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When you're a kid, you don't realize you're also watching your mom and dad grow up.
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this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2023
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This makes me sad. I just realized that I could be part of it but I spent most time away drinking, partying or playing vidya, and not caring
Imagine that first strand of DNA trying to replicate in the young Earth against all the odds. Successfully changing and growing more complex, gradually improving over billions of years. All that toil and struggle will end with you unless you spaff into a fertile hole.
Such elegant wording