53xy83457 2024-11-13 12:16:14

As someone who knew BetterHelp was bullshit the whole time (based solely on the fact I was tired of hearing about fucking BetterHelp), I enjoyed the final sentence of this post.

Sorry to hear you had to go through all that. What a bunch of assholes.

Ostan5000 2024-11-13 13:46:12

Take what I say with a grain of salt, I'm still young.

We can't expect everyone to understand what we're doing when we're doing it. Unless you tried explaining to them what you needed the AED for, there's no way for them to know that what was happening outside of the store. It sucks that they didn't let you help them, but we can only assume that someone else made the right call one way or another with that man and saved his life.

I think it's just pure misunderstanding rather than evil. Though, I guess the most evil that god or the devil or mother nature or whatever did to humans was giving us a fleshy barrier that prevented us from seeing each other's souls.

WeaponsOfficer1987 2024-11-13 16:30:35

Gods above, that sucks. I'm so sorry you had to go through that shit. I've been in a lock -down treatment center for two and a half years, went to a boarding school for five and half. Seen a lot of humans being real shitty to each other from 01-2012. I get it. Humans can be absolute scumbags. I feel for ya, bro. No one should have to go through that, especially that incident you've spoken of before on that bus. I wish there was a way I could hit ya up or talk to ya, but I'm hundreds of miles from Australia (damn it). I hope life gets better. Seriously no one deserves to go through that crap.

Isvus 2024-11-14 16:40:07

The only thing I can conclusively say about humans with 100% certainty is that there is nothing else I can say about humans with 100% certainty. We were built to like black and white, but the world isn't monochrome. It has colors humans can't even see, for god's sake. We like categories and simple explanations. We don't like being uncomfortable. Few people get to their mid twenties without seeing some messed up shit, but the incident you wound up in was truly stark. Sorry you had to see that.

It's easy for me to acknowledge that people are indifferent and won't go out of their way to help anyone they don't know personally. A lot of them won't even help the people they do know. What's truly hard to wrap my brain around is that, as you saw, it goes past indifference. Some people will actively work to stop you from receiving help or from giving it to someone else. Why? Really, WHY? I wouldn't have a problem if there was a selfish explanation, but I can't think of one. Was it greed? Distrust? Malice? What possessed not just one person but most of the people around you to instantly assume you meant harm with a device designed for the singular purpose of saving lives?

Makes my head spin. I wonder if any of the bystanders realized the insanity of it all.

MEGAknight34199 2024-11-18 23:42:08

I mean this with complete and utter sincerity
You seem like a really cool person to get to know. Maybe it’s just because I only see your art but you just seem like you have a vibe that you know how to do well and not many people have that.

Pezske 2024-11-20 13:59:16

I only first saw your art about 2-4 months ago, but as soon as i saw it, i loved it, and i respected your commitment to making the comic, as it can't have been easy, i don't know what i am trying to say, so i'll cut it short, i loved your art and the comic and still do, and the people who put you through that can go fuck themselves, i just wish you the best man.