Okay, here you are walking alone down the street and God suddenly pops out of nowhere and says briefly “Your time has come. Choose your fate”
At this point you’re practically dead, but how would you want to go out?
And sorry if this offends anyone but I couldn’t think of a better scenario on which to ask the question.
I understand this is not the easiest question to answer, so I will give my reasoning for asking, as well as my option.
Whenever I’m watching a movie with someone, or watching/reading the news, and someone happens to die, I sometimes hear “Wow, I’d hate to go out like that”. There is usually never any explanation behind it. So I always wondered if people would rather be given a choice on how they go out. Of course some people will say they just want to go out naturally and unknowingly, but some people would rather take the bullet, than be burned alive, should that be the case.
For myself, since I’ve never been to space or in a spacecraft, I think it would be interesting to be hop into a spacecraft and be shot into space. Then once I had taken it all in I could push the “little red button” and be blown to smithereens. That’s what I’d call going out with a bang.
I’d be pissed, and I’d say “Hey dickhead, if you’re so all powerful, you should already know this, so you just go ahead and make it happen your own damn self; don’t ask me for $hit”.
I’m going to assume that my scenario would ensure that no bystandes are going to be injured by my demise. Having said that…
I’d like to drive a fast car - Ferarri or Lambourghini or somesuch - at a high rate of speed, on the Autobahn or similar twisty road, and then run right off the edge of a cliff high enough that I wouldn’t stand any chance at all of living through the impact. Perhaps I’ll fill the passenger compartment with gas cans to give any witnesses the standard fireball explosion that comes with movie crashes.
Great question, Epic! And I agree with ivan; your username is a fitting one.