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"Thin out" is this another word for dying?
by nmz 6y ago
"Thin out" is this another word for dying?
- colejohnson66 6y agoIt could also mean just spreading out. So less dense civilizations, but the same amount of people.
- kbenson 6y agoIn could, but that's generally not what it means when applied in this way. You don't thin out a a herd (which is where I think that phrase is most often used in English) by spreading it over a larger area, but by removing a percentage of the individuals that make up the herd.
- adolph 6y agoIf you have lived a good life, is dying a problem?
- sokoloff 6y agoDying from starvation (and watching the people you love also suffer and some die from it)? Yes, I'd say it's a problem.
- inglor_cz 6y agoStarving to death together with the rest of your tribe - your parents, your siblings, your friends, your kids - must be mentally excruciating. Famine has been considered one of the worst curses of humanity since the dawn of written records at least. How happy are we who have never experienced that! How would our ancestors envy us!
- adolph 6y agoTruly if one was to know the excruciating pain of those who have gone before these things of today thought of as worthy of attention would fade to nothingness. Would our ancestors envy us or be happy for the fruit of their effort? There are setbacks and frustrations about the slow state of progress sometimes for certain. Maybe they would also be sad for the material orientation of many people and the loss of spirituality that gave them much hope and fortitude.
- nmz 6y agoOr, If you like something, would you want less of it? I for one think, this is a subjective question.