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This went 'round the 'net years ago:
“I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.”
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See posts 8 and 24.
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See posts 8 and 24.
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Or post 39, for that matter.
I haven’t read the whole thread, I imagine this has been covered… At ground zero of a nuclear blast. You’re vapor within a nanosecond. If you believe in heaven and such, you’d end up there and not even realize why. “I died??? When? How?”
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But the part before the final illusion of warmth, when your skin is freezing, is excruciatingly painful. About six months ago, someone here linked to a description of death by hypothermia. It was horrifying.
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After actually reading the whole thread…
I don’t know. In The Shining, Jack was chasing his son thru the maze, and lost him, and tired out, and just sat down for a seconBAM! Frozen Jacksicle. Seems pretty painless to me.
It was in the movies, it must be true. Right?
Seriously, a lot of posters talk of having time. To put their affairs in order. That really speaks to my (strong) anal-retentive side. But on thinking of my death, I always revert to “I’ll be dead. What do I care? I’ll be on to the next thing.”