tetris11@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhat task would you excel in if you lived in the Stone Age?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1239
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minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agoDying is not a task, dying is a condition
minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoWouldn’t death be the condition?
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month ago“Death” would be the noun, “die” the (intransitive) verb. “Dead” would be the adjective, i.e. the condition. Although it has to be said that there’s a lot of flexibility and I’m pretty sure you could find valid ways to use each of them in all cases.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNot with that attitude it isn’t.
Dying is not a task, dying is a condition
Not with that attitude
Well, it can be both.
Seppuku is a task
Wouldn’t death be the condition?
“Death” would be the noun, “die” the (intransitive) verb. “Dead” would be the adjective, i.e. the condition.
Although it has to be said that there’s a lot of flexibility and I’m pretty sure you could find valid ways to use each of them in all cases.
Not with that attitude it isn’t.