Your death

[mycrabface]

1. How do you want to die?

I just want to die old in my sleep - where its painless.

2. If you could live forever, would you?

[wishful thinker]

1.  I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandad.  Not frightened and screaming like the passengers in his car    (OK, its an oldie, but who cares?)

I don't suppose that anyone is going to vote for a protacted and/or painful death, but I guess that what would worry me in the face of immenant death was knowing that I had left something undone (such as not having healed a broken relationship).

2.  That depends on the quality of life, doesn't it?  I mean if one was forever 19, yes; forever 90, probably not. 

[elspeth]

My, this forum's a cheery place!

However mine comes along, all I hope for is it'll be quick and painless and not from something I could have reasonably prevented.

As wishful thinker says, living forever is entirely dependant on health, both physical and mental, and quality of life. No point living forever if I was incapable of appreciating it.

[shortyshort]

1. I would like to jump off a high building (but not yet)

You know when you dream that you're falling. I love that feeling.

Now, seriously, I think everyone would be happy if they went painlessly.

2. No, a lifetime is long enough.

[pianowolfi]

1. How do you want to die?

I'd like to die in a relatively good condition, while walking through the mountains, through a fall or rockfall or something like that, a sort of "peaceful" accident.

2. If you could live forever, would you?

No way. Life as we see it from our limited perspective is only a small part of the whole life. We ignore too often the "other side" of life that makes it complete. I mean, what do we know out of this limited perspective? Almost nothing. Full knowledge and full conception of myself as a being would be the minimum I would need to have before even thinking about living forever. What would it be that lives forever? Me? A zombie? A creature like frankenstein's monster? Or would it actually be a life worth to live? I don't think so, even if I were 19. I think I feel more complete now than I felt with 19 .  I wouldn't want to live forever with the limited consciousness or perspective of a "mouse" (as a friend of mine says sometimes).

[wishful thinker]

19 .  I wouldn't want to live forever with the limited consciousness or perspective of a "mouse"

Your asking for trouble here my friend, quite of few of our member here are that age or younger 

[shortyshort]

Your asking for trouble here my friend, quite of few of our member here are that age or younger 

I understand what you are saying. And although most 19 yr. olds believe they know everything, they actually don't.

It's only after a few more years that wisdom prevails.

[wishful thinker]

What, like 20, Shorty? 

[shortyshort]

What, like 20, Shorty? 

Yes. lol 

[pianowolfi]

Your asking for trouble here my friend, quite of few of our member here are that age or younger 

Oh I see that was quite misunderstandable I mean the "human limited knowledge" in general, not only with 19

[pianistimo]

pianowolfi,  a 'peaceful' accident?  that seems a bit incongruous.  but, it depends how far you fall.  a friend of mine and my husband's was in a car accident where the car plummeted a huge distance (forget exactly how far) and she survived!  she was the only one who did.  and, today she's relatively fine - but i don't think she'd let anyone drive her through the san andreas mountain pass again.  they weren't paying attention or fell asleep and kept driving straight.

after having only fallen a short distance and breaking my leg - i'd recommend freezing to death.  it's relatively painless once you get beyond the initial 'i'm cold' and uncontrollable shivering.  thawing out is miserable.  you have to thaw out little bits at a time.  with cool water. 

then, again - perhaps there is some way a woodland accident could happen and be relatively pain free.  maybe a tree falling on your head.  but, piano wolfi - i hate to think of that happening to you.  what about your friends and people who would find you?  nobody finds people when they are frozen todeath on top of mt everest excepting the people who make it to the high spot where they are.  do you think it is about the same cost as a funeral?  (the trip?)  i never wanted anyone to find me.  you know, a little mystery.  'is she still alive?'  maybe she'll show up in south america.

yes.  i plan on living forever.  at the ressurrection of the dead.  i have my ticket in hand.  well, in my heart.  it's one of those printer friendly ones and i will have this e-ticket when i'm in another body.  i plan on asking for a better knee on the right side.

[fiddes]

i wanna die fighting i dont care wha,t but to die peacefully for me just doesnt seem right

ive always said if i found out i had an incurable desiese or grew past 80 id pick up a big old stick and just leave everything.

At the moment though im not gonna die (21 - so still invunrable)

[cziffra]

I've had heroin overdoses are quite pleasant.

[prometheus]

1. How do you want to die?

I would like to die while saving the lives of several people. That would be the best death.

2. If you could live forever, would you?

No. Of course not. And I hope there is no one stupid enough to want this.


Of course death by black hole is the best death. Then death by supernovae.

Other pleasant ways to go; drowning, hypothermia,

I would also prefer euthanasia.


I don't understand why people oppose a painful death. If you are going to die in a few moments, what does it matter how painful it is? Dying is less painful than living, even if the living is considered pleasant.

[lichristine]

i want to die someway with a BANG. Like, a grandiose suicide for a good cause, or something silly, like drowning from drinking soda while laughing too hard.

If i could live forever, I ABSOLUTELY would, mostly out of insatiable curiousity. This is something i've pondered often.

[Bob]

Quick.  Painless.  In that order, quick being the most important.

I'd like to live a long, long time.  "Forever" sounds like one of those Faust tricks -- You live forever and then humanity disappears, your body starts falling apart buy your still present, governments nuke the planet and you end up living in fallout winter or something. 

Otherwise, yes, with good health and society continuing on, I'd go for forever. 

[pianogeek_cz]

I would like to die...
...with someone, definitely not alone...
...fighting, knowing that my death is not in vain and that I served a (the) right cause?
...or, peacefully, at a ripe old age, having a wonderful and inspiring life behind me.

Living forever... Faustian, indeed. But =so far= (emphasis!) I would lean to going on forever, as long as I'd be able to appreciate it.

The best option, of course, would be living as long as you want to.  (as long as there's enjoyable rep left to learn....  )

[thalbergmad]

yes.  i plan on living forever.  at the ressurrection of the dead. 

Wow, never thought you would mention that.

I want to die with a beer in one hand and a banjo in the other and be buried with both.

Thal

[pianistimo]

it's good to be content.

did you hear about the girl who died from an overdose of rubbing bengay on herself after a track meet (or during).  apparrently it's not good to rub too much on.

[thalbergmad]

The death rate is always one per person.

Thal

[Bob]

I would imagine everyone dies alone.  Even if someone were right next to dying, at some point, I would think you would be off in your own little world... all by yourself.

Was it the movie Interview with a Vampire where the Tom Cruise character just sits around for a few hundred years or so?  And the other almost got locked in a box forever?  Those things came to my mind. 

[Bob]

I suppose more questions are...

What do you want, or what will, happen to all your stuff?
It's kind of scary that all your stuff can be sold off -- belongings, properties... your piano....

What impact will you have?
This is why I plan on building some type of monument to myself, like a pyramid, out of the strongest most indestructable substance possible....   A diamond pyramid.  (100 years later it will be made, including a typo in the name. )

[oscarr111111]

Can't think of any way I'd like to die really, something exciting heh.

If I could live forever I would, imagine what you could do with an eternity.

[fiddes]

'If I could live forever I would, imagine what you could do with an eternity.'

you could watch everyone you have ever loved die before your very eyes and spend eternity feeling guilty because they died and not you!!!!!

if i was forced to live for eternity i would go mad, i beleive anyone would go mad cursed to live the world forever 
 
 

[gymnopedist]

I would like to live until i feel i have lived all i needed to, and accomplished the things i wanted to. Nothing sucks more than premature death.

[fiddes]

i reckon death is your reward for life (which is why the good die young :-p) and if u lived forever it would be like volunteer work (shudders lol)

that was a joke btw volunteer workers are very important parts of society

[pianogeek_cz]

Heh, volunteering. I actually intend to go to the Sar-El volunteer program. That's a place to die while doing something sensible.

Death as a reward? Hmmm... That's an interesting thought. Either it means that there is something better than life afterwards, or that life here is inherently not really worth much... *thinks this will need more thinking*

[rebby]

1. I would like to jump off a high building (but not yet)

You know when you dream that you're falling. I love that feeling.

Now, seriously, I think everyone would be happy if they went painlessly.

2. No, a lifetime is long enough.

Well Shorty, i don't like to talk about that, but if my memory serves me, then i would say you have already jumped off a reasonably tall building, although, it stopped, with a consequence. Yes people, when Shorty was younger, he kicked his ball over the fence, climbed up on the garage and over the fence, he threw the ball over and then climbed up the fence to his garage roof again, then he jumped off, what a twit, and broke his leg. Hahahahahaha. He told his mum he fell over playing footy, and she beleived him. At a scooter place, a little while before Shorty and mum's wedding, i told his older brother the story by accident, when they were a bit merry, and he laughed. He was the best man at the wedding and to my suprise remembered the story. It was his speech at the dinner ceremony. You should have seen the look on Shorty's parent's faces. HAHAHAHAHA. You little liar. Love you Shorty.
Rebby

[lau]

1. I want to die mysteriously, and have my death be a mystery.

2. I would become the best pianist ever

[maul]

I want to die knowing that I'm going to die - to be awake during it. To know what death feels like just before the feeling of life is lost forever.

[Bob]

I suppose I would want that.  I could tolerate total pain for a few seconds.  I could be patient and just wait to see what happens.  Because you know that's just going to happen once, so it's worth being alert for.  The body can only stand so much pain.  It would be... big ouch... slowly lose consciousness.... then who knows?   I suppose though, there's not much way around losing consciousness though.   For that exact moment.  Hmmm....

[Bob]

(snickering , as long as there actually was no foul play)

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[ahinton]

yes.  i plan on living forever.

So how many posts in total to this forum do you anticipate making?

at the ressurrection of the dead.

Cryogenics?

i have my ticket in hand.  well, in my heart.  it's one of those printer friendly ones and i will have this e-ticket when i'm in another body.  i plan on asking for a better knee on the right side.

Apart from that injured knee (which I hope is recovering well), do you perceive a problem with the body that you have now? And, if so, where do you plan on purchasing a replacement? It's not up to me, of course, but I'd stick to the one you have for the rest of your life, if I were you...

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

Wow, never thought you would mention that.

I want to die with a beer in one hand and a banjo in the other and be buried with both.

Thal

Isn't that tempting the unbeliever's alternative to providence? After all, the average two-handed human can't play the banjo while holding a beer in the other hand (although s/he can imbibe the beer while holding the banjo in the other hand)...

Best,

Alistair