tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoWhat task would you excel in if you lived in the Stone Age?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down113
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minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down6·4 days agoDying is not a task, dying is a condition
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoWouldn’t death be the condition?
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days ago“Death” would be the noun, “die” the (intransitive) verb. “Dead” would be the adjective, i.e. the condition. Although it has to be said that there’s a lot of flexibility and I’m pretty sure you could find valid ways to use each of them in all cases.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 days agoNot with that attitude it isn’t.
Dying is not a task, dying is a condition
Not with that attitude
Well, it can be both.
Wouldn’t death be the condition?
“Death” would be the noun, “die” the (intransitive) verb. “Dead” would be the adjective, i.e. the condition.
Although it has to be said that there’s a lot of flexibility and I’m pretty sure you could find valid ways to use each of them in all cases.
Seppuku is a task
Not with that attitude it isn’t.