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If you could choose how you die
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Stockholm_Andy wrote: »I'd like to go quietly in my sleep like my grandfather...not screaming and shouting as you plunge over a cliff like the people on the bus he was driving.
Dammit. I was going to post that.1 -
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Tacklewasher wrote: »
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PaperDoll_ wrote: »I don't know what I'm likely to die of, but I do know I definitely do not want to go in my sleep. That thought has always terrified me. I actually want my death to be something painful. I want to be well aware of it at the moment. I always assumed I'd go in a car wreck, but hopefully not for a very long time.
For whatever reason I've always assumed I would die in a significant car accident as well. I'm not really put-off by the idea of dying, a little curious about it to be honest, but I'd obviously prefer to keep living for a good deal longer. I think the curious part is what makes me want to be aware and conscious, I (presumably) will only experience dying one time, dying in my sleep would be like not being able to check off that very last item on my bucket list.0 -
-What do you think of the above, what are your thoughts?
I don't dwell on death, but I grew up around it (farm kid with lots of pets, and all of my grandparents were gone by the time I was 27) and am aware life doesn't always go "as planned" even when everything is done right. As I age (about to turn 40), I see more and more friends and acquaintances that are dealing with the big scares such as cancer, and see the aging of my family members.
Ain't none of us getting out of this alive, so I've ended up with a bit of a YOLO attitude (doesn't mean I'm not saving towards a retirement, but it's not my highest priority, either).
-So really what do you think you're likely to die of, based off your action?
Well, potential of death is a very real aspect for me to accept - I ride and race motorcycles. It's a sport that can, and does, kill people. That is something I have to accept and be aware of, ensuring I'm not leaving someone else with a pile of crap to deal with. Just a fact of the sport, and one I accept willingly. Yes, I do what I can to be safe(er) such as this year investing in an airbag race suit.
Assuming my sport doesn't kill me, genetically, I'm likely to die of a stroke. Stroke has killed the majority of women on my maternal side as far back as most can remember. Granted, most lived to a decent, but not magical age (late 70's to 80's). Then again, none of them worried too much about a healthy diet or lifestyle, either. I have historically eaten better and "healthier" than my family and been more fit, and I hope that may extend my stay on this planet. Most of them have been obese, I barely got into overweight at my heaviest (according to BMI). Still makes this the most likely way for me to die though, even if it's a bit later in life.
The only known cancer case is my maternal grandmother who got lung cancer. She smoked like a chiimney most of her life, only giving it up in her 60's I think it was. She survived the cancer, then died of a stroke.
On my paternal side it's harder to say as the family history isn't recorded (my great grandfather was adopted, and no one has ever mentioned his wife or anything about her). My P.GM had type 1 diabetes and died from that eventually, and my P.GF just went downhill very quickly after that. Both were in their late 80's/early 90's.
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I'm like 99% sure my reproductive organs are going to revolt against me and kill me. My Dad is a cancer survivor, so genetically I'm already higher risk. I say reproductive organs specifically because women who don't have kids increase their risk (I hate kids and intend to be childfree forever.) I'd rather have cancer than a kid. I've also never taken BC and that increases risk too. I'm so convinced that I'll get some sort of reproductive cancer that I've actually considered having a hysterectomy (I'm 31 years old). I wont do it yet though, because if I DO get cancer, I want to make sure it's in parts that can be removed. I'd rather have cervical, or ovarian or uterine cancer rather than lung or brain... so I guess in a way I'm HOPING I'll get reproductive cancer!?!?!
If cancer is cured, I'd like to drown after my plane crashes into the ocean, just so I can see what that would be like.
If I die of natural causes I want my body chummed into the ocean. (Like for shark fishing) I think being eaten by a shark seems kind of cool...but I want to already be dead.
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I don't have any kids or significantly younger relatives, so if I make it to old age I am probably just going to take the walk. Hopefully, I will live in a place where I can freeze to death. First you're cold, followed by confusion, followed by euphoria, and finally you think that you're hot and strip off all your clothes. That is how I want to be found...naked and happy. In all likely hood though, it will probably end with me wondering what this button does..."oops"....1
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I just know that when I die, I want my remains scattered over New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles...
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-What do you think of the above, what are your thoughts?
I have actually been thinking about something related to this a lot lately--call it a mid-life crisis or something. My thoughts lately have been this: If we knew our expiration date, what would we do in our life at this very minute?
Honestly, I would love to know my expiration date. I could plan for retirement appropriately, get rid of stress related to mundane things, but more important, live my life to the fullest every second. We tend to get wrapped up in so many minor things, that we forget that we need to truly enjoy life. I have always dreamed of 'expiring' around 80. That would give me some good retirement years, and avoid my potential for dementia or long term illness that only brings hardship and struggling not only to myself, but others around me.
-So really what do you think you're likely to die of, based off your action?
Unfortunately, pessimist that I am, I will probably live until I am 110 and have Alzheimers and dementia. Someone in the nursing home will probably put a pillow over my face because I will have turned nasty and crazy because of the disease. Sad, but true.0 -
Simply, electronically, with ease.
(Kinda like a Microsoft software upgrade.)1 -
With a smile on my face. Make of that what you will
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At 99 years old, being shot by a jealous 22 year old husband.7
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You know I never expected that sort of response. So often it's seen as somewhat comforting that a death was painless and while sleeping. It's a fascinating insightPaperDoll_ wrote: »I don't know what I'm likely to die of, but I do know I definitely do not want to go in my sleep. That thought has always terrified me. I actually want my death to be something painful. I want to be well aware of it at the moment. I always assumed I'd go in a car wreck, but hopefully not for a very long time.
I think watching my mom die that way, on a lot of pain medicine, unaware of anything around her made me not want to go that way. I don't ever want to be without my sensibilities. If dying is the last thing I do here, I want to experience it. I want to feel it and be completely aware of what's going on. I want it to be pretty quick though. I don't want the chance to say my goodbyes to people.1 -
Shot by a jealous husband.4
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At the age of 150, shot by a jealous husband... 2
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For a long time I thought cancer was the worst thing that could happen to a person, but I watched my mom's mother slowly fade away from Alzheimer's and now I live in mortal terror of that happening to me. That's one of the reasons I've started working out and monitoring what I eat again. My husband and I have a joking agreement that if it happens, he'll smother me with one of our cats. He won't need to, though - I have a plan.
Having said that, if I had to choose a way to die I'd go with freezing to death. Second would be something instantaneous like a ruptured aneurysm.
In real life if I get killed it will probably be because of my work. My job has the potential to be dangerous but I believe that saying, "Fear not death, for the hour of your doom is set and none may escape it." In other words, when it's your time it's your time. Sure, I could stay home where it's "safe," but who's to say I wouldn't trip over the dog, fall down the stairs, and break my neck? I've known too many people who got killed in "perfectly safe" situations and people who came out of incredibly dangerous situations unscathed. So, when it's time...it's time.
And really, I'd rather have my obituary read "she was killed in a C-17 crash in Mali" rather than "she died at work late Friday afternoon and we didn't find her until Tuesday because Monday was a holiday."2 -
I walk outside a lot so I figure I'll get hit by a car.
Ironically, it'll probably happen in my apartment or office building's parking lots.0 -
I'm not going to.
My heart will go on forever. 
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I've thought about this a lot. I have a genetic disease that caused kidney failure by 19. I later learned, after 15 years of voice lessons, that it also causes hearing loss. I have a lot of different angles from which I could approach the dying question.
I choose:
-on safari
-surfing in the middle of the pacific ocean
-on stage at the end of an amazing performance--it was too much for my heart!
I don't want to die of the flu because someone didn't wash their hands. I don't want to die because I gave up on myself. Getting old isn't necessary. I've lived 20 years past my expiration date, and I've had an interesting life!
Now to see whose answer elicits the most laughter. MFP won't let me down!5 -
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I walk outside a lot so I figure I'll get hit by a car.
I was once in a car accident while on a business trip. A co-worker was driving a rental car and got sideways on a freeway.
My initial thought was: "Oh *kitten* !! I'm going to die in a Chevrolet."
Thankfully we all walked away unharmed.
If I'm going to be hit and killed by a car, I just hope it's something nice, like a Jaguar; yeah... a Jaguar would do.
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Die in my sleep , would be my wish.0
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I used to simply want to die well - in the service of my fellow man. I had always been drawn to high risk occupations - police & military and adopted the motto of my unit "So that other's may live". During this time I saw a lot of death - some aware some unaware of their situation. Between this and a few other instances in my life I learned the importance of living in the moment and never putting off what you can do today. Never leave kind words unsaid.
I hope to have as few regrets as possible before I die.
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I want to be one of those people who goes into a convenience store at night for something and is caught in a robbery, cut down in a hail of gun-fire as I leap in front of another unsuspecting customer, saving their live(s). News-story: Tonight we mourn the loss of a local woman as she gives her own life to save blah, blah, blah. Film at eleven 1
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I want to gorge on beans, then light a fart big enough to launch me into space so my corpse can sail across the Milky Way to one day be discovered by aliens and brought back to life on their planet.2
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Die in the midst of an adrenalin rush.
Be it a rollercoaster ride, bungee jumping, speeding on a motorcycle etc0 -
I would like to change my answer to "having my nuts bit off by a Laplander"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n08mNz9f0FQ 0
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