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If someone wishes you a painful form of terminal cancer how would you feel?

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[–] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 3 points 16 minutes ago

Is this a social experiment, or are you having a mental break?

What the hell

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago

I'd imagine at least one of us was a pretty bad person.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 minutes ago

People feel all sorts of things, but often they’re not even really about me, so I often don’t take it personally.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Who hurt you?

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 2 points 52 minutes ago

I find it very concerning that you're wishing cancer on people who have done nothing to you

[–] shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago

Other people's opinions of me are none of my business

[–] formlessoedon@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

It's the internet for us right now, so that counts as a win

[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

Yeah that's fair.

[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 hours ago

People usually don't wish that without any reason. If the wisher wasn't actually mentally unstable... Maybe it is time for some self reflection?