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submitted 1 year ago by to c/reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world
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Tumblr post: "In the afterlife, souls can see how many living people still know you once existed. You, who had lived a fairly normal life, finally saw the count drop to 0 just 200 years after your death. 500 years later, 95% of the Earth’s total population suddenly knows about you." Reply: "And they all know I sold really, really shitty copper."
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[–] 55 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the adage never meant to imply anything about an afterlife. It's not about souls "ceasing to exist", it's about the lingering effects of our life beyond our death. I always read it as intended to comfort those facing the finality of death, or dealing with the death of someone else.

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