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I don't know if it is the same person, but there was a quite disheartening story posted by a person who due to internally misunderstood depression transitioned at the suggestion of people on reddit, regretted it, then later went dark and everyone assumes took their life.

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> ...a person who due to internally misunderstood depression transitioned at the suggestion of people on reddit,

Sadly somewhat common. And you can talk about it almost nowhere, due to "transphobia"

Yeah something like that came to my mind as well. Even if that is the case it seems a little odd to blame the news subreddit specifically and not their own poor decision-making. It's like if someone who panic sold during the covid scare blaming the news.

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