Actual email I actually got.

[rachelmanija]

Subject line: Have You Met Your New Suicide Requirement?

This is an actual, official email from an actual therapist organization. They're talking about a continuing education course but...

Comments

[rmc28]

Oh no. I shouldn't laugh but I did.

[sheliak]

The House of Responsible Life needs to work on some things...

Icon is green

[rachelmanija]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[recessional]

My provincial org has a Non-Con (as in convention) every year.

[isis]

Hah!

[vass]

Oh my god. I guess nobody wanted to be the first to tell them.

[hannah]

Inciting or experiencing? Either way, it's a hell of a story prompt.

[sartorias]

Wow, somebody sure has a tin ear.

[isis]

Is that like a minimum daily requirement? o.O

[rachelmanija]

I had an act of self-mutilation on my property, does that count?

[isis]

Sorry, you appear to still be alive. FAIL!

[wpadmirer]

Well, the answer to that is definitely no from me. (grin)

[yhlee]

I would read a webnovel with that title but...

[davidgillon]

Clearly the organisation could be do with some continuing education.

[havocthecat]

That...sounds like a fanfic title, though? It would make a great fanfic. Or horror novel.

[marycatelli]

Maybe it was sent by this guy:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/07/18/reverse-psychology/

[bemused_writer]

Wow. That's, uh... something. It does sound like the title of a short story or something.

[kathmandu]

*Leetle* more dystopian than it's been feeling so far...

[vass]

Congratulations, you just beat my own personal worst, from a political group: "Death With Dignity: It's time!"
(About assisted suicide. Which isn't actually a cause I support, but even if I did I would like to think I'd be a bit worried about getting an email saying it was time to die.)

By contrast, the best one was from my music analysis teacher, about an analysis assignment. "Anal Ass".

[ckd]

My best "literally true, but humorously misleading" work-related email subject isn't nearly as good as that. ("Predicting laser death", which rather than being a set of tips on how not to put James Bond in a deathtrap was about using analysis of lab results to determine which genome sequencing machines might soon need replacement parts.)

[staranise]

I feel so much better about being self-conscious because I don't want to say, "I just read a really great book about cults and brainwashing!" Because at least I'm paying attention to how that must sound.

[asakiyume]

"Meet your new suicide requirement--once is all it takes!"

[melebeth]

*headdesk*

I mean, I'm glad that they're requiring the education for licensure because a lot of therapists are S**T at assessing for self harm and suicide, but they really need someone to do a better job of writing their e-mail titles. (Not that licensure testing doesn't occasionally make people suicidal...)