I recently watched my grandfather die- as in, I was in the room while he died. It was not beautiful. It was ugly.

That said, almost immediately after he died I felt good, because he'd been so sick for so long, he was almost 102 years old, and he had not been himself for years. He'd been a bag of bones with a decaying brain. He had been a burden to himself and to his family, and when that is the case for a long time, you can forget the real person he used to be.

After he died, I could really remember- immediately- the real, wonderful man he was, instead of the sick, senile, sad thing he'd become.

And THAT was beautiful.

"I think I'm quite ready for another adventure." ~Bilbo Baggins

This quote is really how I see death, whether it's to embrace the void or to begin a new life of some kind (which I highly doubt) I'm ready to face it when death claims me.

There wasn't a poll option for how I feel about death, which is that it is fascinating and funny.

(November 1, 2013 at 2:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I don't fear death.
I fear dying.

I'm pretty much on board with this. I don't want to die, because I enjoy life, and the mere fact that life exists. Christians talk about mystery; the aforementioned fact is a mystery.

I do fear the physical process of death, which can come in many ways. Aheart attack sounds painful and doom-filled. Breathing trouble can induce panic. A car accident that you initially survive only to be pronounced dead at the hospital? Do not want!

So, I'd need to vote both, but I voted neither.

Skipping ahead of the queue... "Death is easy. It's living that's hard."



(Also, at the same time: "The best of all possible worlds would be to have never been born, but who among us has such luck?")

Death may be easy, but it's living that's fun.

(November 4, 2013 at 9:08 pm)c172 Wrote:

(November 1, 2013 at 2:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I don't fear death.
I fear dying.

I'm pretty much on board with this. I don't want to die, because I enjoy life, and the mere fact that life exists. Christians talk about mystery; the aforementioned fact is a mystery.

I do fear the physical process of death, which can come in many ways. Aheart attack sounds painful and doom-filled. Breathing trouble can induce panic. A car accident that you initially survive only to be pronounced dead at the hospital? Do not want!

So, I'd need to vote both, but I voted neither.

From what I understand is that it is the ultimate high

(November 4, 2013 at 9:08 pm)c172 Wrote:

(November 1, 2013 at 2:31 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: I don't fear death.
I fear dying.

I'm pretty much on board with this. I don't want to die, because I enjoy life, and the mere fact that life exists. Christians talk about mystery; the aforementioned fact is a mystery.

I do fear the physical process of death, which can come in many ways. Aheart attack sounds painful and doom-filled. Breathing trouble can induce panic. A car accident that you initially survive only to be pronounced dead at the hospital? Do not want!

(November 3, 2013 at 3:09 am)bennyboy Wrote:

(November 2, 2013 at 10:33 pm)justin Wrote: So why don't you just skip to the peaceful party and off yourself? Oh because you most value life over death.....derp

Posting drunk is baaad.

Nah, I've been doing it for years.

I've only had one really bad drunk posting experience. I misread the host mask in my logs when comparing it to a suspicious user on irc / chat and banned an innocent user. He got bent, and even after I apologized, said he was never coming back. Other than that, even if I'm totally floatersville, I usually have sufficient top-spin on the ball to keep me out of the water hazard.