this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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[–] ef9357@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago (4 children)

And yet, life is called a gift.

[–] PrimeErective@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Gift" is a German word that means poison

[–] Titan@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

And Norwegian!

[–] Zink@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Life seems like the result of such an unlikely complex Rube Goldberg machine where everything was just right to let life start then survive for a very long time. Plus we are made of various elements that had to be created in some of the universe’s biggest explosions.

It seems then that life should be something to be cherished while we briefly have it. I try to do just that.

…then we get to watch people around the world working hard to make life worse for those around them.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Curses can be gifts

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah how’s that return policy on white elephants going