You do under stand what "or" means right?
I deal with it all the time in scripting.
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conjunction
conjunction: or
1.
used to link alternatives.
"a cup of tea or coffee"
2.
introducing a synonym or explanation of a preceding word or phrase.
"the espionage novel, or, as it is known in the trade, the thriller"
3.
otherwise (used to introduce the consequences of something not being done or not being the case).
"hurry up, or you'll miss it all"
4.
introducing an afterthought, usually in the form of a question.
"John's indifference—or was it?—left her unsettled"
5.
literary
either.
"to love is the one way to know or God or man"
noun
Electronics
noun: OR; noun: or; plural noun: ors
1.
a Boolean operator that gives the value one if at least one operand (or input) has a value of one, and otherwise has a value of zero.
a circuit that gives an output signal if there is a signal on any of its inputs.
modifier noun: OR; noun: OR gate; plural noun: OR gates
Origin
Both conditions are generally and most often exclusive to each other.
Starving can cause suffering and it does. Almost always.
Starving can cause dying and it does. But not always. And not usually.
But starving can cause suffering OR death.
It doesn't have to be both.
So? What does that mean?
When you post "starve"? The implication isn't death. But it is suffering.