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by sinenomine 1504 days ago
I find it genuinely disheartening when a very real physical decay is masked with plastic social kayfabe. Maybe I'm not western enough and lack proper social grace.

Instead of striving to find real ways to help our seniors avoid a tragic fate of illness and decay, you whip up several white lies. All the more tragic, given your apparent intelligence. Can you imagine, how many individuals have to receive sub-par IQs through no fault of their own to "roll" just one of you?

We are all in the same boat, after all. Might as well help each other.

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> Instead of striving to find real ways to help our seniors avoid a tragic fate of illness and decay, you whip up several white lies. All the more tragic, given your apparent intelligence.

am I supposed to be defensive here, seems too easy when I really have no idea what you're talking about. You think I made white lies, ok. what I detailed is a valid experience that co-exists with other forms of physical decay.