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by tsomctl 3061 days ago
Suffer, intransitive verb, definition 2: to sustain loss or damage.

(https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffer)

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This only shows that the practice is widespread, not that I should go around saying that things suffer, when in fact they cannot do that. This is especially insensitive in a context when there is real human suffering.