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Old 04-13-2011, 09:14 AM   #361 (permalink)
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I actually knew somebody who did exactly this. He got a surgically reconstructed face after a botched gunshot to the palate. It kind of made me respect him. He was depressed enough to shoot himself, failed, fucked up his face, burdened his loved ones and then went on living. I definitely never thought of him as a coward.
I'm in the same boat. An old boss of mine who kept close with my family tried to do the Cobain in his bathtub, but his brother came in and grabbed the gun when the guy fired, blowing off his cheek and parts of his face. He lived, only to successfully do the same thing about 8 months later.
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