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You should understand that this site has a chronic condition of depressed people seeking help with suicidal tendencies, so it is not a topic to randomly talk about with no connotations, for no particular reason. It always has connotations if you mention suicide here, which partially explains why that robot pops up.

I’d recommend googling for legal sites.

lifelover wrote:
You should understand that this site has a chronic condition of depressed people seeking help with suicidal tendencies, so it is not a topic to randomly talk about with no connotations, for no particular reason. It always has connotations if you mention suicide here, which partially explains why that robot pops up.

I’d recommend googling for legal sites.

You raise a very good point, I didn’t even think about that.

An ethical lawyer would refuse to draft such a document for you, and would–depending upon the state–be required to notify the authorities of a suicidal design.

Just draft up a will, saying what your last wishes are. You don’t have to list any cause of death.

And talk to a therapist, or a clergyman, or both. Suicide is literally a dead end. I’ve dealt with suicides before. There’s always an element of hostility, of aggression, in such an act.

Our lives will end soon enough without any help from us. What you–and I–need to do is make our lives count for something. Death, my friend, will take care of itself!