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"They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time."


And then 4000 years later people start saying your name again, and find out what a bad copper merchant you were.


I collect Ea-nasir memes as a form of proxy revenge for his deceived customers.


Yeah, he became famous for doing that too.


All of us will be forgotten eventually after you great-grandkids forget about you. What's the point in trying to keep your name alive when you'll be too dead to care? Focus on the life you live not the one after your death.


Why? Being dead is inconvenient, but I don't see why I should stop achieving things at that point. Indeed it might be a good time to start.




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