Do you think dying sucks?

[Mayne]

I don't. It sucks knowing all the people I love dying before me.

 

[Sonikku]

There is no death.

There is the Force.

 

[Kazukian]

I've seen a couple hundred people die, it sucks

 

[Humpy]

This thread sucks.

Doesn't it kinda depend on how one dies?

 

[BoomerD]

I don't know...I've never done it...but I'm not in a hurry to find out.

YES, it sucks when people with to whom you're close die...

Random strangers? Don't care...

"Enemies?" WOOHOO! TAKE THAT, BITCH!

 

[feralkid]

I've seen a couple hundred people die, it sucks

And that's just from your breath.



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[IronWing]

There is no death.

There is the Force.

That's what the Emperor thought.

 

[MrSquished]

Too many variables .

To die at a certain age or certain way could be horrible. To be old and very ill in many ways would cause me to welcome death .

 

[Mai72]

We do a horrible job in the West when it comes to death. People do not want to talk about it. Like they're going to live forever. Lol...

I think about death at least a few times a week. It's not becauae I'm morbid. I do it because it forces me to think about my life.

Many people you see and know in your life will be dead in 20 years. The people who frequent this forum will die in 20 years. It's life. We shouldn't avoid it.

 

[brianmanahan]

depends on who's dying

 

[sandorski]

It's the end of Life, so it sucks in that sense.

 

[SKORPI0]

Compared to living? Of course. I just wish that "life after death" was a possibility, but who knows.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/scien...veal-shock-findings-from-groundbreaking-study

 

[shortylickens]

Not as much as Newegg sucks.

 

[deustroop]

Here is King Street in Toronto circa 1910. Very quiet. Do you know what all the people in this scene have in common ?
They dead.

 

[Kyle]

Oh I'm sure there are tons of ways of dying that really suck. I don't think being dead sucks, and I think there are plenty of ways of dying that wouldn't suck. But damn...I've been around people that were dying in some terrible ways (withering away in constant pain from cancer being the big one) and I don't look forward to it. One of the reasons I'm a huge proponent of death with dignity laws...but I digress..


And I also agree...certain people that I love dying before me is going to really suck.

 

[SNJ]

Depends on how you die.

 

[renz20003]

It depends on if the universe is infinite or finite

 

[herrjimbo]

Let us know.

 

[deustroop]

suicides apparently think of it as an escape and must find it a great relief. But that's never been confirmed.

 

[Naer]

i cannot answer such a question since i have no first hand experience

 

[Kaido]

suicides apparently think of it as an escape and must find it a great relief. But that's never been confirmed.

Nope:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers

TL;DR: In interviewing survivors, they often regret their decisions in mid-air (if not before). I can't find a link to the article, but in one of my psych classes, there were a lot of studies done on suicide & like 99.9% of the time it's a combination of circumstances that lead them into a bad decision in the moment, rather than being extensively pre-meditated, meaning that all most people need is for someone to give them a hand out of that line of thinking - and a lot of people attempting it weren't even considering it before, it was just kind of a heat of the moment thing where they felt really bad, were drinking, got fired, etc. and it all came to a peak. That's one of the reasons there are suicide hotlines on bridges.

 

[bradly1101]

Awareness is like a white hot, benign, molten river running through the metaphysical universe. Always there, always shining a light. When we are born it's as if a piece of that river is bestowed upon us, where it is molded and cured by desire and experience and cooled by fear and pride. We can reawaken to the pure awareness when we forgive (especially ourselves). When we die it's as if that piece of awareness we were graced with returns to the river to carry on its journey.

 

[Cyco]

The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive.

 

[thraashman]

Nope:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers

TL;DR: In interviewing survivors, they often regret their decisions in mid-air (if not before). I can't find a link to the article, but in one of my psych classes, there were a lot of studies done on suicide & like 99.9% of the time it's a combination of circumstances that lead them into a bad decision in the moment, rather than being extensively pre-meditated, meaning that all most people need is for someone to give them a hand out of that line of thinking - and a lot of people attempting it weren't even considering it before, it was just kind of a heat of the moment thing where they felt really bad, were drinking, got fired, etc. and it all came to a peak. That's one of the reasons there are suicide hotlines on bridges.

This is one of the main reasons why suicide rates among gun owners is so much higher. Guns are the most efficient form of committing suicide and you don't have to go anywhere to use them. So gun owners that become suicidal have a means on hand that works more often than anything.