We all die.

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dr3upmushroom said:
There really is no such thing as death because the stuff you are made out of still exist... It just quits being a being animated... But sooner or later that same stuff that you were made out of us is going to be used for something else.
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I don't care what happens to my body. It's my mind that I want to survive. You can re-use the parts of an HDD as much as you want, but once it's dead the data is gone.
 
Why spend you time thinking about death?

Death isn't worth thinking about. You ceased to exist for millions of years before you were born, and you'll cease to exist for millions of years after death. You're not important on any grand scale.

You could die today or tomorrow and never see it coming. It's best just to live your life the way you see fit and make the best with what you've got.

Deal with death when it happens.
 
Blair said:
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:lol Depressing thread, but Harrison's little sad face cracked me up.
 
Wickerbasket said:
Why spend you time thinking about death?

Death isn't worth thinking about. You ceased to exist for millions of years before you were born, and you'll cease to exist for millions of years later. You're not important on any grand scale.

You could die today or tomorrow and never see it coming. It's best just to live your life the way you see fit and make the best with what you've got.

Deal with death when it happens.
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You know, what you said makes me feel better, because on the grand scale of things people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs are just blips in the universe too.
 
I used to think about death a bit but then when I was reading some stuff about Darwin during his 200 year anniversary I saw a quote which he explained life after death is exactly like it was before you were born.

When I thought about it I realised that there is nothing I can do stop dieing eventually and when I am dead, there is nothing afterwards. So I figure that I may as well just enjoy life and try to live with no regrets. Since then I havent really thought about death.
 
chicko1983 said:
I used to think about death a bit but then when I was reading some stuff about Darwin during his 200 year anniversary I saw a quote which he explained life after death is exactly like it was before you were born.

When I thought about it I realised that there is nothing I can do stop dieing eventually and when I am dead, there is nothing afterwards. So I figure that I may as well just enjoy life and try to live with no regrets. Since then I havent really thought about death.
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I have trouble believing when people say they have no regrets. I think they want to believe they have no regrets. But come on..Who doesn't have regrets? I think its complete bullshit when someone says the don't have any. No regrets? Oh really?
 
InaudibleWhispa said:
I don't care what happens to my body. It's my mind that I want to survive. You can re-use the parts of an HDD as much as you want, but once it's dead the data is gone.
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Yeah, if I was a rich, intelligent robot or a Motoko Kusanagi I wouldn't cry if my body got damaged. I could simply be uploaded into a fresh new body.
It's merely a shell for the mind
 
You're going to regret dying, but once you die, there will be no regrets.

As long as it's not painful and/or too early, I'm fine with the idea.
 
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die. But what if we just stagnated the population, no new births and everyone lives forever? Sounds great, you might even enjoy the first couple hundred years. But a thousand years? Then the next thousand? What about after a million years and your perception of time becomes skewed where decades pass as seconds. Then live a few billion years and watch the sun burn out and our galaxy collide and be swallowed by blackness. Spend the remainder of the universe's (possibly infinite) time cold and frightened and struggling to remember a semblance of self or even a language you once spoke.

That, my friend, is the definition of Hell.
 
So, non nerdy answer.

I'm an existentialist which means I spend way too much time thinking about the eventuality of my ceasing to exist. As nice as thoughts of an afterlife, or at least my consciousness living on are, I really believe this is pretty much it and when I kick the bucket I will just cease to be in any form. No thoughts, no nothing.

It is slightly depressing, but in a way I find it liberating.

If I lived forever, or if there were an afterlife it would mean that what I experience in this life is less meaningful. The finite nature of gives it it's meaning. Savor every moment, every experience as special. Hanging out with friends, watching a good movie, going on a great vacation is what life is about. There isn't any real inherent "meaning" to life. The day to day minutia. The bullshit, all of it is what makes life great.

My religious friends always tell me that there has to be more to life than this, some greater meaning. Something that makes it all for a purpose. I say bullshit. This life is FANTASTIC. I want it to last as long as possible.. but if I died of a heart attack 10 minutes from now I wouldn't regret anything. I've had an absolute blast in my 27 years on this planet. I want more. There is a lot of things I want to do.. but life is fucking awesome. The fact that we are going to die isn't something that should depress anyone. It is what makes all of what we do have that much sweeter.
 
Holepunch said:
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die. But what if we just stagnated the population, no new births and everyone lives forever? Sounds great, you might even enjoy the first couple hundred years. But a thousand years? Then the next thousand? What about after a million years and your perception of time becomes skewed where decades pass as seconds. Then live a few billion years and watch the sun burn out and our galaxy collide and be swallowed by blackness. Spend the remainder of the universe's (possibly infinite) time cold and frightened and struggling to remember a semblance of self or even a language you once spoke.

That, my friend, is the definition of Hell.
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I'd be happy with living forever if I could at any moment end it on my own terms. Also I don't think we'd still be stuck on Earth in millions of years.
 
Jea Song said:
I have trouble believing when people say they have no regrets. I think they want to believe they have no regrets. But come on..Who doesn't have regrets? I think its complete bullshit when someone says the don't have any. No regrets? Oh really?
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Here is the thing. Life is everything. The good decisions, the bad ones. The stuff in between. I mean, do I wish I fucked that girl at the bar last week? A little. Do I wish I were a millionaire and traveling the world? Sure.

But just because I don't have those things doesn't mean that I am upset about what I do have. I'm pretty happy fucking chilling... because the alternative would be to have not existed. To not have had the opportunity to make mistakes.

Sheer existence is such a fucking awesome thing that I'm happy with whatever happens as a result of it.
 
Holepunch said:
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die. But what if we just stagnated the population, no new births and everyone lives forever? Sounds great, you might even enjoy the first couple hundred years. But a thousand years? Then the next thousand? What about after a million years and your perception of time becomes skewed where decades pass as seconds. Then live a few billion years and watch the sun burn out and our galaxy collide and be swallowed by blackness. Spend the remainder of the universe's (possibly infinite) time cold and frightened and struggling to remember a semblance of self or even a language you once spoke.

That, my friend, is the definition of Hell.
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This here is perfect.

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I think it will be rather a lot like that bit before we were born actually.

Remember that? Crazy times.
 
Holepunch said:
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die. But what if we just stagnated the population, no new births and everyone lives forever? Sounds great, you might even enjoy the first couple hundred years. But a thousand years? Then the next thousand? What about after a million years and your perception of time becomes skewed where decades pass as seconds. Then live a few billion years and watch the sun burn out and our galaxy collide and be swallowed by blackness. Spend the remainder of the universe's (possibly infinite) time cold and frightened and struggling to remember a semblance of self or even a language you once spoke.

That, my friend, is the definition of Hell.
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This is what I was getting at. Living forever would just suck.

Even if EVERYONE lived forever.

There was actually a Star Trek episode that I thought was rather poignant. One of the Q wanted to kill herself. Q live forever and the Q froze her in ice to prevent her suicide. Her explanation for wanting to die is that infinity is fucking boring. Everyone has had every possible conversation, every possible relationship, every possible emotion.

To me, the very idea of heaven is bad. I mean, you live forever.. that is probably great for thousands of years.. then what? You just keep on existing after you've done everything you want to do and literally anything you do is boring.

Whats the fucking point?
 
If I can't haunt people in the afterlife then I'm going to be really pissed off.

As for death, I don't think about it. When I was younger I tried to imagine what things would be like if there was nothing. No life. No planets. Nothing. Won't make that mistake again. :lol

Just live life and enjoy yourself as best as you can. When the day comes for your vengeful wife to smother you with a pillow just let it happen and big thankful for all the good times you had before you met her.

Holepunch said:
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die.
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I'd be ok with it. I get older and girls stay the same age. All right!

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Holepunch said:
If you think death is so bad, try existing forever.

Sure, sounds good on paper. Exist forever. Why not? Of course it would suck if only you existed forever, and you had to watch all your friends and family and virtually everyone in your generation wither and die. But what if we just stagnated the population, no new births and everyone lives forever? Sounds great, you might even enjoy the first couple hundred years. But a thousand years? Then the next thousand? What about after a million years and your perception of time becomes skewed where decades pass as seconds. Then live a few billion years and watch the sun burn out and our galaxy collide and be swallowed by blackness. Spend the remainder of the universe's (possibly infinite) time cold and frightened and struggling to remember a semblance of self or even a language you once spoke.

That, my friend, is the definition of Hell.
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Maybe the definition of your Hell. I find the idea exhilarating. It'd be the ultimate in exploration. You could spend an eternity learning. The universe may come to an end but then why can't it also have another beginning? You'd get to experience something no other person has or ever will.

As for people dying, that's just part of life. People you care about will die; it's sad, but you move on.
 
If I lived forever I'd want to change and evolve with the remaining humans. Otherwise a bjillion years from now humans would have changed so much you'd be like that lone wolverine in California. Lots of shit to do but no one to fuck.
 
I think about this every once in a while and get depressed as all fuck. No more movies, no more games, no more sports, no more family friends, lived ones, forever. It's so hard to realize it, the forever part, even now typing this my mind is being blown, by the simple fact of forever.
 
Do You Realize?? said:
Do you realize
That you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize
We're floating in space?
Do you realize
That happiness makes you cry?
Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do you realize?
(Oh, oh, oh)
Do you realize
That everyone you know someday will die?

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes
Let them know you realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn't go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do you realize
That you have the most beautiful face?
Do you realize?
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StoOgE said:
To me, the very idea of heaven is bad. I mean, you live forever.. that is probably great for thousands of years.. then what? You just keep on existing after you've done everything you want to do and literally anything you do is boring.

Whats the fucking point?
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Won't be so bad if God has an N64 and Goldeneye.
 
Yeah I think about it, there was a period about a year ago where I was obsessing about the thought of it. I'm not religious, don't believe in the afterlife. I like the idea of reincarnation, but it's ridiculous so I don't believe in it.

Basically I try to think of nothingness, complete nothingness - which is what freaks me out. Then I realised it'll just be like being asleep forever, not too bad.
 
when i was around 16 i thought about it a lot. i never believed in a live after death or
reincarnation and it realy upset me that i would just disappear once i died. with all my
memories, what i was, what i am. it would keep me up whole nights.

but eventually i stoped worrying about it. i found a purpose. while i die my son is going to
keep living. he's going to carry my blood and i'll teach him my ideals, my way of living and
my kung fu so that he can revenge my death and kill my evil twin brother.

too bad i don't have an evil twin brother. my brother is a realy cool and straight guy

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Lucc said:
when i was around 16 i thought about it a lot. i never believed in a live after death or
reincarnation and it realy upset me that i would just disappear once i died. with all my
memories, what i was, what i am. it would keep me up whole nights.

but eventually i stoped worrying about it. i found a purpose. while i die my son is going to
keep living. he's going to carry my blood and i'll teach him my ideals, my way of living and
my kung fu so that he can revenge my death and kill my evil twin brother.

too bad i don't have an evil twin brother. my brother is a realy cool and straight guy

wait a sec.. oh shit
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so basically need to form babby before dying to leave a reminder of your existence.
 
Reading about Cancer all day just makes me realize it doesn't matter.

Hey guys, you're all gonna have a prostate tumor by the time you're old.
 
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