# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/41 "2013-08-17T23:38:08Z")
1. NFL season starting up again 2. I just rummaged through an old shoebox and discovered Mix CDs I made ten years ago and hadn’t played them in a while. It had Anything Box, Electronic, Kylie Minogue on them. Nostalgia sets in. 3. Want to see if Marvel gets its head right and reunites my fave couple. Hint: One is from Louisiana with a Cajun accent, the other is from Mississippi with down home country southern accent 4. Been wanting to complete my anthology series. Have the set up and characters in my head, just need to write them out. 5. Seeing if I can get Adam Scott to marry me. Haha, not that Adam Scott but the one who plays for the PGA Tour! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/42 "2013-08-18T00:03:09Z")
_The undiscovered country From who’s born, no traveller returns Puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others we know not of Thus, conscience doth make cowards of us all_ or, fear and laziness ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/43 "2013-08-18T01:05:55Z")
I’d like to see humans walk on the moon, again. It looks like it’ll be China or a dotcom billionaire’s company behind it, which I’ll take. I got to see Osama die, which was immensely satisfying, so _that’s_ off the list. 'A few other people I’d like to violently outlive, though. ---
**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 18, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/44 "2013-08-18T02:08:02Z")
The only reasons for me right now are that it’d upset my family/friends, and suicide’s not guaranteed to work. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/45 "2013-08-18T02:14:27Z")
this gets slotted in as LILO and there are just too many things to put off until then, with new stuff jumping ahead in the queue. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/46 "2013-08-18T02:19:39Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I’d like to see humans walk on the moon, again. It looks like it’ll be China or a dotcom billionaire’s company behind it, which I’ll take. > > I got to see Osama die, which was immensely satisfying, so _that’s_ off the list. 'A few other people I’d like to violently outlive, though. I saw Thatcher die but the joy was short lived. ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/47 "2013-08-18T02:32:09Z")
I screwed up last time plus it was horribly upsetting to my family and close friends. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/48 "2013-08-18T02:39:13Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > The [2017 Total Solar Eclipse](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017). This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse visible **from the contiguous United States since** **1979**. [hijack]OMG, I looked at that link and my location is right in the band of totality! Thank you for posting this![/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/49 "2013-08-18T03:18:56Z")
Because this one short life is my one chance at sentient existence and it’s ridiculously short enough as it is. I don’t want to squander that any more than necessary. ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/50 "2013-08-18T03:39:47Z")
Powerball keeps me alive. My jackpot is always just a few days away. It has been so for years now. Why would I die when I am just about to win the jackpot, and girls are going to beat a path to my door, a few days from now? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/51 "2013-08-18T03:58:16Z")
I know everyone wants Big Reasons, and I could probably list a few. But let’s face it, as long as there’s chocolate in the world, there’s a reason to live. ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/52 "2013-08-18T04:14:15Z")
I keep hoping that I’ll devolve into ‘dumb and happy’ so I _ **won’t** _ have to kill myself! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/53 "2013-08-18T04:36:05Z")
You know that big thread I started about plastic banknotes? At times anticipating things like the release of new banknotes was the only thing that kept me going. Yes, I know. But sometimes all we can do to keep going is focus on something tiny and mundane. Things are somewhat better these days, though I haven’t solved the big problems of my life: finding stable employment, finding a girlfriend, finding a place for myself in the world… ---
**Author:** ![Zago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecccb3/32.png) [@Zago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zago)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/54 "2013-08-18T05:10:22Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I know everyone wants Big Reasons, and I could probably list a few. But let’s face it, as long as there’s chocolate in the world, there’s a reason to live. I wish I could think like this. I was just listening to Kurt Colbain today…appropriate for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/55 "2013-08-18T08:26:12Z")
Because I have just finished 20 years with the man I love, and I want another 20 year. Because I’ve been saving for retirement, and damn it, I mean to retire and spend it all! ---
**Author:** ![Domesticated\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Domesticated\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domesticated_Primate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/56 "2013-08-18T09:28:10Z")
i want to see what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/57 "2013-08-18T11:48:53Z")
I’m reminded of the story about the man who was convinced he was the last person alive on Earth, couldn’t take it, and so decided to end it all. Jumping off a tall building, halfway down he heard a phone ringing inside the building. I guess the moral of the story is not to do something irreversible when your reasons for doing it may not be the least bit valid after all. Plus there’s chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/58 "2013-08-18T11:58:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’m reminded of the story about the man who was convinced he was the last person alive on Earth, couldn’t take it, and so decided to end it all. Jumping off a tall building, halfway down he _ **heard a phone ringing inside the building.** _ I guess the moral of the story is not to do something irreversible when your reasons for doing it may not be the least bit valid after all. > > Plus there’s chocolate. (bolding mine) It was probably a computer generated ‘sales’ call. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Doggo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Doggo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doggo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/59 "2013-08-18T12:10:36Z")
Because I still have money and there are things I’ve been wanting to do for years. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468/60 "2013-08-18T15:19:21Z")
Now speaking of chocolate, today we ate at [The Firehouse](http://www.firehousethailand.com/en/home/), arguably the best burger joint in Thailand. I had the open-faced chili burger with bacon and mushrooms added. The prospect of that alone is enough to keep me going. But then I had their pina colada milkshake, which contains rum. They were out of vanilla ice cream so used chocolate instead, and it still came out tasting pina-colada-y. So chocolate ice cream, rum and whipped cream. You just can’t get that once you’re dead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasons-not-to-kill-yourself-just-yet/666468.md?page=4)