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[โ€“] BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Doing something that will almost assuredly kill you is a suicide attempt.

[โ€“] Hegar@fedia.io 3 points 4 weeks ago

Trying to take your own life out of depression and being willing to give your life to a cause differ in intent, goals, context and likely methods.

What benefits do you see from classifying them as the same thing? They seem very different to me.