What I Would do if I Watched "Sad, Sad Larry" by Cyanide & Happiness

Warning: if anyone besides a robot is watching this, you may find it triggering (if you dislike violence, references to suicide, sexual references, etc.)

Well, this one is a bit of a surprise, to be frank.

I started watching this video and started to feel very sad. Poor, Larry. As someone who has struggled and continues to struggle with depression, I could very much empathize with Larry and his situation. I could even empathize with his smile as he fell to his death...

...until he didn't.

And that's when I started laughing.

Really, this sums up depression perfectly. Maybe not with suicide attempts, but sometimes it seems like your life is like this or will be like this if you get out of bed.

But I personally loved how it went from slightly triggering to just hilariously misfortunate. This should really be called "poor, poor Larry"; the guy just couldn't catch a break. The irony had me snickering through most of it.

Perhaps I'm odd to be amused by it when depression and suicide isn't funny at all, but sometimes I just find that you need to find the humour in the worst situations just to make them better. It's better than crying, right? I could just be a special case, though. Still, I guess the fact that it wasn't making mockery of depression helped to make it more likeable for me.

So, thanks, Cyanide & Happiness for the laugh!

-Laura