How would you like to die?

[HopeHoops]

Just curious.

[Iggo]

1. Something quick preferrably, but something spectacular and "caught on tape".

I'd like the video of it to run on clip shows for the next fifty years.

[rurallib]

2. as I age, this question comes more and more to mind

I would like to thank you for reminding me.

[HopeHoops]

4. It's been on my mind lately because of my own aging.

Sure, I threw some intended humor into it, but it really is an issue to consider seriously. My maternal grandmother, paternal grandmother, and both mother and father in laws died in nursing homes/retirement communities and both of the women were deep into the terrible path of Alzheimer's. My paternal grandfather died of brain cancer and my maternal grandfather (not blood-related) probably had cancer. He just fell off of the couch and died. My natural grandfather is still kicking at 90+.

Personally, I'd rather it be quick. I'm basically agnostic, but it really doesn't matter. There are really only three options: 1) Heaven/Hell/Purgatory; 2) a fart in the wind; 3) reincarnation. It isn't like we can do much about that or anything. Nobody can say for certain which is true, but many will profess to know.

I've awakened in the hospital a few times in recent years. They don't know the reason and I have no memory of the events. If I didn't wake up, would I even know? There are some options worse than death. As Sartre stated in "No Exit", "Hell is other people."

[rurallib]

28. The only way you can choose is if you do it yourself.

My conclusion is that most people simply do not want to experience great pain.
Oddly in this country it seems like our government is hell-bent on making sure that you suffer by greatly controlling pain medications.
Make me think of the old Dorthy Parker quote on suicide:

Résumé

Razors pain you;

Rivers are damp;

Acids stain you;

And drugs cause cramp.

Guns aren't lawful;

Nooses give;

Gas smell awful;

You might as well live.

[hyphenate]

34. For the first time in my life, about 6 years

ago, I was anesthetized for a minor surgery, and when I woke up, I finally realized I knew what it would be like to die. During the time I was "under" I didn't know of existence, unless it was a very deep part of my subconscious.

I think death is just a more permanent version of that, and that's okay. Going to sleep and never waking up would be okay, but you wouldn't get to know the epiphany some people have when they realize they're about to die.

[trof]

37. Yeah...right. Same here.

Thanks, OP.
:sarcasm:

[raccoon]

3. You mean we have a choice? nt

[HopeHoops]

6. Not really - just a "how would you prefer" question.

The fifth option (in case you don't know Pryor's routine) was basically something like this...

"My daddy died fucking. He came and went at the same time. That (I think he says bitch, not sure) couldn't GIVE away pussy for two years. - 'Uh uh. You done killed one mother-fucker already. That's some pussy you can keep.'"

Mods - please excuse the language - that's just how I remember the routine and, well, I trust you know how the late Richard Pryor spoke.

[LynneSin]

5. I'd like to not die

thank you very much!

[HopeHoops]

8. It is natural. Would you really like to live forever?

We have to pass on our knowledge, feelings, and experiences to new generations and make the most of the time we have. I think eternal life would be pretty damn close to a living Hell. Have you seen "Bicentennial Man"? That really drives home the point.

[LynneSin]

17. If Eric Northman and Russell Edgington can live forever why can't I

:rofl:

[hyphenate]

40. There was an SF novel I read many, many years ago now

called "City" by Clfford Simak. The main character throughout the whole story was an android working for the central family, who lives for a very long time. It's interesting to see the long path humans have taken, and how a more pastoral civilization follows humanity. Living forever has its advantages--I certainly wouldn't mind seeing if we self-destruct, or if we reach the stars.

[Liberal Veteran]

19. That makes two of us. Until they clone a new body for me, I am going the cyborg route.

So far I only have a stent implanted, but it is a start until I reach the living tissue over a metal endoskeleton stage.

[Major Nikon]

7. Shot by a jealous super model's husband on my 99th birthday

[HopeHoops]

9. Sounds like a Viagra moment to me.

:evilgrin:

[Major Nikon]

32. 99 would be more like a steel girder and crane moment

[necso]

10. Quickly and painlessly.

Oh well.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Quietly in my sleep. I don't want to know about it. Don't want the whole life flashing before

my eyes. Don't want the whole, "Not now! Not me!" panic.

If I have to go, universe, take me when I'm not lookin'! LOL

[HopeHoops]

13. Yeah, I could do without reliving the jr. high school locker room wedgies.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Quietly, in my sleep, like my grandpa, instead of

screaming in terror like his passengers.

:evilgrin:

[HopeHoops]

14. That's bad.

:rofl:

[PuffedMica]

42. My uncle went the same way

It was really too bad, he had a nice 1968 Buick Skylark convertible.

[bigwillq]

15. Surrounded by my family and friends.

I kind of what to know I am going to die so I have a chance to say goodbye.
I don't want to be found dead, I think that's really hard for the person who finds you.
I also don't want to die unexpectedly.
But you can't control death, so I just live my life to the fullest every day.

[bikebloke]

16. I've decided not to die to spite my descendants.

So they'll probably kill me themselves.

[meegbear]

18. During an orgasm

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. Lt. Frank Drebin said it best

Frank: A good cop - needlessly cut down by some cowardly hoodlums.
Ed: That's no way for a man to die.
Frank: No... you're right, Ed. A parachute not opening... that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine... having your nuts bit off by a Laplander, that's the way I wanna go!
Wilma Nordberg: (cries) Oh... Frank. This is terrible!
Ed: Don't you worry, Wilma. Your husband is going to be alright. Don't you worry about anything. Just think positive. Never let a doubt enter your mind.
Frank: He's right, Wilma. But I wouldn't wait until the last minute to fill out those organ donor cards.
(Wilma cries again)
Ed: What I'm trying to say is that, Wilma, as soon as Nordberg is better, he's welcome back at Police Squad.
Frank: ...Unless he's a drooling vegetable. But I think that's only common sense.
(Wilma cries again)

[freshwest]

21. Well, now that's priceless. I wanna check out in a blizzard in an old growth forest.

[RedCloud]

22. Witnessing Andromeda eating up our galaxy.

So much sorrow. I couldn't bear to live a second longer.

[Arugula Latte]

23. Smothered by a pile of kittens.

:)

[Rhiannon12866]

25. Awwwwww! Then who would take care of the kittens?

:loveya: :shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

29. My ghost?

Okay, maybe that's not a good plan. Hopefully a kitteh-lovin' hooman will be around to give them noms and lovies. :)

[Rhiannon12866]

35. No, it's not the best plan I've heard, LOL.

And I'd think you'd want to stick around to enjoy the kittens... :loveya: :hi:

[GreenPartyVoter]

27. Itteh bitteh kitteh committeh!

[KamaAina]

24. On Mars

'cause we ain't gettin' there for a while. :-)

[Generic Brad]

26. Of natural causes at work

I would love to leave the legacy of "the haunted cube" - the taboo place no one wants to be near.

[dimbear]

30. Surfeit of eels. n/t

[NewJeffCT]

31. In my bed, when I'm 80

with a belly full of wine and a girl's lips around my cock.

stolen from Tyrion Lannister in A Game of Thrones (of course, he was surrounded by hostile clansmen whose leader just asked him how he'd like to die)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkX-_tMWtU8&feature=colike

[hyphenate]

33. I think it might be okay

to die of cardiac arrest in the middle of a crowded emergency physicians' convention. Preferably in a big city on the east coast. During a beautiful day in late May, with a cerulean colored sky and scattered clouds.

And then I want a cremation, with my ashes scattered over the Atlantic Ocean. :)

[krispos42]

36. Saving my son from death or serious injury.

Or snu-snued to death by the Swedish Bikini Team. Either one.

[trof]

38. What a shitty question and poll. Really.

:-(
downer

[ohiosmith]

39. I wouldn't!

[Bake]

41. Tonight would be fine with me.

The sooner the better. This sh*t sucks.

:hi:

Bake

[WinkyDink]

43. Well-dressed in a clean home. I.e., never!

[bluedigger]

44. Spitting in the face of death.

Quiet acceptance is for quitters.

[MilesColtrane]

45. I'd like to die immersed in glorious music.