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Interesting. Cities are built on death and suffering, literally and figuratively.
by outworlder 3y ago
Interesting. Cities are built on death and suffering, literally and figuratively.
- dwaltrip 3y agoMuch (most?) of the entire biosphere of earth comes from billions of years of life forms killing and eating other life forms. The universe is a rough place. Beautiful in many ways, but quite gnarly.
- dotancohen 3y ago> The universe is a rough place. Beautiful in many ways, but quite gnarly. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.
- vkou 3y agoUnless you're a primary producer (photosynthesize your own food, or something of the sort), all life is built on death and suffering. We eat what we kill.
- kragen 3y agoexcept, hooray for parasites and scavengers!
- abeppu 3y ago... in fairness, there's not really any particular reason to believe that the organisms which contributed to limestone suffered any more than their peers who didn't. And insofar as all the elements that are components of life exist in finite quantities which get recycled on earth, all life is built on death.