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[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is my second read. It's a fascinating glimpse of a Papuan culture that will soon be changed forever by contact with our civilisation.

[–] Eccentric@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah the way the author points out the connection between their destruction myth and the realities of what's going to happen to their culture was really poignant