Defining someone drowning as needful is a lack of respect for human life. I feel that should be the exception to the rule. All other examples are good but the drowning took it one step too far.

Getting upset at loved ones for how they phrase a request for help is pretty disrespectful too. No one is being manipulative here, this is just how humans communicate. Being annoyed by it is a choice.

The adjective "needful" means:

- being in need

- necessary, required