Talk:383: Helping - Revision history

108.162.245.161: asked if it should be in romance category

2025-05-19T19:54:57Z

asked if it should be in romance category

Bb777 at 00:27, 25 March 2025

2025-03-25T00:27:41Z

42.book.addict: Undo revision 358307 by Donald Trump from wiki.xdi8.top (talk) rv vandalism

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Undo revision 358307 by Donald Trump from wiki.xdi8.top (talk) rv vandalism

Donald Trump from wiki.xdi8.top at 11:12, 30 November 2024

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ConscriptGlossary: Category problem

2024-11-04T00:46:17Z

Category problem

42.book.addict at 21:49, 16 October 2024

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42.book.addict at 03:25, 5 February 2024

2024-02-05T03:25:37Z

172.70.86.26: Hard to know if this was User:Jerome, as not properly signed or even logged in.

2023-07-05T17:06:54Z

Hard to know if this was User:Jerome, as not properly signed or even logged in.

162.158.22.10 at 08:58, 5 July 2023

2023-07-05T08:58:12Z

172.71.186.83: Added another interpretation

2023-07-05T08:57:04Z

Added another interpretation

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	I spotted a [[:Category:Characters with hats\|new hat]]. May we add the tag? [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 00:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)		I spotted a [[:Category:Characters with hats\|new hat]]. May we add the tag? [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 00:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Should this really be in the romance category? This could be just as applicable for a friend and there's no hinting it is a significant other. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.245.161\|108.162.245.161]] 19:54, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

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 Most depressing XKCD ever? [[Special:Contributions/71.201.53.130|71.201.53.130]] 14:24, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
 :Every time when I see this comic I'm close before some tear drops running out of my eyes ;( --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 21:42, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
+: SAD.--[[User:Bb777|&#91;insert signature here&#93;]] ([[User talk:Bb777|talk]]) 00:27, 25 March 2025 (UTC)
 Waitwaitwait. So the guy was in the building all along, witnessing the suicide/self-harm, and he failed to stop a woman from apparently successfully knocking herself out? 16:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC) {{unsigned ip|141.101.88.205}}

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	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}		I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}
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		+	I spotted a [[:Category:Characters with hats\|new hat]]. May we add the tag? [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 00:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}		I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}
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−	~~I spotted a [[:Category:Characters with hats\|new hat]]. May we add the tag? [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 00:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)~~

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	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}		I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}
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		+	I spotted a [[:Category:Characters with hats\|new hat]]. May we add the tag? [[User:ConscriptGlossary\|ConscriptGlossary]] ([[User talk:ConscriptGlossary\|talk]]) 00:46, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

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 I thought Cueball was choking her![[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.169|108.162.238.169]]
-   So did I!!
+So did I!! {{unsigned ip|172.70.214.243|23:35, 24 October 2024}}
 I thought maybe it was about Randall's wife. Just like some of the comics feature her implicitly, I thought maybe this one did. {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.20}}
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 First time I read this comic, I didnt think much of it.
-Rereading it years later, after I lived with a loved one struggling with depression, made me cry so much. It is exactly what I feel.
+Rereading it years later, after I lived with a loved one struggling with depression, made me cry so much. It is exactly what I feel. {{unsigned ip|141.101.69.117|10:16, 19 April 2017}}
-Does anyone else feel like the comic is actually saying that sometimes, bad things will happen no matter whether or not you try to help?
+Does anyone else feel like the comic is actually saying that sometimes, bad things will happen no matter whether or not you try to help? {{unsigned ip|108.162.241.184|18:10, 21 April 2017}}
-Okay, this almost happened to my classmate's friend like around 3 month plus ago, she was struggling with a case of suicide due to depression. When I see this, it reminds me of her friend a lot, and I wonder how is her friend doing. This is actually quite a tear-jerker if you are having a depression or your loved ones having it. Please, get some form of help if you need it...Boeing-787lover 10:08, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
+Okay, this almost happened to my classmate's friend like around 3 month plus ago, she was struggling with a case of suicide due to depression. When I see this, it reminds me of her friend a lot, and I wonder how is her friend doing. This is actually quite a tear-jerker if you are having a depression or your loved ones having it. Please, get some form of help if you need it...Boeing-787lover 10:08, 26 June 2018 (UTC) {{unsigned|Xkcdreader52|10:08, 26 June 2018}}
 A few of the people writing comments here seem to have concluded that the Cueball somehow made things more difficult for Megan. I don't see any indication of that. Just that he attempted to help or comfort her and that it wasn't sufficient. [[User:Mcherm|Mcherm]] ([[User talk:Mcherm|talk]]) 13:32, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

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 When you care for someone, especially a significant other, your natural instinct as a decent human being is to provide help and support when they are in distress or upset. But with issues like depression, tendencies toward self-harm, or even general anxiety, your attempt to help provides no benefit or much more likely makes things worse. You being so close to that person makes it that much harder for them to be helped by you, and it often isn't your place to assume the role of therapist or counselor no matter how much you want to. No matter how much you think that person should be happy, you can't assume responsibility for it and no amount of convincing or reassuring is going to help that. When things get really bad, professional medical help and distance are the only thing that will keep that person safe. I cry when I read this. I've sat and held the hand of a close friend while he was handcuffed by campus police for his own safety and was escorted to a hospital for treatment. It takes a long time to heal that divide - and its the most frustrating thing in the world to know the best thing you can do is step away for a while. If you ever feel the need to comfort a spouse, a child, a friend who is so overwhelmed with existence that they aren't sure they want to live anymore, you'll understand this panel. {{unsigned ip|172.68.141.172}}
+:wait wait wait-in order to help and care for others that are going through a really hard time, you’re supposed to leave them alone and let professionals take care of it? [[User:42.book.addict|42.book.addict]] ([[User talk:42.book.addict|talk]]) 03:25, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 First time I read this comic, I didnt think much of it.

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	This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)		This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

−	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]])	+	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]]) {{unsigned ip\|162.158.22.10\|08:58, 5 July 2023}}

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	This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)		This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

−	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself.	+	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself. ([[User:Jerome]])

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	This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)		This one is just what it feels like when you can't do anything but put someone into psychiatric care, or stand by and watch it happen. You can try to help, but then you'll realize that nothing you can do is helping. It sucks. Nothing's going to prepare you for it. If you've been there, you won't forget it. [[User:Singlelinelabyrinth\|Singlelinelabyrinth]] ([[User talk:Singlelinelabyrinth\|talk]]) 14:45, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I have a different interpretation altogether : Cueball hesitates to help. One path is, he does, and Meghan wipe tears off her eyes. One path is, he doesn't, and Meghan harms herself.