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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby MotherRussia » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:17 am

UK SPD wrote:
smirks wrote:I'd make sure all of my finances were taken care of


Why?
Reminds me of a 'discussion' I had with my first wife about life insurance. I refused to take it out. My reasoning being that when I'm dead I will no longer care about the people I loved when I was alive, as I'll be dead.


This is interesting. You care about them while you are alive, but when you die, they don't suddenly cease to exist, nor their needs. If you die, you are not there to experience them or their needs or wishes. But you don't feel some need or desire to provide for the needs or desires of your loved ones after your death? Even if, since you're dead, you won't benefit in any way. In that sense I suppose its form of altruism. :)
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby smirks » Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:18 am

UK SPD wrote:
smirks wrote:I'd make sure all of my finances were taken care of


Why?
Reminds me of a 'discussion' I had with my first wife about life insurance. I refused to take it out. My reasoning being that when I'm dead I will no longer care about the people I loved when I was alive, as I'll be dead.


Because I have a sense of personal responsibility and basic empathy.
Who deserves to take care of your personal debts? No one but you. It's not even about special caring. It's just about not being a dick.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby UK SPD » Fri Feb 17, 2017 12:17 pm

Yes, I recall that 'dick' is the word she used as well.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby Voidwalker » Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:16 pm

Assuming it's true, I would stop working or dealing with anything for my future. Just doing nothing. I would be curious with a smile thinking about if anything will happen after i die. It's like a new start, getting rid of present and past.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby Runestone » Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:09 pm

I feel like Jim Morrison, in the song "the end".

"This is the end, beautiful friend
This is the end, my only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes, again."

I would feel, sorry for the ones, that i left behind, and the pain they will go through. However, the end is my friend.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby umadcuzimstylin » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:34 am

No. First thing that came to my head didn't care about what I did. With deeper thought it would be to study Kashmir Shaivism the religion I follow the most. Not cause Im scared of death but I enjoy studying this religious tradition more than anything else.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby Aeva117 » Thu Mar 09, 2017 1:36 am

It wouldn't really matter what I did, because I wouldn't remember when I was dead. I'd probably spend the day in bed with my cat, eating chocolate and chain smoking. I've had an Advance Directive and Will since I was 18, so I'm not really worried about getting things in order.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby UK SPD » Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:21 pm

I don't care about my death as I wouldn't actually be aware of it - it's not being alive (ie: consciously aware) any more that is more concerning.
But as some bright spark once said: "I was dead before I was born, and I die every night in my sleep." (I assume that, like me, he wasn't the type to remember his dreams very much.)
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby lyratheowl » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:17 pm

doogle wrote:Hey guys,

A friend asked me a question recently. He asked

"If I told you first thing when you woke up that the next time you fell asleep, you wouldn't wake up. What would you do for your final day?"

I gave him a story about how I would go see family and all that stuff. The reality is I would probably just role over and try go back to sleep because there's nothing I would actually want to do for the day.

Just curios to see how the rest of you would respond to the question :D


Assuming I for some reason knew it was true and believed you of course. Then I'd be pleased. And I;d just do whatever. Probably sleep. I don't know. it doesn't really matter. I'd just do nothing. Sleep, sit staring into space, think etc. whatever. Maybe go for a walk to look at stuff, maybe not. Maybe listen to music, maybe not. So the same things I do everyday basically. And just look forward to when I could go to sleep, and never wake up. Oh wait I just realised you could make it happen sooner by going to sleep again. Then yeah I'd probably just go back to sleep.
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Re: If I said today is your last day alive, would you care?

Postby Holodeck » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:07 pm

Naw. If it's gonna happen, then it's gonna happen.
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