Man stands guard over his starving family, shielding them from the unthinkable: cannibals, driven to desperation by famine and neglect. - Madras famine of 1877

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63581680

It is crazy for me to consider just how much suffering a human can endure. At the risk of being melancholic, I would have killed myself long before this. Despite the fact this guy is emancipated, he has a type of strength I never would.
Really is fascinating how durable we are.
Fascinatingly durable and yet amazingly fragile too