What is your death philosophy?

[Lobsang]

Mine is fairly simple. I'll be dead. So I won't be alive to experience it. One must be alive to function and be an observer of things. I believe life is mostly suffering and death is the end of suffering. I am evolutionarily incapable of contemplating the idea of "what does being dead feel like". One who is dead cannot feel. One who is alive cannot contemplate the concept of a temporary existence. That doesn't mean to say that one who is alive is not subject to a temporary existence.

[Kozmik]

Same as my life philosophy.

[Terrifel]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

One who is alive cannot contemplate the concept of a temporary existence.

Wouldn't that make it impossible to contemplate the question "what is your death philosophy?"

[blondebear]

I've gotten my money's worth out of life. I'd love to stick around as long as I'm healthy and able to take care of myself, but I'm pretty much good to go. My only fear is a long lingering death. If I'm diagnosed with Alzheimer's or if one of those pesky melanoma cells makes it past my epidermis, I have contingency plans.

[Debon Err]

Originally Posted by Terrifel

Wouldn't that make it impossible to contemplate the question "what is your death philosophy?"

Not to an immortal.

[Gorgonzola]

I believe in the Epicurean notion that death = absence of sensation and hence not something to dread in itself. Certainly an untimely death can inconvenience one's survivors to varying degrees and should be avoided wherever possible. Life and its sensations can be quite pleasant, but when that goes awry, well, there's the dreadful.

[Captain_C]

When I am dead I won't have to worry about how stupid an idea this is (referring to whatever situation it is that kills me).

[beowulff]

What did Woody Allen say? "I'm not afraid of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens"
Pretty much sums it up for me.

[Annie]

You're going to be dead most of you life, have some fun before you go.

[The Shroud]

I'm with the "when you're dead, you're dead" crowd, but I do fear dying without having accomplished something that will leave a little bit of me behind when I'm gone.

I mean, besides the bloody streak behind the bus that's going to hit me.

[Blalron]

I share the philosophy of the 19th century German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, as he expressed in his essay "On The Sufferings of the World"

Originally Posted by Arthur Schopenhauer

If you try to imagine, as nearly as you can, what an amount of misery,
pain and suffering of every kind the sun shines upon in its course,
you will admit that it would be much better if, on the earth as little
as on the moon, the sun were able to call forth the phenomena of life;
and if, here as there, the surface were still in a crystalline state.

Again, you may look upon life as an unprofitable episode, disturbing
the blessed calm of non-existence.

[KRC]

I will never die. I cannot die. I've been around forever and I'm probably one of those unkillable immortals. I plan to be reincarnated as a sea otter, or maybe a large cockroach.

[Dunderman]

Originally Posted by Lobsang

I'll be dead. So I won't be alive to experience it. One must be alive to function and be an observer of things.

Yep, this is me.

I believe life is mostly suffering and death is the end of suffering.

This is not. Life is pretty great, all things considered.

[Olentzero]

It's over. I'll be dead. Hopefully I'll have done everything that I want; it would be OK to be still alive and have nothing I want to do.

[Justin Credible]

I believe that this life is only temporary, and that after I leave it, I'll ascend to a higher plane of existence.

[LouisB]

Fuck death.

[Malacandra]

Originally Posted by LouisB

Fuck death.

Amusing juxtaposition between your fuck-it attitude and your sig, dude.

I'm with Wolverine on this: it'll happen to me one day whether I want it to or not.

[Purgatory Creek]

I like general anesthesia because I absolutely cease to exist while I'm under. I figure that's what death is like. I'm cool with it. There are a hell of a lot of worse things than not existing, and I've experienced enough of them that death will not be unwelcome. In the meantime, I'm glad to have Earth to live on.

[Bobotheoptimist]

Originally Posted by KRC

I will never die. I cannot die. I've been around forever and I'm probably one of those unkillable immortals.

So I'm not the only one...

Do we have to try to decapitate each other now?

[Beware of Doug]

I want to come back as a kitty cat.

[pbbth]

I want to be reincarnated, possibly as a bonobo monkey or some other mostly peaceful creature.

[Revenant Threshold]

I'm pretty unbothered about death but pretty bothered about the time leading up to it.

[Sunspace]

My philosophy with respect to death: "In brief, avoid."

[Trepa Mayfield]

Two words:

"Ehh, whatever"

[JThunder]

When I die, I'm taking you all with me.

[Kyla]

I don't believe in any kind of life after death and mostly I am okay with this, but I am somewhat sad that there are so many cool things I'll miss. I know it's no different than all of the cool things I missed before I was born, but I can read history books and find out about them. I'm just bummed that I'll never get to know what happens at the end, I guess.

[Gatopescado]

I only hope I shit-can my porno stash before I go. But you always think you might need it another couple days..........

[LouisB]

Originally Posted by Malacandra

Amusing juxtaposition between your fuck-it attitude and your sig, dude. <snip>

Actually, my attitude today is much different than it was when I chose my signature; I'm older now and just don't care very much about much of anything. Eight years of GWB have all but killed me anyway.

[Olentzero]

Originally Posted by Kyla

I don't believe in any kind of life after death and mostly I am okay with this, but I am somewhat sad that there are so many cool things I'll miss. I know it's no different than all of the cool things I missed before I was born, but I can read history books and find out about them. I'm just bummed that I'll never get to know what happens at the end, I guess.

Oooh yeah, I'm on that wagon too. I wouldn't want to live forever, but a lifespan of +/- 500 years would do wonders to sate my curiosity.

[Frustrated Wonderer]

When I die, you all "die" to me so, in a way, It´s not too bad.

[Chimera]

Everything dies. Every. Thing. Dies. And there's not a damned thing any of us can do about it. So there's no point whining, crying or worrying about it.

No one can prove anything beyond Death, so there's no point in getting worked up over what anyone else believes about it. We'll all get there on our own. Likewise there's no point in fucking up what little time we have on this Earth by worrying about how it will affect some theoretical after-life.

[garygnu]

No afterlife, but the people I leave behind better have a big damn party for me. No crying.

[Yarster]

My philosophy in life has been...love someone...have sex with someone...do something that you will be remembered for even when you're gone...visit the one place in the world you've always wanted to go...and help someone else achieve one of those things. I think I've done all those things, so I'm good to go whenever it happens

My philosophy on death is: try not to be a burden to others when you die. So, my savings will cover my debts. I have a will that clearly says how I want my crap divided up. And anything else can be sold off and split in accordance with the breakdown in the will. I've already told my wife if something happens to me, she should absolutely date and get re-married if she feels it is someone else she can happy with for the rest of her life (and not a desperate rebound).

As an added bonus, one random Hannukah, my parents told my sister and I that they bought us grave sites for both ourselves and our spouses. One day when I happened to have to go to a funeral at that same cemetary, I asked to see the site...I don't recommend doing that as it's quite depressing. After all, you'll spend plenty of time there after you die, so why see it while you're alive?

[Chimera]

Originally Posted by Yarster

As an added bonus, one random Hannukah, my parents told my sister and I that they bought us grave sites for both ourselves and our spouses. One day when I happened to have to go to a funeral at that same cemetary, I asked to see the site...I don't recommend doing that as it's quite depressing. After all, you'll spend plenty of time there after you die, so why see it while you're alive?

Last night I was reading Reaper Man, the Discworld novel. I'm not going to bother to search for the passage, but there was a bit about how, contrary to popular belief, Death was not very familiar with funerial customs, because he very seldom performed his work at a funeral. His work was done before that.

Maybe you plan on being different, but if "I" still exist after death, I don't plan to spend that time hanging around the cemetery.