Serious thread: What do you think you\'ll die from?

Originally posted by ##RaCeR##
Samwise, why would you hope to die of suicide? I have had a few members in my family kill themselves and it is hell on the people that are left behind. So many unanswered questions, guilt, and sadness. I would never wish it upon anyway.

I\'m not \'hoping\' to die, neither from suicide or anyhting else. But at least with suicide you can control how/when\'s it\'s going to happen. Say you\'ve got some horrible disease that\'s gonna be very very painful. I\'d rather end my life in an instant than waiting to die a slow, painful death.

[Living-In-Clip]

I don\'t know if that is true, Sammy. My great uncle who just passed away had planned to overdose on insulin - but he never did. I think, once you get so sick, you may want to hold on for whatever you can. Or maybe you don\'t. It probably depends on the person.

*shrugs*

[GmanJoe]

If I die, I hope I die painlessly.

So far, I have no grief with anyone significant in my life. All of them are happy with me and I\'m happy with them. My only regret is the pain of mourning they\'ll have to go through after I die. I want a closed casket so they only remember me when I was alive and not in a box.

I don\'t want to think about how I\'ll die. Sorry.

Ok, another question - casket or cremation? I wanna get cremated I think (is that even spelled right?).

[GmanJoe]

Cremation. But I want my dust in a large hour glass so I can be used in games and stuff. Seriously.

First of all, I won\'t die.  Second of all, If there was something that suspended my life for a few years, then why not Cryogenics.  This way if I must die eventually I can hopefully one day just see what the future would be like.  I am all about the future and seeing where we will be going before I ever go for good.

Maybe it\'s better for each of us to define for ourself what
"DYING" means to us. Which of these ? ;

1. - ripped away from your happy joy joy human existance
2. - transcending into an \'unknown-afterlife\' or \'phase 2\'
3. - being freed from a learning proces called \'human life\'

No. 1 pretty much sums up the way alot of ppl see it. The
way society sees it. No. 2 is more in line with ppl who have
so called \'alternative\' opinions on the subject. No. 3 is a mix
of ppl in No. 2 and ppl who\'ve (in their opinion) led a miserable
life.
For me it would be 2 or 3. Ever watched the anime Akira ?
Director Otomo\'s message is that all living creatures are
materialised forms of energy/spirits. Imo, we will, like the boy
Tetsuo, \'transcend\' / \'cosmic rebirth\' into the \'cosmos\' as
"Free Energy beings" to which no human word applies nor
description is possible. This is something mankind can not
understand or explain. But that is not a big deal imo. If I look at my life, my own body as well ( the "happy with your own body" thread is related 2 this also ) I see both possibilities and restrictions/ limitations. It is never a status quo. Life has proven
to me it\'s a learning proces, a purpose. I am glad as I am typing this being alive ( how could I else  ), but I think once I pass
that point which humans call "death" I think I will be glad too. Just as Tetsuo (with the \'help\' of Akira ) did his cosmic rebirth.
Btw, the scene where Kandeda \'says goodbye\' to his buddy Tetsuo when he is a small energy ball is beautiful, still a tearjerker. All this story is of course rooted in Japanese mytholgy and Buddhism ; which is no religion in the way of having a \'God\'.

:eek:  oh yeah.... the cause by which i think i will \'transcend\' ;
as life is an evolving learning proces i can\'t pinpoint predict but age is probably gonna be it.

[Titan]

I\'m probably gonna get killed in a war. I\'ll be flying a mission and I\'ll a) get shot down and die in a fire ball or b) eject, land and get shot or die trying to fight my way out.

LIC, I just wanted to say, your opinions on religion are pretty much what I believe. Very well said IMO.

What if we humans make up one gigantic brain?  We six billion are the receptors in the brain, which is constantly growing and maturing.  The communications we share with each other are the neurons traveling between receptors.  God is the being who\'s brain we are.  He doesn\'t know what we\'re going to do or think any more than he knows what he himself is going to do or think.  He probably doesn\'t know we exist.  God is a baby, and for him to become an adult, we have to advance to a higher state ourselves.

Well, it\'s one theory, anyway.  

No clue.

Really, the only way one can tell is if.. like LiC and others.. certain medical problems run in your family.. such as cancer. Or, if you have a high-risk job.. or take drugs.. or smoke. That\'s really the only way you can predict how you\'ll die. Me, I don\'t know of any inheritant diseases or medical issues that run in my family.

My grandparents and great grandparents died at all different ages (44, 64, 95, 98, 83, 86 from what I can recall) so that doesn\'t help me calculate anything..

All of you will live through the remainder of the day.  Someone, quick, prove me wrong!

[Titan]

*loads clip into pistol. cocks the gun. puts gun to head, pulls trigger*

I just remembered too that I have a chance on getting colon cancer. One of my grandfathers had it and I have a 50% chance too of getting it. But its the kind thats easily treatable but I don\'t want a camera shoved up my ass

I think I\'m going to die from either:
-a heart attack (due to my rising stress levels)
-in my sleep (since I do that so much anyways)
-a broken heart (if Ryu dies before me)

I smoke alot so I\'m sure that\'ll do it.


Mybe I\'ll decide to quit before then though.



In that case I will die LIKE A WARRIOR!!!!!!!

it\'s something i never really wanted to think about, been usually positive..

evolution of the world as a whole make me belive cancer cure will be discover soon, probably in 20-30 years.. as medicinal grow better and better, virus become more powerfull on their side aswell (look at the SARS!)

IMO, when humans can overcome cancer and AIDS, there will be new virus that will raise/born or whatever and will kill people by millions..

that\'s from what i\'ll prolly die.

or

from a nuclear or biological war.