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There's a great quote from the Mamet film The Edge: Most people lost in the wilds die of shame. "What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?
by Zanni 6y ago
There's a great quote from the Mamet film The Edge:
Most people lost in the wilds die of shame. "What did I do wrong? How could I have gotten myself into this?" And so they sit there and they ... die.
- watwut 6y agoAfaik, in reality, most people who die lost in the wilds die from exhaustion, injury, cold, heat, lack of water and such. People dying because "shame" kills them are not a thing in reality.
- Zanni 6y agoOf course. Mamet is suggesting that they could have survived the exhaustion, injury, cold, etc., if they hadn't given up. But their embarrassment at their predicament short-circuited their survival instinct. I'm reinforcing nraynaud's comment above about how too many sailors lost at sea die before they should because they give up hope.