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Coventina

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2. Yes, I almost feel no hotline at all would be better than a chat bot.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:38 AM

Jul 18

To be fed a bunch of AI slop when you are inches from ending your life, very well could be the trigger, so to speak.

"No real people want to talk with me, they're just have a machine spit nonsense at me. I guess I really am worth nothing....."

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True and HORRIFYING account about the suicide crisis "hotline" [View all] Coventina Jul 18 OP

From personal experience, you have no idea how close a caller is no_hypocrisy Jul 18 #1

Yes, I almost feel no hotline at all would be better than a chat bot. Coventina Jul 18 #2

Wow NH, you did a fabulous job with crisis management on this call. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #5

Suicide hotlines were already horrible, before Trump synni Jul 18 #3

I would think that the most important characteristic of a suicide hotline operator is the ability to listen. Intractable Jul 18 #4

Just what people in crisis need to hear, the voice of something that can never understand how painful life can be. Jedi Guy Jul 18 #6