@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-22 months agoYou've been given the power to remove anyone, who was alive before you were born, from the timeline. How do you use this power without inadvertently making it so you were never born?message-square52arrow-up148arrow-down14
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareYou've been given the power to remove anyone, who was alive before you were born, from the timeline. How do you use this power without inadvertently making it so you were never born?@Clinicallydepressedpoochie to Ask Lemmy • edit-22 months agomessage-square52
minus-square@ClinicallydepressedpoochieOPlink2•2 months agoI believe what I mean is, “was alive before you were born”
minus-squareluluulink1•2 months agoThat does not answer the question. Did the person have to die before you were born or not? “Was” implies that they have to have died, but this could be a language barrier thing.
minus-square@ClinicallydepressedpoochieOPlink3•edit-22 months agoIt’s not meant to be restrictive. They can be alive today. They just can’t be born after you were born.
I believe what I mean is, “was alive before you were born”
That does not answer the question. Did the person have to die before you were born or not? “Was” implies that they have to have died, but this could be a language barrier thing.
It’s not meant to be restrictive. They can be alive today. They just can’t be born after you were born.