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I meant "we" as in "society." I've heard this joke more than once. I think one was an amateur horror short, and the other time I can't remember.
So I guess North America? Thought I wouldn't doubt it if it were going around elsewhere.
And the whole desire, anxiety, fear thing: yeah, it's what fuels the obsession.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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