Ha-ha
I know it’s supposed to be funny, but ….
From The Onion, Depression Hits Losers Hardest:
“Losers, despite their profound, constant state of despair, are hated by others as much as they hate themselves,” said Theodore Foti, director of the famed Rochester Institute For Mental Health. “They have no friends because they are, quite simply, too pathetic and useless for anyone to care about. How could anyone possibly expect a little pill to cure a problem like that? Give me a break.”
Because of their severe, profound “loserdom,” realistic treatment options for depressed losers are almost nil, the Stanford report concludes.
“The only treatment that makes any sense is loathing and rejection,” Wyler-Hustad noted. “It is only logical that stupid, fat, ugly, bed-wetting, crybaby losers be shunned as outcasts and be treated with the hatred and disrespect they so richly deserve.”
At times in my life I’ve been deep enough in the well that I believed every word of this. It may be “humor,” but I don’t have it in me to laugh. I can’t even get angry. It just makes me want to cry.
Via Culture Cat - Rhetoric and Feminism, who found it “gut-bustingly funny.”
UPDATE: This is what pushed it completely over the line for me:
“From the true loser’s point of view, the compulsion to inflict self-harm seems to be ‘the only way out.’ This is true,” Wyler-Hustad said. “Lord knows why they don’t just do us all a favor and blow their heads off once and for all. I know I would if I were a loser like that.”

