Freesoloing and not paying attention to my diet. Show up to do a freesolo rockclimbing lap and am 5 lbs over and feeling fat. Had eaten ice cream bars and Hostess Brownies the previous day (wait, that’s what occurred today, showed up at work with health food and it went to shit). It’s a high gravity day and I fall to my death. It’s fine. We all die.
Been playing this game for over 48 years now, it’s still my game of choice. Many (perhaps all I know of at this point) of my contemporaries have gotten health issues, quit climbing and some have passed, so no worries.
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Yeah, definitely defensive posts never serve the intended purpose of defending, because there’s not really any danger or anything to defend oneself from at an online forum. It’s all just different manifestations of arguing, which isn’t allowed here.
Living in South Africa I live most days in fear of being killed as a result of violent crime .I have lost friends and family due to random acts of violence.Had a close friend raped and murdered in her own apartment. Its an unfortunate part of life here in SA.
My two worst fears: chronic illness and amnesia. The latter may not lead to a sudden death. But what is “living” if you lose your memories and don’t even recognise yourself?
How many of us have living will?
I haven’t done mine; but I intend to put it clearly that I don’t want to “live” on as a vegetable through some breathing machine.
The best “premature” death is , like in Kenny Robert’s song the Gambler, is to “die in your sleep”.
And if there is a soul after death, I intend to take my soul out to explore the universe. I don’t want to go to “live” in eternity either in heaven or hell. Exploring the vast universe, like a big comet, would be interesting. I guess my soul wouldn’t need any flashlight, even though many parts of the universe is rather dark, especially in “black holes”.
1 out of 200 persons develop cancer each year. This year it could be you. Uh-oh.
Sorry for joking. I had cancer, and it is a mercyful cause of death. You have time to manage everything, can fight it, no one has to ask questions beginning with “what if” when you’re dead. I used my time wisely when I got my chemotherapy. Never thought I’d manage to survive so many years.
Now look at Donnie LB Darko. In a split second he was dead, last thing he saw was this guy in a rediculous bunny costume. His parents lost their home and had to sue the owner of this airplane.
