It's a great picture, it's so unapologetically Etika. The man didn't hide what he liked.
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NYPD on Twitter: "We regret to inform that Desmond Amofah aka Etika has been found deceased." (See guidelines before posting)
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It's a great picture, it's so unapologetically Etika. The man didn't hide what he liked.
RIP omg. I can't believe this.
Fuck everyone who was tossing his cries for help to the side and making jokes about it. This is horrible. Mental health is no joke. Fuck man.
Yep.
Fuck everyone who was tossing his cries for help to the side and making jokes about it. This is horrible. Mental health is no joke. Fuck man.
I said unkind and unhelpful things about etika in earlier threads and I feel bad about that. A young person shouldn't face those kind of problems without the support they need. I should have been more considerate and thoughtful.
RIP
From this tragedy I hope a constructive conversation will be made about mental health and how to combat the illness.
From this tragedy I hope a constructive conversation will be made about mental health and how to combat the illness.
He was always shameless in the best possible way. May he rest in peace.
I didn't make the r/games thread, should've said that was my reply - not my actual post.
They're well deserved considering the man got constantly shitted on by this forum every time when there was a clear mental health problem affecting his behavior.
You can't have a progressive forum that markets itself as a safe space also constantly mocking a person with a mental illness, especially with consequences as grave as these.
The system has been fucked since Reagan and his handling of the hospitals. I absolutely hate Baker acting someone. You're taking away the last thing people have some control over which is personal freedom with the goal of protecting them. The 72 hrs is really to get them typically out of the psychosis, get them on/back on meds, and hopefully transition out with support. It doesn't always work that way especially when people leave AMA after the hold is over.
Yeah that's what gets me the most. People were fucking memeing about it and treating his mental illness like it was joke.
This is just devastating for me. Been watching Etika's stuff for years and to see him gone like this...RIP.
Fuck everyone in the suicidal apology video thread that shrugged it off with boy cried wolf nonsense/inappropriate memes. Hope you learned something from this.
Fuck everyone in the suicidal apology video thread that shrugged it off with boy cried wolf nonsense/inappropriate memes. Hope you learned something from this.
Rest in peace Etika, your reaction videos were best in the biz because you were passionate AF.
Mental issues are no joke and everyone should realize that.
Mental issues are no joke and everyone should realize that.
this 100%
sure, the guy was mentally not really stable but there is definitely also this new media consumption stuff to blame. need to stream, need followers, need to keep up the content for exactly what? this throws many people that are not up to the pressure under the bus
RIP, a shame that he didn´t get the help he needed
Man I'm so sorry to hear that, but glad to see you're doing better now. You're exactly right in that there's definitely a stigma associated with suicide. I've never been suicidal myself, but I've had close friends in such situations and it's really scary. People love to joke about suicide or assume said suicidal person is just "exaggerating" when that's such a shitty response to such a serious issue.
In cases like Etika, it feels in part that the people trolling him are in part what brought him to this level. Wonder if those people feel proud about themselves or something now. Fucking pathetic. Bullies exist in all shapes and forms.
I agree with this 100%
Every single one of them should be ashamed of themselves and take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror.
Yeah it makes me angry. I'm at work and this is pissing me off so much. Just, here of all places too, just, fucking wow.
Holy shit. I hope they take seriously going forward. This isn't a game.
Thank you for this comment. I wish more people could be like this.
Holy shit. RIP
You never know, that's why you have to take it serious every time. Even if any past incidence was "just a hoax"
Hope he is in a better place now.
You never know, that's why you have to take it serious every time. Even if any past incidence was "just a hoax"
Hope he is in a better place now.
Was bound to happen, don't know why they didn't court order him into a mental health facility on any of the last few stunts he pulled. He would still be alive today if so.
There has to come a time where if someone is a danger to themselves or the public where they lose the right to sign themsves out. Have the courts pass that off to the parents, sibling, loved one, something.
There has to come a time where if someone is a danger to themselves or the public where they lose the right to sign themsves out. Have the courts pass that off to the parents, sibling, loved one, something.
Man I remember Etika and Alex CND kinda blew up around the time Switch launched, no?
To see where they were two years ago to how much anguish they both were in in recent months is heart breaking
To see where they were two years ago to how much anguish they both were in in recent months is heart breaking
Why? He was being an ass. You can be mad at someone and still hope they get help. They are not mutually exclusive.
RIP.
Wasn't saying we cross our hands on our laps and offer thoughts and prayers.
I'm just saying this thread might have been the perfect place to finally unanimously celebrate this person and the things that he created that we loved. He was torn down by toxicity, and bringing that same spirit of toxicity into this thread feels wrong *to me.*
The way it's happening isn't constructive, it's vindictive. That kind of expression of anger is mainly gratifying to the one expressing it and doesn't do much to honor the deceased. That's just my two cents. I know everyone is upset.
There was even a user saying that someone should just make a suicide OT because he's just faking it and will continue to do so.
Yes mental health services in the US and a lot of other places are seriously lacking, yes it is a very real and very sad problem, however there is one ugly truth.
There is no cure.
For almost every mental health issue. There is only treatment, some treatments make the person not feel like themselves or super foggy, plus unless they are an active danger to themselves or others you can't hold a person against their will; that's how you end up with Asylums from decades/centuries past. As of now the current psych hold is 96hrs excluding weekends or holidays.
Once you are done with that and can have a lucid moment where you let your physician know that you are feeling okay and don't want to hurt anyone they legally cannot stop you from leaving.
This isn't anyone's fault. A young man had problems that aren't really solved without a ton of personal help/support and the will to keep going with treatment. He may have not had a good support system.
Seriously people if you feel like there is no place to turn to, or you just need something to help, the are many services that will give you a hand. It isn't charity it's humanity. All you have to do is take that one terrifying and possibly embarrassing step to ask for help. Just that one step could help you in so many ways.
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This isn't true. A more accurate statement would be no one was willing to lock him up and force help on him.
Getting an involuntary hold isn't a low bar, and with good reason.
For real. I hope this will be a lesson for many here that always jump so fast to conclusions.