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[standaloneshell]

"Human beings are
soft and supple when alive,
stiff and straight when dead."

This is a popular quotation that originated in the Tao De Ching; it was said by Lao Tzu. The remainder of the text goes on to extol the virtues of flexibility: "The army that is inflexible will not conquer; the tree that cannot bend will snap." However, like many such

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[heterochromiia]

nothiing. iimmortaliity would fuckiing 2uck.

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[standaloneshell]

Why?

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[heterochromiia]

one liife ha2 enough bull2hiit wiithout addiing two iit. be2iide2, everythiing would lo2e meaniing iif you ju2t kept exii2tiing iindefiiniitely.

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[standaloneshell]

Human beings tend to live a hundred years or so. For creatures who count their existences in decades, there's not a lot of conceptual difference between a thousand years and 'eternity'.

What do you think your life span will amount to?

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[heterochromiia]

yeah, that2 becau2e human2 are fuckiing moron2 wiith no iimagiinatiion at all. ii can conceptualiize the liife of the whole uniiver2e and they cant get a mea2ly thou2and year2? giive me a break.

a few hour2 after ii go home, iif ii go home, pretty much.

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[standaloneshell]

Not much time. You don't think the brevity effects your judgment of its worth?

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[heterochromiia]

con2iideriing everythiing el2e iin that uniiver2e ii2 already dead, iincludiing the uniiver2e? not really. who el2e ii2 there two judge?

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[standaloneshell]

You're not there now, and at the current rate, won't be returning soon.

Reevaluation in the face of changed circumstances isn't a weakness; you have to adapt in order to survive. Bend your morals, or you'll break eventually.

[Oh, look she's come back to the point!]

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[heterochromiia]

yeah, iin2tead ii get two liive wonderiing when our tiime ii2 up, when kk or ii get two go diie for real. iim liiviing on borrowed tiime and ii have no iidea when the loan run2 out. or iif iit wiill. not even haviing a conceiivable liife2pan untiil further notiice? yeah, that 2ound2 ju2t peachy fuckiing keen two me!

fuck, at lea2t ii could have diied wiith 2ome kiind of diigniity before.

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[standaloneshell]

Dignity?