RE: "The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born"
December 14, 2015 at 2:07 pm
(This post was last modified: December 14, 2015 at 2:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
He was lonely, more than anything else. Sure he was old...but he was under his own power, feeding himself, pissed standing up, no egregious loss of memory (one of the big problems) and surrounded by 3 generations of his family. It wasn't an issue of suffering. He just wasn't interested in waking up the next time.
(I suspect that if I had an immortal life, I'd spend most of it coming up with creative ways to end it -so, pretty much what I do now.)
(I suspect that if I had an immortal life, I'd spend most of it coming up with creative ways to end it -so, pretty much what I do now.)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!