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My cat just died. What is the point of all this? (programming.dev)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Do we just live and suffer and die?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I needed something like this in my life

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Reddit used to have a lot of good posts full of wisdom. This was posted there around 10 years ago in reply to someone struggling with losing their child... It has helped me, and countless others, immensely with putting grief and loss in a proper perspective. Just beautiful.