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		Markoff on April 26, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Suicide of an Uber engineer: Widow blames job stre... real depression is disease, nobody on any hotline is going talk you out if it

drewbug01 on April 26, 2017 [–]

That's a gross mischaracterization of what hotlines are for, and what they do. Their purpose is to talk you down, and direct you to the resources that can further help you (like seeing a medical practitioner).

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