A thread about Death

[Lexicon]

Yeah, I learned long ago (the hard way) that the "48-hour" rule doesn't apply to all situations. Of course, jokes regarding someone's spouse/partner directly after a breakup is safe within 5-10 minutes. However, that won't get a laugh either. More of an appreciative grin.

I dunno. I've managed some genuine cackles making jokes to someone fresh from a breakup about their ex in less time.
Granted, I was the ex.


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To put this back on the topic of death.. I either don't want anyone to remember me at all, or I just want people to laugh. Frankly, I'd prefer the former.
I think I'd be comfortable with dying alone. I don't want people in my personal life to take care of me as I deteriorate. I don't want a grave/grave marker. I don't feel like I need to be remembered. This isn't a lack of self value or poor self esteem issue at all, to be clear. I'm just pretty at peace with coming and going and ...that's it. The timing is an issue, but hey. When isn't it.

I've seen a lot of death- mainly of those in my personal life across many age brackets - and I have no issue being there for others through it, whatever it nature. I'm loathe to put anyone else through that. And... I think I'd want space to have my own feelings about the process? I'd probably just be focusing on making everyone else around me feel better if they're with me.

I don't think there's anything after this. That's fine. It's a pretty thought, an afterlife, but it just doesn't make sense to me.

If I could just walk off into the wilderness when I'm old/otherwise nearing some kind of irretrievable decrepitude - as some elderly once did in Native American tribes - and die alone like that, I would. Unfortunately, we've populated this planet so much that there's too much of a chance my corpse would traumatize some poor unsuspecting hiker who just wanted some hashtag-nature selfies for their Instagram.



I've signed up w/the Anatomical Gift Program at Harvard. They can use me for education, cremate me for free, and I really don't care what becomes of my cremains. They're just charred cells.

If anyone is around to remember me, someone had better muster up at least one cheesy joke about Lex getting into Harvard.

 

[PineappleDuckCurry]

My grandmother had a heart attack when I was visiting her. I tried initiating CPR, but she seemed to resist me like she just knew it was her time. By the time the paramedics came it was too late to do anything. I still carry some guilt over it wondering if there was more I could have done.

 

[Maou]

I finally cracked the code on what God is, and as a result I am no longer scared of death. I just hope I can reach a point in my life, before my time has come. I have wasted a lot of time. Living is what you should be focused on, and aim high and aim to be good. Do so, and you shall be rewarded.

 

[The Cat]

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I want an excuse to shout Expecto Patronum at random.

Anyway, my Patronus is a nudibranch. (I'll bet you were expecting a bird.)

Avada Kedavara could clog up the valves of the heart. The silent custodian thing is cheating.

 

[LightSun]

“What is death?”

“We each have one chance in life to do the best we can. Once we invariably die, we will not survive in a heaven that lasts trillions of years. We are supposed to work together and make this a better world.

That’s how it’s designed, we live, and try making this a better world than the one we ourselves grew up in.

Then it’s the next generations turn to build upon what we in this generation accomplished. I’m not being facetious by intent. If people believe in God I’ll be respectful with them.

It’s just I know that the red dwarf stars exist for trillions of year. There is a big gap in logic, and believably to think we’ll exist for trillions of years for the rest of time.

It doesn’t compute and I am incredulous. I’m smart enough and well mannered enough to never get in a useless and subjective battle of words over the concept of God.

If a person believes, fine they have the right to believe and it’s none of my business how other people lead their lives.” LightSun

 

[The Cat]

I want an excuse to shout Expecto Patronum at random.

Anyway, my Patronus is a nudibranch. (I'll bet you were expecting a bird.)

Avada Kedavara could clog up the valves of the heart. The silent custodian thing is cheating.

You're a huge nerd.

I don't drink Patronus.

What do you want me to tell your family?

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

You're a huge nerd.

I don't drink Patronus.

What do you want me to tell your family?

Not even the gold Patronus?

Chimeron

This makes being a Hufflepuff sound so much cooler!