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You have a sad feeling for a moment, then it passes

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385 points colinprince | 1 comments | 27 Jul 22 16:03 UTC | HN request time: 1.338s | source
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throwaway81523 ◴[27 Jul 22 17:28 UTC] No.32253476[source]▶
A somewhat interesting short essay about grief, inspired by the game of Nethack. The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.

I remember everything2 which was sort of a forerunner of wikipedia, and better in some ways. The contributor community was much less obnoxious. I'm glad it is still around. It's been ages since I looked at it.

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1. pravus ◴[27 Jul 22 17:38 UTC] No.32253661[source]▶
> The title comes from a message that appears in the game in certain situations.

As I recall this message appears when your pet dies but you weren't able to see it happen. It's definitely a sad feeling when you are a weak character with a strong pet doing most of the fighting.