Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoYou've been given the power to remove anyone, who was alive before you were born, from the timeline. How do you use this power without inadvertently making it so you were never born?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareYou've been given the power to remove anyone, who was alive before you were born, from the timeline. How do you use this power without inadvertently making it so you were never born?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoDefine “from before I was born”. Does that mean, “born before I was” or “died before I was born”?
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI believe what I mean is, “was alive before you were born”
minus-squareluluu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoThat does not answer the question. Did the person have to die before you were born or not? “Was” implies that they have to have died, but this could be a language barrier thing.
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoIt’s not meant to be restrictive. They can be alive today. They just can’t be born after you were born.
Define “from before I was born”.
Does that mean, “born before I was” or “died before I was born”?
I believe what I mean is, “was alive before you were born”
That does not answer the question. Did the person have to die before you were born or not? “Was” implies that they have to have died, but this could be a language barrier thing.
It’s not meant to be restrictive. They can be alive today. They just can’t be born after you were born.