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Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday December 20, 2019 @09:02AM (#21844139)
The thing that (supposedly) separates man from beast is our ability to reason and supersede our animal nature.
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Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ... by scotty79 on Friday December 20, 2019 @10:42AM (#21844938)
Supposedly. Still, you can't overcome hunger with reason (at least not for very long) and hunger is sufficient to give you a reason to get out of bed.
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Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:24AM (#21845263)
Actually lots of people have voluntarily starved to death. There's a whole religious practice [0] about it and it's frequently used as a means of self-termination for quality-of-life reasons [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana

[1] https://compassionandchoices.org/end-of-life-planning/learn/...

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Re:Ohio gas well blowout leaked more than many countries do ... by scotty79 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:24PM (#21845741)
> Actually lots of people have voluntarily starved to death.

As I said: Not for very long. Besides, I wouldn't call that reason (except for people who do that to die, it's pretty efficient for that purpose).

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