The nearest I have been to someone who has died was the next room while sleeping. I know this is dark, but it makes me wonder, how many people have truly been close to death.
How here has experienced death first hand
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I cleaned up a guys brains all over the back deck after he blew his head apart with a .357 Magnum....close enough?
I would say so; my point of inquiry is the supposition that many people joke about it, but have never really been close to it and are truly afraid of it.
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Agreed.
On topic: I was in the ski patrol for a while, and a kid snapped his neck doing a flip on the run I was responsible for at a time I was on duty. Feel free to figure the rest out yourself.
along with that, see the first line in my sig.
My condolences; my fear is my grandmother. For the last few years I have lived in the same house as her taking care of her knowing that she will pass. I fear the day I find her gone from this world. This is the same house that my grandfather passed in while I slept in the room nearby.
The closest I've ever been, has pretty much been seeing a couple body bags along the road, while passing an accident site.
Originally posted by: The Battosai
i guess getting a vacation is the closest..
besides my pets passing away
I find dead mice all the time and found one of my puppies dead firsthand, but human death I have never been first hand at the scene. I believe that it is a necessary part of our existence but our culture shields us from this pain unlike the rest of the world.
wow that sucks. how did they go?
i guess watching a movie like final destination didn't make you feel any better about that :Q!
Originally posted by: Neurorelay
Originally posted by: The Battosai
i guess getting a vacation is the closest..
besides my pets passing away
I find dead mice all the time and found one of my puppies dead firsthand, but human death I have never been first hand at the scene. I believe that it is a necessary part of our existence but our culture shields us from this pain unlike the rest of the world.
our culture shields us from alot. it seems like liberty to a degree. there's so much in this world, thats why i'm glad i was able to take philosophy as a minor (would have liked to majored in it but it wasn't offered)
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dying from old age is one thing. Dying at 45 from a stroke in front of your kids is something else.
I expect my grandparents to die eventually and so it eases any worry about death.
here is a quote from, The Twilight Zone:
"Mother, give me your hand. You see. No shock. No engulfment. No tearing asunder. What you feared would come like an explosion is like a whisper. What you thought was the end is the beginning."
I went on "The Superman" in Six Flags New England last year, and a few days later, some guy died on it.
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Errr. nope.
Someone in my high school got in accident with a friend (car over railroad tracks = air time). Both got ejected I guess. The passenger died in the drivers arms.
Someone in my high school got in accident with a friend (car over railroad tracks = air time). Both got ejected I guess. The passenger died in the drivers arms.
I died once. Not kidding.
Drowned in a semi-frozen lake; no breathing, heart beat, or pulse.
The hospital was able to revive me thanks to Hypothermia
Drowned in a semi-frozen lake; no breathing, heart beat, or pulse.
The hospital was able to revive me thanks to Hypothermia
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