If you were born with a disease that made you blind, complete loss of hearing by 20, have seizures, require a feeding tube, colostomy bag, wheelchair and have sleep apnea. Would you want to live? (lemmy.world)

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Part 2: if you were the parent, would you feel it would be ethical to keep them alive?

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Its the worst thing I ever witnessed. Curiously though it was someone who belonged to a faith that had a lot of ritual and that stuff stuck with them the longest since it was so ingrained over the lifetime. That actually in a way makes it sadder. Im now thinking about losing everything that makes me me except for some rote behaviors I performed again and again.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

Oh that's pure irony somehow. The only thing I'm left able to do are rituals for my god that so clearly despises me.

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