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Might as well continue; it's not like I have anything better to do.

You can't fault your parents for caring. What would you do if you saw "death" carved into your child's flesh? Ignore it and hope it will go away?

If you cut yourself solely to cause pain, there is no reason for you to carve words. The only explanation for carving words into your skin is that you expect or hope that someone else will read them. If you just like the word "death" a lot, get a tattoo.