Fear of Death? | Forum

I think about it occasionally to frequently, depending; at times I even develop somewhat of a fascination with it, and other times I think about my age and how far I've made it in comparison to countless others. I've recently watched a few vids about terminal cancer patients and many others that fall within the arena of death - needless to deny any interest in it.

When I first read your post Anna, and I didn't read the entire article but just skimmed through some of it to get the gist of it, a quote emerged (from Rocky I believe) "If you wanna play in the band, you gotta pay the man", so, is it worth it? Yes, I think so, to me anyway, but as the old adage goes - your mileage may vary.

Edit : no, not really. It's just another one of those non-user errors where the forum software compactifies multiple paragraphs into one. I did try deleting and reposting but no dice.

Not to add insult to injury, but the scarier thing I learned about Alzheimers' a while back was that it's not just about being absent minded and that it can also affect automated processes of the biological system which renders additional depth to the phrase "Don't forget to breathe.".

I heard Putin discontinued an arms treaty, but that it's likely just to keep inspectors out or something to the effect. I think he's mostly bluffing (just to reiterate), but I could be wrong. The ones who will get the shitiest end of the stick in a War Games scenario will be those whose lives are just beginning, unlike me whose already lived more than half their life. I heard China is/is contemplating supplying arms to Russia - an eye for an eye.

I'm not sure about nuclear Armageddon, but I wouldn't rule it out since the shoe does fit given the amount of chaos and disorder in the world these days. I am getting old, and the world is pretty fucked up, and for that and everything else my priorities as of late remain status quo. Get in the car and drive like a fuckin' maniac - and enjoy the scenery also (that's good too).

Edit : no I didn't fucking edit, it's just that the forum software turned my post into a wall of text again, also the formatting options weren't visible on the first submission (none of them including the strikethrough) so I couldn't do a strikethrough, but on this edit I see they have magically appeared, so we'll redo that now as well.

I guess there is no strikethrough, I thought there was for some reason. My brain must still think I'm at the other forum or something.

Yeah I know what you mean. We pretty much follow the same path as some botanicals : grow, wither, and die, although with Homosapiens I would asssume the process to be a bit more intimate.

Maybe the best we can hope for is to just die peacefully in our sleep, and since death remains somewhat of an unknown any terms herein ambiguous.

Excalibur

I don't know about percentages but there are those that die of natural causes and then there are all the other ways, e.g., those that live by the sword die by the sword

I (perhaps 'we' I don't know) like pictures of beautiful women in dresses too (a little), or maybe I just like beautiful women, anyway, it's just not the same and not always appropriate - maybe like once a month or something.

It's always appropriate.

Death can be beautiful too. And Lady Death is sexy.

Angel of Death:

The inclusion of a dress increases the level of difficulty, but the closing credits/soundtrack was a no-brainer

Slayer - Angel of Death

I'd say Anna is absolutely spot-on with her assessment of old age though. I just watched a video of actors and musicians who are still alive and in their nineties, or course I knew anyway, but like she said, seeing it just solidifies the horrific reality of it. They morph into a disfigured shell of their former self; some still there mentally for the most part

Like they say though, no point in worrying about something you have no control over, or do you? I suppose you could commit suicide in the least painful manner, but I don't really care for that option either. It's a dilemma, the old rock and a hard place, and of course many will succumb to other ways prior to the decrepit phase.

The solution remains the same : get in the car and drive. I even have elaborate systems of navigation in place to spice things up a bit. There's that, and then there's all that other shit, but yeah, that's just me, and I'm mostly different.

Gettin' Down

My patients are people with achievements; university professors, doctors, journalists, artists etc. Their families nearly always decorate their rooms with the souvenirs of their former glory; their paintings, university diplomas, the books they published. The most completely lose their minds. Those that remain conscious try to show some class as long as their deteriorating health allows them to. Usually, it's not very long. It is sad but it also shows you what is really important. The social prestige will pass away. Your job achievements, your wealth, social position, intelligence and then your health will be taken away from you. We are born naked, we die naked. What will remain? You as a human being? The way we love and care for each other? This sounds banal but maybe this is what really matters?

I've thought about all this before, and when it comes to creation I figure everything is the way it is either because it's the best possible way, or there is no other way. You are bringing things into existence within certain parameters that abide by physical laws of space and time where the existence of these things are to be reconciled with these laws in a most reasonable and sensible manner.

Perfect is Not Necessarily Pretty

A system may be honed to perfection even though individual perspectives may observe an abrasive and unnerving reality of such a system.

Ineffable