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0 pointswatwut5y ago0 comments

Afaik, in reality, most people who die lost in the wilds die from exhaustion, injury, cold, heat, lack of water and such.

People dying because "shame" kills them are not a thing in reality.

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Zanni5y ago

Of course. Mamet is suggesting that they could have survived the exhaustion, injury, cold, etc., if they hadn't given up. But their embarrassment at their predicament short-circuited their survival instinct. I'm reinforcing nraynaud's comment above about how too many sailors lost at sea die before they should because they give up hope.

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