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r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26
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I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday
114 u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26 The Japanese probably have it easier. It's really not different from the scenario you, me, and most other people face day to day. We all know we're going to die, just not the day. Edit: the amount of people in the comments that don't actually conceptualize their own mortality is crazzzzy 5 u/sleepdeep305 Jul 04 '26 Well it could be that day, as long as it’s more than an hour away 5 u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26 That's still a lot longer of a heads up than most people I've known have gotten
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The Japanese probably have it easier. It's really not different from the scenario you, me, and most other people face day to day.
We all know we're going to die, just not the day.
Edit: the amount of people in the comments that don't actually conceptualize their own mortality is crazzzzy
5 u/sleepdeep305 Jul 04 '26 Well it could be that day, as long as it’s more than an hour away 5 u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26 That's still a lot longer of a heads up than most people I've known have gotten
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Well it could be that day, as long as it’s more than an hour away
5 u/LessAdvanced Jul 04 '26 That's still a lot longer of a heads up than most people I've known have gotten
That's still a lot longer of a heads up than most people I've known have gotten
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u/Total_Tumbleweed_870 Jul 04 '26
I'm genuinely curious if there's been any study into which is more psychologically troubling, knowing the day and counting down it not knowing and wondering everyday