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nradov on July 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products ...

Medieval peasants didn't see the end of the tunnel either. I'm skeptical that the type and quantity of stress is really worse now.

navane on July 7, 2025 | [–]

At least they knew that this was temporal but heaven would be eternal. There was a point to things. When you stand for nothing you fall for everything. There's no story left in which we play.

ratmeadow on July 7, 2025 | [–]

Medieval peasantry times may already be well into the "abstract chronic stress" period. Humans have been around a while.

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