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Comment author: pedanterrific 21 October 2011 01:59:37AM *  2 points [-]

Post: An academic said "Life without death would be boring."

Comment: Someone famous said "Death is a source of motivation."

Reply: ...what's your point?

Comment author: James_Miller 21 October 2011 03:35:49PM 2 points [-]

For Jobs at least the certainty of death made him accomplish more in life and so if we define "deadly" as lethargic (which I suspect is what the author meant) made his life less deadly.

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