# How are you going to die? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752 "2004-12-14T07:02:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/21 "2004-12-14T16:41:12Z")
Peacefully in my sleep, smothered by a huge marshmallow. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/22 "2004-12-14T16:42:11Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > It is in Oregon. All the more reason to look into moving here, eh? Honestly didnā€™t know that. Well, I will certainly keep it in mind. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/23 "2004-12-14T17:32:33Z")
Probably some kind of organ failure, like if I was standing next to it when one of the legs broke. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/24 "2004-12-14T17:40:23Z")
According to that age of death calculator, Iā€™m going to live to 90.4, or 88.4 if I start smoking again. Right now Iā€™m thinking Iā€™d trade the two years. But whenever, and however, I do know for a fact, that no matter what part of me has stopped working I will die with a full head of hair. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/25 "2004-12-14T17:59:26Z")
I canā€™t believe no one has put this one in yet: Iā€™ll be shot, at the age of 95, by a jealous husband. And Iā€™ll be GUILTY! (one of my dadā€™s favorite jokes, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/26 "2004-12-14T20:36:38Z")
Hopefully my death will mean something. But why worry about death too much? Last time I checked, the world death rate was holding steady at about 100%. Happens to us all. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/27 "2004-12-14T20:48:54Z")
Itā€™s not that Iā€™m worried about death. I think I have one of the healthies attitudes about death amongst my circle of friends. But it is an interesting topic. Anyway, I went to that website and it put my life span at 100 years. :eek: So we shall see. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/28 "2004-12-14T21:45:17Z")
Heart will stop beating. No more brain function. Maybe one last twitch. Sheet pulled over my face. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/29 "2004-12-14T22:21:43Z")
Hypoxia. Which according to the book 12201 Fascinating Facts, has been responsible for 100% of all deaths. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/30 "2004-12-14T22:21:51Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > But whenever, and however, I do know for a fact, that no matter what part of me has stopped working I will die with a full head of hair. Amen, brother. No man on either side of my family has ever been bald. My great-great grandfather died at age 104 with a full head of hair and all his original teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/31 "2004-12-14T22:26:51Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > Hypoxia. Which according to the book 12201 Fascinating Facts, has been responsible for 100% of all deaths. Maybe statistically 100%, but not literally every death in human history. I would guess that if you were at ground zero in 1945, there wouldā€™ve been no tissue for oxygen to reach. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/32 "2004-12-14T22:34:02Z")
Ladies and gentlement, my sig: ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/33 "2004-12-14T22:36:57Z")
shit, it was there on preview! Ahh I get it, when you preview it unchecks the show sig box. :smack: Letā€™s try this again my sig: verfies that box is checked, and clicks submit ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/34 "2004-12-14T22:38:43Z")
Most likely? Leaving a lot of innocent bystanders, and through no fault of my own. ---
**Author:** ![Terrificus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@Terrificus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrificus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/35 "2004-12-14T23:03:14Z")
Have to go with the way I came in to this god-forsaken world: Naked, bloody, and screaming. And donā€™t forget what George Carlin said: ā€œIf you read your history you know that God is one of the leading causes of death and has been for thousands of years!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/36 "2004-12-14T23:10:50Z")
Hopefully in a self-inflicted hunting ā€œaccident.ā€ Go off into the woods one nice fall day, ā€œaccidentallyā€ fall down, discharging my weapon and dying quickly and painlessly. All material belonging & life insurance to go to my girls. Damn, this is a disturbing thread. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/37 "2004-12-15T01:18:15Z")
Iā€™m a project manager. Iā€™ll die extremely old (way behind schedule) and my funeral will be attended by the guy with the shovel (too few resources). Seriously, though, Iā€™m highly likely to shove off by tripping over a box that someone has surreptitiously placed in my path. This happened to me again just the other day - I turned away from the counter to dump something in the garbage, and when I went to walk back to the counter, it turned out someone had stuck a cooler in my path. I did that lovely little shuffle-half-step-jump-flail that basically ended up being one very, very long step. I managed not to fall, much to the relief of the butcherā€™s knife that I would have fallen on, Iā€™m sure. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/38 "2004-12-15T01:19:18Z")
Okay, how many pounds is a ā€œstone?ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/39 "2004-12-15T01:39:48Z")
Of a sudden, massive stroke while up to my nuts in some chickā€™s guts. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752/40 "2004-12-15T01:55:44Z")
If you must know, I will die in a tragic accident in the southern sun. I canā€™t tell you how I know. As for southern sun, I take it as winter, but some have taken it as a trip to the south. Either way at night and on overcast days, and at night in the summer I feal very safe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-going-to-die/279752.md?page=3)