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Why do we as a society avoid talking about death?
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:42 am
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:42 am
It's just a part of life. But whenever the subject comes up, we tend to lie to ourselves and each other about it. We say uncle Gary is on his way to heaven or he's in a better place right now. I think that people have a hard time accept that there's an end to their life.
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Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:42 am to PeteRose
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We say uncle Gary is on his way to heaven or he's in a better place right now. I think that people have a hard time accept that there's an end to their life.
frick Gary, he was a piece of shite and he's burning in hell.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:43 am to PeteRose
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Why do we as a society avoid talking about death?
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I think that people have a hard time accept that there's an end to their life.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:43 am to SidewalkDawg
Show us on the doll where Gary touched you.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:44 am to PeteRose
Unless Gary is black, his life doesn't matter anyway.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:45 am to PeteRose
just when I think your threads have gotten as shitty as possible, you go and post something like this
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:45 am to PeteRose
Religious people do believe that you go to a better place when you die and religious people talk about death all of the time. Considering most of our society is religious I would have to say you are wrong and we do talk about it.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:46 am to PeteRose
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We say uncle Gary is on his way to heaven or he's in a better place right now.
Adults dont' tell other adults shite like that. You tell small children that, who may not understand the concept of death yet. I don't see why explaining to small children that someone is "in a better place" is a bad thing. Would you rather tell some 4 year old "well, uncle gary drank a lot of adult beverages and swallowed a bunch of sleeping pills and then blew his head off after his wife slept with another man"? Would that be better?
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:47 am to PeteRose
I'm going to live forever, so what's the point?
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:47 am to PeteRose
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we tend to lie to ourselves and each other about it
How do we lie to ourselves?
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We say uncle Gary is on his way to heaven or he's in a better place right now.
What if that is what that person genuinely believes?
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I think that people have a hard time accept that there's an end to their life.
You mean people have a hard time accepting their own non existence? Goddamn, how enlightening of you.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:50 am to WG_Dawg
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Adults dont' tell other adults shite like that. You tell small children that, who may not understand the concept of death yet. I don't see why explaining to small children that someone is "in a better place" is a bad thing. Would you rather tell some 4 year old "well, uncle gary drank a lot of adult beverages and swallowed a bunch of sleeping pills and then blew his head off after his wife slept with another man"? Would that be better?
Worked fine for my children. Here's little Timmy and his girlfriend living the dream:
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:53 am to PeteRose
Instead of focusing on death, smart people focus on living. It's limited, so do it good.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:56 am to PeteRose
It's depressing and to spend the very limited time that we do have talking about it is a waste of time.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:57 am to PeteRose
I miss my uncle Charles, yall...
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:02 am to PeteRose
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Why do we as a society avoid talking about death?
Because we as a society are pussies.
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It's just a part of life. But whenever the subject comes up, we tend to lie to ourselves and each other about it. We say uncle Gary is on his way to heaven or he's in a better place right now. I think that people have a hard time accept that there's an end to their life.
No shite, but what the f**k good is talking about going to do?
Buy life insurance, make a will and living will, and then get on with your life. Every minute you spend talking about death is a minute you could be doing cocaine with Ukrainian hookers or smoking weed in Andes or a billion other things are a better use of time than thinking about death.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:02 am to PeteRose
I'm going to be put in a 6 ft hole. It sucks thinking about it 
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:08 am to PeteRose
Speak for yourself brochacho. In the P household we bring it up as much as possible. Dinner, birthdays, Christmas all great opportunities to remind ourselves how short and meaningless life is. You're gonna die like you were born, alone and no one will remember you.
This post was edited on 7/31/15 at 9:11 am
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:09 am to poochie
Well, we are an extraordinarily youth-obsessed culture. Still, as one ages one begins to contemplate death from (hopefully) a more mature and accepting perspective. Demise and death are subjects of conversation among me and my friends, all of us being in our 60s.
Along with death, another and perhaps bigger conversation should be had about not dying--that is, spending the last years of one's life in a diminished capacity due to stroke, dementia or some other condition. That is something I and my friends fear more than death, and in today's world, the possibility exists that some of us will indeed have to endure years of useless existence and suffering before we pass away.
Along with death, another and perhaps bigger conversation should be had about not dying--that is, spending the last years of one's life in a diminished capacity due to stroke, dementia or some other condition. That is something I and my friends fear more than death, and in today's world, the possibility exists that some of us will indeed have to endure years of useless existence and suffering before we pass away.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:13 am to TigerPanzer
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Along with death, another and perhaps bigger conversation should be had about not dying--that is, spending the last years of one's life in a diminished capacity due to stroke, dementia or some other condition. That is something I and my friends fear more than death, and in today's world, the possibility exists that some of us will indeed have to endure years of useless existence and suffering before we pass away.
Yep and to be a childless couple or individual just adds to the conversation.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:16 am to PeteRose
I'm scared to jinx myself....
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