If we're all going to take this virgin vs chad meme seriously then imo it really depends on the situation and whos doing it.

My friends and I were all genuinely depressed as hell in school. We made self deprecating "shoot myself in the head rn lol" jokes because we understood it was cope and found solidarity through gallows humor among our group. We all know each other well. On the same note, we made quite a few overly self confident jokes too in a sarcastic way so no, they dont magically make everyone happier.

However, when PMC normies randomly make suicide jokes to sound le edgy nd funneh, its fucked because (even though this is unconscious on their part) it belittles the experiences of people who genuinely have mental health problems through romanticization.