Since we're doing screenshots of CTH, how about a simple death-threat?
Posted Mar 2, 2020, 4:34 AM UTC
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What is a wellness check?
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yeah i don't understand, is this a dog whistle?
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It's calling the cops and saying that someone is threatening suicide or whatever.
Say if your granny hasn't been in touch for a few days which is out of character and you cant reach her and you lived in another state. You might call the local police non emergency line to get an officer to swing around her house to see if she is ok. That's a wellness check
Chapos are extremely anti police and generally don't support calling the police as a rule so he is being chided for putting someone in a potential conflict with the police for no reason. He then makes his edgy response.
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So I guess if Grandma mightve fell and you can't get into her house don't call for a wellness check because... Reasons?
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The assumption is that US police are hyper aggressive and it's wise to not expose people to them unnecessarily. They probably won't fill Granny full of lead but people have been shot by police on routine call outs.
They are just saying don't do it for frivolous reasons. If Grandma genuinely can't be reached knock yourself out
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Closing the sub for a joke wasn't OK.
I totally realize most people are going to disagree with me here but I feel compelled to say that closing the sub for a joke wasn't a very kind thing to do. We have seen TONS of posts from vulnerable populations talking about how this sub is a source of support and humor in a dark time. Irony and dirtbagism aside, taking away that support without warning was not okay. You can say I'm being silly, or humorless or reactionary. Whatever. I love the show and I love this community. But sometimes I come home after dealing with ableism and our nightmare reality all day, and this sub is one of many things that make me feel better. It wasn't a good feeling to find this sub closed for the sake of irony. Maybe that's laughable or pathetic. But for me, it's true
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That's clearly a joke.
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Would you say the same thing if that was r/TD?
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...until it’s not. A threat is a threat.
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Holy shit, is there any way we can report this? This is not good.
They're already quarantined for this exact stuff.
Just heads up, when reporting death threats do it through the admins link not the subreddit link. Chapo mods will just cover that stuff up.
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