DEATH VS. LIFE

Thursday, July 05, 2007

DEATH VS. LIFE
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I have been unusually depressed, lately. I don't know why, but it's probably a combination of missing Sarah terribly, working six days a week, missing Sarah terribly, not getting enough sleep, missing Sarah terribly, being in a scorching heatwave, having random bloody noses, and missing Sarah (terribly). My house plants are dying, too. Maybe they know I'm depressed.
Depression is usually my muse for writing, but for some reason it's left me uninspired lately and I haven't been able to post anything worth reading. However, I have been pondering some fantastic existential questions. Here is one of them. Do you know the correct answer? (I do.) If so, we would make great friends.
Through circumstances that are irrelevant, a witch (or warlock) forces you to make a choice between one of two options. You can either (1) die tomorrow or (2) live forever. If you choose option (1), you will die in your sleep of an apparent heart attack. You will die quietly and not suffer at all. If you choose option (2), you will be guaranteed a normal and healthy life (though you are mortal, you are guaranteed that you will not be killed) up until you are 80-years old, at that point you will become immortal and live forever as a healthy, 80-year old person. You must choose one or the other.
Which do you choose? And WHY??

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Neither choice appeals to me, but if I had to choose, I would die tomorrow. I would get to witness so much of my family's life, and so many global events, if I live until I am 80 years old, but to stay at that age forever? That would get tiring. I would need to rest.
- 7/5/2007 10:35 PM
- ParadoX5 (message)
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And I guess it would also depend on my quality of life at that age--do I have a family that would keep me in their house despite my (I'm assuming) medical problems due to old age. Would they incorporate me into their lives? Or would I sit in a nursing home and wait for their visits once a month. Also, would I be growing old with someone? If I did end up in a nursing home, I would prefer if I had my partner with me.
- 7/5/2007 10:37 PM
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I would choose to die tomorrow. Being immortal has no appeal to me: watching all my loved ones die FOREVER, being 80 years old forever. How is *that* appealing? To be honest, I feel like I have accomplished quite a lot for my short amount of time...well, sort of short, anyhow. I am sure there are many other things that I can accomplish, but I am happy with what I have done and would be content with dying tomorrow. The only part that is not ideal is knowing my kids will grow up without me...and knowing my mother would have lost a child.
- 7/5/2007 11:14 PM
- California_Gal (message)
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sorry to hear you are depressed. hope you feel better soon... in regards to your question i would choose to die tomorrow. I think being immortal at 80 and watching all your family and friends die time after time would be just to great to bear Even if the age was the age I am now I would still choose to die.... I dont know maybe Im just depressed as well and death doesnt seem to bad an option
- 7/6/2007 6:41 AM
- trxr4kdz (message)
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Die tomorrow.
- 7/6/2007 11:05 AM
- LittleMissGrumpy (message)
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nice new photo btw
- 7/6/2007 11:05 AM
- LittleMissGrumpy (message)
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Like the new photo. :)
- 7/6/2007 11:07 AM
- California_Gal (message)
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Nice photo. and no, I was talking about my video in where you said "huh?"
- 7/6/2007 11:20 AM
- Secret_Qt (message)
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Die tomorrow. If you had said live forever as a 40 or even 50 year old i'd be slightly more tempted. At 80 though my only hope would be to hold out for the ability to transfer my brain into a younger body.... who knows how long that'd take??
- 7/6/2007 11:21 AM
- mikejchung (message)
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whoa that is complicated (referring to the last paragraph)
- 7/6/2007 11:21 AM
- Secret_Qt (message)
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I'd live forever, especially if I was a healthy 80-year old. I don't see the appeal of permanently ending my consciousness and never have the chance of experiencing anything ever again. Even though living forever is scary, being dead forever seems like it would be pointless.
- 7/6/2007 8:27 PM
- poosywhistle (message)
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Hello Rex,
I like your site. You worked hard to make it more interesting than most. I see that you have your ups and downs. We all do! That’s the kind of world that we live in now. Fortunately, it isn’t going to stay this way much longer!
I like to write articles about God and religion on my site. I want to help people to really get to know God, especially in these troubled times. Jesus gave us a message of hope that is in the Bible: 14 "When the good news about the kingdom has been preached all over the world and told to all nations, the end will come." (Matthew 24:14) (CEV) I hope you get a chance to look at them.
- 7/6/2007 8:34 PM
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I choose life. Isn't that why we all see doctors?
- 7/7/2007 8:32 AM
- od2005 (message)
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ummm...life. no, death. wait, no. life. ?

i like how my life is going so far even though sometimes i feel mired in crap. although...who knows what mentality will be when i'm 80. maybe i'll be miserable and mentally decrepit in that case i'll regret my choice for eternal life. maybe not.

i guess whichever doesn't really matter to me. i'd flip a coin.
- 7/7/2007 9:54 PM
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you don't think squiggly line in my eye is funny?!?! i couldn't stop laughing.
- 7/8/2007 10:48 PM
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