# You discover you'll be dead in less than two decades. How would you guess it happens? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897 "2007-03-28T21:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/21 "2007-03-28T23:33:14Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Nah. I’m the aging cynic riding a jackass and tilting at windmills. When the bastards finally win, you’ll turn me into Don Quixote in one of your books. Please describe me as taller, slimmer, and getting laid more often. 😃 [/QUOTE] So…at least once a year? 😉 Ahem, I would now like to change my answer to being hunted down and taken out by **Oakminster**. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/22 "2007-03-28T23:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Ahem, I would now like to change my answer to being hunted down and taken out by **Oakminster**. [/QUOTE] No worries. Unless you happen to be a windmill, in which case, shit be on, biotch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/23 "2007-03-28T23:57:22Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] No worries. Unless you happen to be a windmill, in which case, shit be on, biotch. 😃 [/QUOTE] Meh. Back to heart attack then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/24 "2007-03-29T01:30:10Z")
Most likely in November of 2007 when CERN turns on their Large Hadron Collider ( [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414353) ) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/25 "2007-03-29T02:25:56Z")
Accident or Illness (though I would _really_ to my best not to think about it too much beyond that). ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/26 "2007-03-29T02:35:06Z")
Probably either starvation, or some freaky disease contracted from a tree anteater. Or else cumulative chromosome damage and kidney failure from drinking two liters of generic pop every damn day for decades. [QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Most likely in November of 2007 when CERN turns on their Large Hadron Collider ( [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414353) ) [/QUOTE] …Oh, Large **Hadron** Collider. Yeah, that sounds like a much more comfortable way to go. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/27 "2007-03-29T02:40:20Z")
I had a friend that said I’d die at the age of 26 in a skydiving accident. I’m 26, and also have a friend that skydives for a living and is always bugging me about going. :eek: If I make it another 20 years though I’d say I probably end up dead of a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/28 "2007-03-29T02:54:03Z")
Suicide or a car accident. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/29 "2007-03-29T02:56:30Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] Most likely in November of 2007 when CERN turns on their Large Hadron Collider ( [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414353) ) [/QUOTE] Can you blame me if, after reading **Oakminster** ’s lament about laidlessness, I read that as Large Hardon? (and you know those scientists have a blast with that). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/30 "2007-03-29T02:56:48Z")
20 years? Damn, I’d be only 51. Most likely car accident. (Aside: Where ya been, Skaldy? Missed ya.) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/31 "2007-03-29T03:04:14Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] Can you blame me if, after reading **Oakminster** ’s lament about laidlessness, I read that as Large Hardon? [/QUOTE] Thank you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Montgomery0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Montgomery0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montgomery0)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/32 "2007-03-29T03:04:33Z")
Autoerotic asphyxiation 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@dart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dart)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/33 "2007-03-29T03:10:45Z")
Well, since I live in NYC, and since our president is actively cultivating global jihad… yeah, don’t wanna think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Secret\_Volcano\_Lair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Volcano_Lair)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/34 "2007-03-29T03:32:48Z")
Car accident probably, I am on the road quite a bit… I’m pretty healthy so I can’t imagine that I’d be dropping dead of a heart attack or anything. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/35 "2007-03-29T03:49:50Z")
Cancer, probably. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/36 "2007-03-29T03:54:20Z")
Either cancer or heart disease, both of which are fairly common in my family. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/37 "2007-03-29T03:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] Cerebral hemmorage, cause by tripping and cracking my head on the oracle’s front stoop while he sits in the background, snickering to himself and saying “Well, three minutes _is_ less than twenty years…” [/QUOTE] This is likely how I’ll go, _sans_ oracle. I came a mite too close to this fate last summer - tripped on a crack in the sidewalk in front of my house, and fell headlong and fast. When I finally coordinated my movements enough to get my hands out in front of me, I was MILLIMETERS from having cracked my skull open on a cement ledge. I’ve been terrified of massive head injuries all my life, and I’m pretty sure it’s because somehow I KNOW that’s how I’m checking out. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/38 "2007-03-29T04:33:39Z")
I’ll probably die in traffic on my bicycle. Or heart disease. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/39 "2007-03-29T05:28:55Z")
In 20 I’ll be 63; I’m guessing that a motorcycle accident will take me before natural causes, if I don’t take care of it myself first. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897/40 "2007-03-29T06:08:42Z")
Complications from obesity: heart disease, diabetes, or something similar. And twenty years seems a long time, at the moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-discover-youll-be-dead-in-less-than-two-decades-how-would-you-guess-it-happens/397897.md?page=3)