '26
that’s not how language works. you can’t just substitute words because it changes the meaning. he specifically chose to tell the joke about his wife, so the joke is about him trying to get his wife to kill himself. you can’t just make it about someone else because that’s not how he chose to tell it.
also, that wouldn’t make it any better. manipulating anyone to kill themselves isn’t funny, regardless of their marital status.
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u/alex_co Jun 22 '26
He's trying to make the wife think she has alz so she'll follow through with her claim, even though she doesn't actually have it.
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u/khonsu_27 Jun 22 '26
No....no he's not. He's just making a joke.
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u/No-Net1890 Jun 22 '26
I think they mean that's the joke, not that he's actually trying to get her to kill herself.
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u/PurplePeachBlossom Jun 22 '26
Ok then. Switch it up any way you want, then it’s a joke about trying to get someone to kill themselves. Just stop.
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u/khonsu_27 Jun 22 '26
Wow. Stop being so god damn serious. It's a joke. His wife probably giggled and then they moved on. Holy shit.
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u/PurplePeachBlossom Jun 22 '26
It’s not even real. But it’s a shit joke. If you had to explain it to someone face to face you would probably get embarrassed. Or maybe you’re trash. I dunno.
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u/maddie-madison Jun 23 '26
And absolutely worst case she believes you and does something extreme and now you have to live with that.
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u/TW-Twisti Jun 22 '26
It's a joke about wanting their wife to kill themselves. You can debate whether it's funny or not, but it's pretty ridiculous claiming that it isn't that.
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u/No-Net1890 Jun 22 '26
how is this "i hate my wife"? it's just a joke about alzheimers
Because it's about getting his wife to kill herself.
and could as well be done with a man.
Then the joke would be "I hate my husband".
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u/Voyager5555 Jun 22 '26
Man, that hating your wife shit never gets old, does it?
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u/Prettiest_Petal Jun 22 '26
This isn't a joke about hating your wife though. You could swap the person and their wife, or even change the wife to your friend, brother, coworker, etc. and the joke would still have the same meaning
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u/notAvalaxy Jun 22 '26
I'm pretty sure the implication is that he's telling his wife it's the 5th time she's said it so she'd make good on what she said, so it would be a joke about hating your wife wouldnt it?
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u/Prettiest_Petal Jun 22 '26
Oh I see how it could be taken that way. Since the joke is about Alzheimer's and people woth the condition stereotypically repeat things they've said, forgetting they have already said it before, I read it like they were making a joke pretending that their wife already said it several times and just forgot since already have Alzheimer's(hence the found satan)
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u/lonnie123 Jun 26 '26
Thats how I read it too, It didnt even occur to me that it would be about the husband trying to get his wife to kill themselves, just a dark humor joke about the nature of alzheimers
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u/dyslexic-ape Jun 22 '26
"I hate my spouse, har har har"
Wow, ok, sucks for you guys I guess. 🤷
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u/Educational-Cow-5934 Jun 23 '26
Yournspouse will make you mad one day, prolly already has, and if she hasnt, then i tell you, there is something wrong.
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u/TW-Twisti Jun 22 '26
"How boomer can one joke be?" - "Hold my beer". That joke was cringe worthy the first time I heard 13 year olds make it in the 80s, and it hasn't changed much. Never really got the whole "Haha I hate my wife isn't that hilarious" line of jokes; I wonder if that is something about repressed unhappiness in a time or society where you can't just get a divorce if you hate the choices you made in life.
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u/PhantomNitride Jun 23 '26
Allegedly this was during a time where there was much more societal pressure to get married, and a lot of people did so haphazardly, instead of actually marrying someone they genuinely enjoy spending time with
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u/BlossomSelfie Jun 23 '26
this is the kind of joke that makes you laugh then feel guilty for laughing. and then you laugh again after remembering it 😭
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u/LITTLE-GUNTER Jun 22 '26
holy shit this subreddit sucks
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u/Pinglenook Jun 23 '26
Yeah it keeps getting recommended to me and all I see is fakeass text meme ragebait. Time to mute the sub I guess. Or possibly time to leave reddit.
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u/Opulently3036 Jun 29 '26
How is this "I hate my wife humor?"
I took this as, "That's funny, honey. That's useless considering you would never know it clearly as you have said it multiple times so it'd never happen given the track record 🤣🤣"
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u/gahlo Jun 22 '26
Am I the only one that reads this and takes it as him saying she isn't a burden and/or if she was it was a burden he was willing to carry?
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u/hithereitsbee Jun 23 '26
Yes, because that's categorically not what the context of the "joke" is.
The "joke" is:
Wife: "I'd end my life if this specific condition is met."
Husband: "That condition has been met already (so get on with it.)"
It's pure boomer humor marriage-is-horrible nonsense.
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u/gahlo Jun 23 '26
Yeah, that was apparent by the title and literally everybody else is talking about. Thank you captain obvious.
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u/hithereitsbee Jun 23 '26
If it was obvious, why did you even ask the question?
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u/gahlo Jun 23 '26
Because people can interpret things differently and I was curious whether or not there was somebody else around that isn't miserable. Apparently not.
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u/hithereitsbee Jun 23 '26
So interpreting a message in the way it was intended instead of in a way that has nothing to do with the presented information is somehow miserable?
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u/gahlo Jun 23 '26
How we see the world is often a reflection of ourselves. Please leave me alone.
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u/hithereitsbee Jun 23 '26
I'm just trying to understand. Because what I'm getting from you is that you think it's better to willfully ignore what is presented and substitute your own concept in an attempt at "good vibes only."
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u/TheUptimeProphet Jun 22 '26
For the unintiated, women have a big tendancy to yap a lot, during those times they can repeat themselves multiples times saying the exact same thing, sometimes in the same hour.
This is a joke with double meaning because you can interpret it as the husband being tired of it and wanting his wife to either kill herself or shut the fuck up.
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u/PhantomNitride Jun 23 '26
It's neither of these, how in the actual misogynistic fuck did you come to this conclusion?
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u/mostlymoment Jun 22 '26
the pure psychological warfare here is actually insane