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foobarian
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Flowers for Algernon (1965) [pdf]
I always thought it would be neat if there were some dangerous or lethal jobs that people like this could sign up for and go out in a blaze of glory. I know I'd sign up! Like Spock fixing that warp core :-)
lainga
on March 11, 2024
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cf. the many elderly who volunteered to clean up at Fukushima
hathawsh
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Fascinating. Here's one article about them:
https://www.npr.org/2011/09/12/140402430/japanese-seniors-se...
metalliqaz
on March 11, 2024
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I don't think they expected to die from it, though. More so that they knew they would die of old age before they could develop cancer from it.
0cf8612b2e1e
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Maybe Spock was just playing the long game. Knew he would be resurrected by space magic and get to pon farr with the rescue party.
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