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Yeeesh... I'm not sure if that's the kind of message you want to send... Imagine someone who's in a position where they can't transition reading that, you're basically telling them that right now they're a huge loser that should die...
The joke is that they already think that about themselves. The suicide rate for trans people, especially those who can't transition, is extremely high.
When I realized I was trans I knew I had no choice but to do it, damn the consequences, because I could see the other option would only lead to my death in a pit of despair and self-hatred.
I know it's higher than average, but reinforcing the feeling that suicide might be the best thing they could do because the person they are before transitioning is the biggest loser ever and people should be glad that they're dead? I don't think that's ok.
The post isn't really advocating suicide, though. It is pointing out an alternative.
Sure, but as I mentioned in my first comment, not everyone is in a position where they can seek the alternative
True, but I don't think this post is likely to push anyone over the edge, and that really has more to do with the lethality of their situation than the use of self-deprecating humour to reach people.
As someone who's been there, this whole line of reasoning just feels like pearl-clutching.