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		nradov 9 months ago \| 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 9 months ago | [–]

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.

mcdeltat 9 months ago | [–]

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

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