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New icon and banner!
(slrpnk.net)
If you recall, @solinus@lemmy.cafe offered in their last post to make a new banner and icon for the community, and I'm very happy to update them today!
They are currently taking graphic design commissions (icons, banners, posters, adds, flyers…), so if you want to commission a cool new icon, you can do so here. You should also definitely check their webpage, it's very cool.
Lastly, they did this for free, but if you happened to have some money to spare, you can donate some to them if you feel like it (you might have to get in touch with them). No need to feel obliged to do this, the banner will be ok to use regardless.
I know you specifically said you did not want people talking to you to make you feel better, but what kind of rotten society would we live in if everyone just turned a blind eye? isn't precisely that behaviour what drove this man to self-immolate?
I can't really be of much help to you beyond maybe chatting, and I have not been in your shoes, but if some rando on the internet can care about you, definitely someone from a closer circle will too. And maybe you don't need someone actively trying to make you feel better, but someone with whom you can be honest and sincere about how you feel. You don't have to carry that burden alone, even if it sometimes feels like its the only way.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that choices and opinions tend to change with time... if you let them, and you, as well as people around you, nudge them in the right direction.
About the self-sacrifice, I find the situation that drove him to do that utterly horrific and unacceptable, but the act itself I can not bring myself to support. Yes, it worked and it had an impact, but at what cost? was it really worth the price he paid? couldn't he have made a huge impact (even if lesser) without paying such a heavy price? We can't really tell, but the saddest part is that, now, we will never be able to.
Forming bonds with others, relying on them, supporting others and getting help is what makes us a community, and that is a core aspect of being human. Sharing our lives with others is nothing to be ashamed of, quite the contrary, it is something that defines us.