• Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    “I will overcome.”

    “I keep dragging myself along.”

    “Somehow, I remain alive.”

    “I will perish, but not like this, hopefully, not today.”

    “Everything is shit and I think we should all get a grenade and end it all.”

    … and other reasons why you don’t ask a Lithuanian how’s it going for them.

    • freewheel@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      My Irish American family is a lot like this. One of my favorites that I only use with them goes something like this:

      Getting old sucks, and I cannot in good conscience recommend it.