# Reasons not to kill yourself just yet **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468 "2013-08-17T01:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/21 "2013-08-17T14:56:19Z")
Buddha\_David; if everything’s pointless anyway, why _not_ stick around for the next fun bit? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/22 "2013-08-17T15:05:51Z")
And give my mother the perfect excuse for social martyrdom? Hell to the no! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/23 "2013-08-17T15:26:19Z")
tasty leftovers in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/24 "2013-08-17T17:32:13Z")
I have read we will all get cars that fly - soon! So, until they become commonplace - I ain’t goin’ nowhere! ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/25 "2013-08-17T17:45:26Z")
Haven’t finished Skyrim yet. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/26 "2013-08-17T17:46:41Z")
I still haven’t been to Italy. It’d be a shame to die with this much booze on hand. I don’t know how “Jitterbug Perfume” ends. YES I KNOW THE BOOK IS ALMOST AS OLD AS I AM, but I still haven’t read it all yet, so no spoilers please. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/27 "2013-08-17T18:57:09Z")
I am going to get divorced and meet the man of my dreams. The Walking Dead. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/28 "2013-08-17T19:14:01Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > There are too many bastards on this message board who don’t deserve the last word. :dubious::rolleyes: > [@MostlyClueless](#): > > There is someone out there who fucks me and calls me nice things. _ **+1!** _ > [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Inertia mainly. _ **+1** _ This, mainly. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/29 "2013-08-17T19:16:04Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > … > > What keeps you going? Very little at the moment. ☹ Damn, I need some more reasons. Well, there’s a craft fair coming up. I’m going back to work on Tuesday. I’m seeing a live radio show next month. My birthday’s early next month, for what it’s worth. My friend’s having a party next weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/30 "2013-08-17T19:31:50Z")
I have put too much work into these kids for them to be too young to remember me after I die. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/31 "2013-08-17T19:45:37Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > :dubious::rolleyes: Your smilies say dubious but your join date says June 1999 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/32 "2013-08-17T20:08:46Z")
It would upset my immediate family, and maybe scare whoever found my corpse. Oh, you wanted upbeat? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/33 "2013-08-17T20:35:29Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > What keeps you going? Life! It’s really quite something. And the Firebug. This business of being a daddy has its ups and downs, but it’s really the best ride ever. I’m a really lucky guy. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/34 "2013-08-17T20:47:25Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > Your smilies say dubious but your join date says June 1999 😃 :smack:😛 ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/35 "2013-08-17T21:00:16Z")
What keeps me going is to “take a day at a time”. It can help to just focus on the day at hand and it seems to make me feel calmer that way. There is no way for any of us to escape death, so we might as well just make the best of it while we are here. I’ve heard it can also help at the end of the day to write down five things that went well that day. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/36 "2013-08-17T21:10:45Z")
I wouldn’t want to break my mother’s heart! ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/37 "2013-08-17T22:43:11Z")
It would make my son cry. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/38 "2013-08-17T22:51:37Z")
It could still get worse than it is now. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/39 "2013-08-17T23:07:02Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Inertia mainly. That’s the spirit! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/40 "2013-08-17T23:19:52Z")
I want to see my nieces grow up. The Cubs haven’t won the World Series yet. That should keep me around for a good hundred years or so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468.md?page=3)