• PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You and others who hold this idea fail to understand a certain facet of society: there are those around you who want you around, and are willing to care for you, even with your infirmities.

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      I think you’d be surprised how many of us truly have no one. I’m lucky but I have known others who never were.

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        They might have to hunt for you, but you could share your decades of experience and advice. You could remember how the group pulled through a drought, what herbs have medicinal properties, where the best foraging is at certain times of the year. Just passing down folk lore and oral tradition is an important role.