He committed suicide two days ago.
The essence I've taken from the OP's story is that whining can just be a cry for help and that it doesn't help to bring people down. If you have the ability to do so, reach out to the people. Even if most people whining just do so for attention and there might not be anything "actually" wrong, there are cases where support and help is needed.
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