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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 90 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

It's more true to say that you can't find a better life if you don't continue living. But that's not a guarantee that you can.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 25 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Survivorship bias. In this case also quite literally?

[–] RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

You're not wrong but fuckin hell, that's one way to put it.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 9 points 17 hours ago

indeed, sometimes your reward for perseverance is more suffering!

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's the spirit!

(but you're right of course)

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 hours ago

Because of the way comments are ordered, I thought for a second that you were replying to the guy saying "being a ghost might be fun too"

[–] anzo@programming.dev 3 points 16 hours ago

Being a ghost might be fun too. But I have no rush :)

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -3 points 20 hours ago

I'd go further and say that you can, but might not