Are you sad that you're going to eventually die?
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I'm more in the mindset of a Louis C.K. bit where he said something to the effect of "Wouldn't it be great if I died?" He goes on to fantasize about being dead and not living anymore and not being held responsible by himself or anyone else for anything ever. And if he was, he wouldn't know because he'd be dead. I'm not doing it justice, but I can't find it online (lazy), but that's my attitude lately. I'm not suicidal, but I do think of it constantly.
It's also part of why I'm an atheist. I just truly truly do not want the afterlife to exist. If it did exist, I'd want an exemption. My life's been no picnic as it is and basic life processes are just so annoying. I don't like food, I never know what to eat, I'm always dirty, bowel movements are usually horribly painful, I have to pee every couple of hours... annoying. And that's when I'm perfectly healthy. It all gets worse when I get sick, which I do like everybody else. I'm also constantly being harassed by my own brain, recalling embarrassing life experiences, re-imagining stuff to make it worse, playing irritating songs all the time, emotionally overreacting to random bullcrap and getting all self righteous, pining for a life I never had, never will have, and probably don't even want. Even stuff I like gets lodged in there sideways and replayed ad nauseum. If I spend too much time on the internet tonight or playing games or watching movies, I won't be able to sleep because my stupid brain gets running like it's on the computer when it's not, cataloging and organizing data and coming up with no new information. Oh that, and my job sucks. And school sucked. Everything sucks.
So yes, not too afraid of death. I imagine it hurts like a sumbitch no matter how it happens, hence the "not suicidal" addendum, but still. A cruel irony would be for me to find multitudes of reasons for living right before dying. Stupid smartass cruel ironic life. Hopefully, I'll die of "natural causes" under heavy sedation in a hospital bed, so I can't even feel it or know what's going on. Ah, a man can dream.
It's also part of why I'm an atheist. I just truly truly do not want the afterlife to exist. If it did exist, I'd want an exemption. My life's been no picnic as it is and basic life processes are just so annoying. I don't like food, I never know what to eat, I'm always dirty, bowel movements are usually horribly painful, I have to pee every couple of hours... annoying. And that's when I'm perfectly healthy. It all gets worse when I get sick, which I do like everybody else. I'm also constantly being harassed by my own brain, recalling embarrassing life experiences, re-imagining stuff to make it worse, playing irritating songs all the time, emotionally overreacting to random bullcrap and getting all self righteous, pining for a life I never had, never will have, and probably don't even want. Even stuff I like gets lodged in there sideways and replayed ad nauseum. If I spend too much time on the internet tonight or playing games or watching movies, I won't be able to sleep because my stupid brain gets running like it's on the computer when it's not, cataloging and organizing data and coming up with no new information. Oh that, and my job sucks. And school sucked. Everything sucks.
So yes, not too afraid of death. I imagine it hurts like a sumbitch no matter how it happens, hence the "not suicidal" addendum, but still. A cruel irony would be for me to find multitudes of reasons for living right before dying. Stupid smartass cruel ironic life. Hopefully, I'll die of "natural causes" under heavy sedation in a hospital bed, so I can't even feel it or know what's going on. Ah, a man can dream.
nope im more annoyed that if i live i don't get to go out on my terms and will most likely end up sitting in a chair not knowing my own name because some religion believe's it's a sin to take one's life. and apparently im goverened by there rules not my own beliefs
In a word: maybe.
In a lot more words: I worry a lot more about what death will be like than the fact that I am going to die. It doesn't make a lot of sense to 'worry' about a known fact that you can't do anything what-so-ever to change or even really appreciably delay. On the other hand... the unknown of "what is death, what am I after death?" is a huge worry - when I think about it, which I try not to because I realize I am not going to get an answer of any concrete nature by thinking it through rationally or even emotionally.
As I see it either A) there's nothing after death, you cease to exist - and what will non-existence be like?! I can't fathom and it is pointless to try to imagine what it would be like not to exist, since you won't even have an imagination when you don't exist so... futile there. Or, B) there is something after death - in which case you have a myriad of options to consider, reject, accept, or invent. Some of them are more appealing to me than others - like a nice luxurious limbo land of "wait here while we assign you a next life" before doing this again or a cloudy city full of what I can only imagine are very bored but content people adoring their ultimate creator for all eternity as their highest reward for spinning the wheel of religion and landing on the right peg... this, however, has an upsetting side due to the fact that, should we fail to win the saving throw vs. being born into the wrong region/family/situation to have lucked into the right religion we're going somewhere considerably less pleasant as an alternative. That, and the fact that even if we did 'win' some of our friends won't have been so lucky.
So, yeah, there's a good bit to be worried about regarding death in my opinion... but I agree with many of the above posters who said we can't spend life worrying about death, because that would be to waste what we have being worried about the day we won't have it anymore - a day we can't do anything to prevent happening anyway.
In a lot more words: I worry a lot more about what death will be like than the fact that I am going to die. It doesn't make a lot of sense to 'worry' about a known fact that you can't do anything what-so-ever to change or even really appreciably delay. On the other hand... the unknown of "what is death, what am I after death?" is a huge worry - when I think about it, which I try not to because I realize I am not going to get an answer of any concrete nature by thinking it through rationally or even emotionally.
As I see it either A) there's nothing after death, you cease to exist - and what will non-existence be like?! I can't fathom and it is pointless to try to imagine what it would be like not to exist, since you won't even have an imagination when you don't exist so... futile there. Or, B) there is something after death - in which case you have a myriad of options to consider, reject, accept, or invent. Some of them are more appealing to me than others - like a nice luxurious limbo land of "wait here while we assign you a next life" before doing this again or a cloudy city full of what I can only imagine are very bored but content people adoring their ultimate creator for all eternity as their highest reward for spinning the wheel of religion and landing on the right peg... this, however, has an upsetting side due to the fact that, should we fail to win the saving throw vs. being born into the wrong region/family/situation to have lucked into the right religion we're going somewhere considerably less pleasant as an alternative. That, and the fact that even if we did 'win' some of our friends won't have been so lucky.
So, yeah, there's a good bit to be worried about regarding death in my opinion... but I agree with many of the above posters who said we can't spend life worrying about death, because that would be to waste what we have being worried about the day we won't have it anymore - a day we can't do anything to prevent happening anyway.
>.> dood, i know I've only got XX amount of time an i still don't get anything done XDFenring said:
... >.> wait ...
but no, dosen't bother me at all, a better question is WHY SHOULD IT bother you.
all that is will end, might as well make the most or the least of your time
the thought of death doesnt make me sad, ill leave my beliefs out, but they are the reason that i can come to the peace that i have. ill say i used to be in denial about dying, thinking that i wasnt scared at all, but honestly how can one have peace with something they have no answers too, my faith gave me that peace of mind.
