• Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
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    11 hours ago

    you know, ive always heard “only the good die young” and I cant help but believe it.

    my father died when I was 18 and the funeral procession was so long people were laughing. his only brother, my uncle, has raging full-ass narcissistic personality disorder and terrorizes everyone who has the displeasure of knowing him. healthy and thriving nearly 30 years after his brother died. he didnt seem sad at the funeral.

    anyway!! i was talking to a muslim guy i know who’s mother recently died very suddenly from a terrible cancer and he said that in islam there is a notion that ‘the righteous are spared a protracted death’. I liked that quite a bit. kinda similar but also a rather different take on the idea

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      5 hours ago

      Unfortunately, deeply caring about the suffering around you in the world is actually very bad for your health.

    • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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      10 hours ago

      I hope that you give yourself a break and enjoy a long, happy, healthy, and fruitful life.

      Sorry about your Pops.