Disturbed by the idea of Death?

[Pichu]

Some of my friends and I were talking about Death and how we view it.

Some have admitted that they are afraid, others state they don't care and many others like myself have just stated that we accept the inevitable.

What's your take on the matter?


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I'm in two minds about the whole death thing. Accept death? I laugh at people who say they accept death in a "what you gonna do" manner. It's the most unfair and cruel thing ever devised, why should we be leveled with all the other scum, we don't get any rewards for being good people we just rot in a hole and pretty soon after that we are forgotten. Sometimes I feel choked by fear when I think about it, the unstoppable power that is our impending death just really makes me feel weak and feeble. I really don't think it's something that anyone can ever accept and just say "shit happens", if you have such a light-hearted approach to death then you haven't thought about it hard enough.

On the other hand death is a gift, imagine the thought of endless time stretching out in front of you, I think it would drive a man insane. After all, we all make mistakes and carry baggage, can you imagine the amount of baggage you would have if you lived for a thousand years? I'm just seventeen and I'm $#@!ing plagued by things everyday, thoughts and regrets that just follow me around.


Lets end this post on a more happy note shall we? Death makes life all the more precious, it makes everyday seem special, to know that you possess something that many people have lost. It motivates me personally, it makes me get up off the laptop and do stupid shit and have fun. It also helps me when I'm stressed out with school work and other things I just think to myself "Hey, this is nothing, you're gonna die someday asshole, so cheer the $#@! up.". You will never really accept how precious life is until you accept how precious death is, and I'm sure you'll be happy when you do.

[O.P]

I worry about it constantly. To me, there are four possibilities.

1. Heaven (everyone is in)
2. Heaven + Hell (selective)
3. You come back as another person
4. Nothing.

4 scares me, as a whole. I really can't comprehend it.
3 scares me as well. Basically, life is then a waste. In a gaming sense, imagine getting 15th prestige in COD, then getting reset, but not even having memory of getting 15th ever. Why try in life? I won't remember it, it won't effect anything.
2 scares me as well. Heaven is great and all, but to know someone you love could possibly end up in eternal hell is just as much punishment to me as it is them.
1 scares me too. If you live eternally in heaven, what do you do? As iDaniel said, wouldn't you make mistakes and have baggage? Couldn't you have baggage in heaven?

All in all, it scares me.

[Pichu]

I worry about it constantly. To me, there are four possibilities.

1. Heaven (everyone is in)
2. Heaven + Hell (selective)
3. You come back as another person
4. Nothing.

4 scares me, as a whole. I really can't comprehend it.
3 scares me as well. Basically, life is then a waste. In a gaming sense, imagine getting 15th prestige in COD, then getting reset, but not even having memory of getting 15th ever. Why try in life? I won't remember it, it won't effect anything.
2 scares me as well. Heaven is great and all, but to know someone you love could possibly end up in eternal hell is just as much punishment to me as it is them.
1 scares me too. If you live eternally in heaven, what do you do? As iDaniel said, wouldn't you make mistakes and have baggage? Couldn't you have baggage in heaven?

All in all, it scares me.

It does, number 4 is what I believe in though. Honestly, 3 would scare me the most. Imagine how ironic it would be to kill someone and screw up an entire family and send them into poverty and then die and end up being that new baby in the family growing up in the shits.

It would be ironic and yet payback.

[Meatwad]

I'm not necessarily worried about my inevitable death, death doesn't scare me. But what I am worried about is leaving my friends and family behind. For instance I would feel horrible (before death) if I was in debt when I died and left that to my significant other or family.

[Rip The Jacker]

Many humans painstakingly search for the purpose, or the universal ambition to the essence of living. If we were immortal, I would too wonder this. But we have death- A necessary limitation which I feel applies ambition, and defines meaning to our lives. I feel that, despite the unlikely circumstances we were born into by fate, our physical/spiritual essence exists to strive toward realizing a socially beneficial goal...We live to serve others in a world subject to greed, malice, poverty, and violence. Our relationship with our beloved, and those we cherish as companions in this world of imperfection is the only thing that will last beyond death. Our wealth, social status, unspoken motives will all perish in the face of death. I model my life so that when fate decides that it is my time to embrace the unpredictable circumstances of death, I will have invested the breath of my existence into the betterment of the intricate web of relations I've had with people on earth. For the same reason, this is why materialistic concerns do not provide lasting happiness, but only temporary contentment. We all realize that each of us are flawed, and that perfection is a distant and illusory tale. But what grabs our attention, seizes our eyes, ears, and hearts is the degree of perseverance that we demonstrate in order to overcome our flaws. The complexity of these flaws and the laudable efforts we take to surmount them is what brings a sense of dignity and accomplishment that will last beyond the realm of death. I do not wade in pools of sadness and regret in life, because I know that they too, shall come to pass...

[Jaz.]

I find it scary for a few reasons. One is that it's inevitable, there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. The other is that when you're gone, you're gone. There's not going to be your conscience. It's it, you're gone for good.

[Hannah]

I've always found that after seeing U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch I'm ready to face anything that this world has to offer. Besides, since Death retired from being the 4th horseman in the Apocalypse it's reasonable to assume that he, or she, is not very industrious and probably would to be too lazy to actually take me to the other side. So as long as I keep to myself on the green with cups of warm tea I should be okay. Oh, and I always carry around a dead canary in case Death is a bit like a black terrier looking for a treat. It makes me feel safer.

Another example is when Death took a holiday during 442-443, as a consequence he, or she, had to send in some plagues a little bit later. This was widely accepted as proper work. Death is the cause of 89.5% of dead people in this world...10.5% are Gobble related.

[Pichu]

^ Comment of the year.

[Millz]

The constant thinking of death is enough to drive someone insane. To quote Steve Jobs:

"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true."

In all honestly this is how I feel about life and death. It's nothing that you can avoid, and it should be that way.

The only feelings that actually scare me are the afterlife. Is there one? Is there just nothing? Could we come back as something else? What is after life?

These are the questions that are universal to every human being, whether they are religious or non-religious they are still dying to know. I think that at the end of the day being scared is not going to change something that it doomed to happen anyways. You need to understand to concept that life is short, and life is fragile. Life isn't going to be waiting around for you until you decide to do something with it, it's just there, ticking away. One day we will die, and this is the way of the world.

People who say that others who accept death in such manner are in my books, living a life filled with fear. People are good, others are bad, and yet we still share the same destinations. It's part of life. I do admit that it sucks to share such a shallow destination if you lived a good and love giving life, but there could still be elements that we do not comprehend. For example, it is still possible for there to be some type of afterlife. No one knows what this place is, or if it even exists until they die, and it is still important that people understand that life isn't a waste of time just because we die.

I know that I am going to die someday, does that mean that I will curl up in a ball, cry, and say that life is pointless and there is no reason to do good things because we are all going to die anyways? NO!

Death is something that people need to accept. I personally don't think there is a point in worrying about these things, in fact the more serious thing that people often forget is that:

What is going to happen to your loved ones and family etc. when you die?

This is a more important question to me, and it's important to address this question. My parents, and grandparents already have a will, because they know that one day they will die, and it will be my turn to step in, reproduce, and life a life just like they did. I will still have fond memories of them, and I may cry, I may feel that the world is unfair for taking such good people away from me, but I know that it's going to be a destination that I will also one day have to face. Whether there is an afterlife or not, you must live life to the fullest of your ability, and worrying over something that is doomed to occur anyways is a lost cause.

Worry not about what will happen to you, because you know that. Worry about your loved ones, and worry that they soon will one day have to die, just like you will.


So in the end. No, I am personally not scared of death. It's something that I have to accept because it's not something I will be able to control. I will have to die. So will everyone on this earth. It's the way of the world, and to think that death is just a kick to the balls while your down, isn't true.

Life is beautiful. Death has it's own purpose, and that is to make room for other people to have their own beautiful lives, and they too will one day die.


To conclude:

Death will step into my life, may it happen when it's needed.

[USSR]

I don't fear death. I have a very scientific/factual mind, so no religion for me. I view it as a natural process of life, I will live to my full potential and then die. The one thing that I do fear though is growing old. I don't think I could stand being 90+ and not being able to do anything without somebody else's help.