Thefar t1_is6angy wrote on October 13, 2022 at 4:44 PM

There is psychological phenomenon where it becomes increasingly more difficult to let go of something even in the face of defeat, loss and devestation.

The situation grows with the amount of investment made before the incident.

People will go absurd lengths to justify prior decisions. To the point of literal desaster, because their brain won't allow to be called upon the mistakes it made.

See flat earthers, sects, and this woman.

natsumi_kins t1_is6u4m7 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Its called sunk cost.

Zyxyx t1_is84twl wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:09 AM

She probably thinks her husband is a good person in something along the lines of "they wanted to die and would have done so without my husband, who was only helping euthanize them in a less painful way. It's their body and their choice, no one has a right to force someone to live".

dishonourableaccount t1_is6eoel wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:10 PM

There are plenty of people that stick with (or seek out) people that are murderers, people that admit to abuse, and worse.

Gross as it is to say, encouraging people to suicide is less creepy to me than that.

mseg09 t1_is6f2uq wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:13 PM

For sure, and I find those baffling as well. I don't understand being willing to stick someone (indisputably) like that

sarpnasty t1_is859ui wrote on October 14, 2022 at 12:12 AM

I mean, he’s probably an absolute weirdo and she married him.

HPmoni t1_is6f9u5 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:14 PM

Ride or die.

Calling people stupid because they won't leave a cult doesn't work.

mseg09 t1_is6fpz8 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 5:17 PM

Sure, but at the end of the day with a cult, or something like flat earthers, you have the ability, you can convince yourself that everyone else is wrong. Harder in a case like this. But you are right regarding entrenched beliefs

ShalmaneserIII t1_is9iz9r wrote on October 14, 2022 at 8:13 AM

The guy thought going online and encouraging people to kill themselves was a fine hobby.

People tend to marry those they agree with.

What are the odds she didn't think it was such a bad thing, either?

TIL on March 15, 2011, 51-year-old William Melchert-Dinkel went online under screen names like "Cami" and "Falcongirl" encouraging people to commit suicide. Those who were interested he would instruct them step by step. He admitted to assisting in the deaths of 5 people but was only convicted for 2.

mseg09 t1_is5uj47 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 2:57 PM