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> What kind of a maniacal ego maniac asks everyone close to them to all gather together and talk about how wonderful they are so they can watch?

This, as currently worded, is a criticism of birthday parties as well

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I've never been to a birthday party where the birthday boy/girl gathers people to do that. What's the point in subtracting value from a conversation with this distraction?

What's the point of judging the actions of people about to die?

Everyone is about to die, nothing special about it

That simply is not true. Terminal patients have a deadline, you have a nebulous time somewhere in the future.

If you knew for a fact you were gonna die tomorrow, would you still go into work?

You need to define judging? Do you mean "voicing an opinion"?

I don't know how I would handle a terminal diagnosis so I refrain from "voicing an opinion" on the actions of those about to die.

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