Would you like to have a terminal illness?

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24 Jul 2008, 6:13 pm

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If you were immortal, you would probably yearn for non-existence. Being mortal, makes life more fun. If you were immortal, you would eventually get bored. To me boredom is worse than death.
There are many, many, many things a person can do in this world, and there isn't enough time in a human lifespan to do even 1% of it. If I were immortal I would do everything...except for most crimes, most drugs, and I wouldn't injure myself on purpose...


If you couldn't die, then injuries would be meaningless and drugs would be completely safe. You would eventually do everything you could and then what? You're immortal and can't die or grow old etc.



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24 Jul 2008, 6:15 pm

Enter Michael Jackson ... :wink:



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24 Jul 2008, 6:17 pm

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If you were immortal, you would probably yearn for non-existence. Being mortal, makes life more fun. If you were immortal, you would eventually get bored. To me boredom is worse than death.
There are many, many, many things a person can do in this world, and there isn't enough time in a human lifespan to do even 1% of it. If I were immortal I would do everything...except for most crimes, most drugs, and I wouldn't injure myself on purpose...


If you couldn't die, then injuries would be meaningless and drugs would be completely safe. You would eventually do everything you could and then what? You're immortal and can't die or grow old etc.
After a few millennia, I might get bored. That's why I said I'd still want to be able to kill myself. I wouldn't die unless it was my choice...

Also, regarding your comment that "Being mortal makes life more fun": Spending my whole life worrying about death is not fun. Not having to worry about death would make it a lot easier for me to enjoy myself.



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24 Jul 2008, 6:22 pm

Whats every one talking about death for
Who wants to die..
I certainly dont fantasise bout death
Not of myself anyway
Im on Wrong Planet Wrong Planet Right?
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24 Jul 2008, 6:24 pm

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I have never wished for a terminal illness...do not even like having a cold...but I have, on more than one occasion, thought it would be nice to be locked up in jail, free from all of the responsiblilites that come along with being a member of society. However, I could never bring myself to do anything that would land me in jail. I much prefer the thoughts of independent wealth, which would also give me freedom from society. I could be eccentric rather than just weird.


Oh wow! Me too!! ! I think that everyday. I think jail would be great if you:

A. Didn't have to commit a crime to get in.
B. Didn't have so many messed up people inside.
C. Had cooler clothes and better food plus plenty of fresh salads and bottles of designer water.
D. Didn't have to do stuff like use the bathroom in front of other people.

I would love to be in a place like that.


You guys obviously haven't seen OZ. :wink:

Anyways as for the question, actually yes I have thought it would be nice to be pampered and be at the center of attention while having a terminal illness. Also, everyone to show how much they really care for and love you. It's so much easier to do when someone's dying. So yes, I have thought it'd be a nice way to go, but then again, I'm weird.



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24 Jul 2008, 8:12 pm

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Yes, I am Christian and Christian morality is absolute. Deal with it. If morality is relative, it's self-serving and therefore arbitrary. My belief-system is not something I dreamed up to serve my interests in any given situation.


But perhaps your so-called morality is something the founding fathers of your religion dreamed up to serve their own interests in a well defined set of situations. It's also worth noting that you are incorrect in assuming that the purpose of a non-absolute morality is to serve personal interests. It's not.



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24 Jul 2008, 9:06 pm

I've been in a hospital enough times that I never want to be sick enough to go there again, thank you very much. Medical personnel have been far from compassionate and cooperative with me, sometimes directly going against my wishes in how I was treated or ignoring vital needs like food and sleep. Furthermore, unless you have one of the well-known disorders that everyone feels sorry for, people really aren't much nicer about physical disabilities or illnesses than they are about mental ones. Also, when you're sick, you find out who your true friends really are... sometimes painfully. Some people hover over you and are there every minute of every day for you, true (which can be a blessing or a curse...), but other people are afraid, and distance themselves from you, even if all you wanted was their support. Not to mention that surgical and other medical treatments are far from pleasant experiences. Going months at a time with the thing I most look forward being the next dose of pain medicine isn't my idea of how I want to leave this world. Ugh. Never again, please.

When I go, I just want to go in my sleep, or otherwise not even see it coming, let alone feel any pain. I've had plenty enough of medical issues for one lifetime, and the last thing I see in my life better damn well not be the accoutrement of a hospital.



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24 Jul 2008, 9:20 pm

I don't want anything to effect me physical. I already have a weird brain.



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24 Jul 2008, 11:37 pm

Fidget wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
claire333 wrote:
I have never wished for a terminal illness...do not even like having a cold...but I have, on more than one occasion, thought it would be nice to be locked up in jail, free from all of the responsiblilites that come along with being a member of society. However, I could never bring myself to do anything that would land me in jail. I much prefer the thoughts of independent wealth, which would also give me freedom from society. I could be eccentric rather than just weird.


Oh wow! Me too!! ! I think that everyday. I think jail would be great if you:

A. Didn't have to commit a crime to get in.
B. Didn't have so many messed up people inside.
C. Had cooler clothes and better food plus plenty of fresh salads and bottles of designer water.
D. Didn't have to do stuff like use the bathroom in front of other people.

I would love to be in a place like that.


You guys obviously haven't seen OZ. :wink:

Anyways as for the question, actually yes I have thought it would be nice to be pampered and be at the center of attention while having a terminal illness. Also, everyone to show how much they really care for and love you. It's so much easier to do when someone's dying. So yes, I have thought it'd be a nice way to go, but then again, I'm weird.


I have this fear of illness I would never want an illness no matter what I would gain in the short amount of time I have the illness.

Now, about OZ? Are you talking Wizard of Oz OZ or OZ as in Australia?
I guess Wizard of Oz OZ could be like a designer prison but what about all those weird wicked witches running around everywhere spoiling everything? I want perfection in my prison there simply cannot be a wicked witch inside or I can't stay. The slippers look nice.



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25 Jul 2008, 12:22 am

ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Fidget wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
claire333 wrote:
I have never wished for a terminal illness...do not even like having a cold...but I have, on more than one occasion, thought it would be nice to be locked up in jail, free from all of the responsiblilites that come along with being a member of society. However, I could never bring myself to do anything that would land me in jail. I much prefer the thoughts of independent wealth, which would also give me freedom from society. I could be eccentric rather than just weird.


Oh wow! Me too!! ! I think that everyday. I think jail would be great if you:

A. Didn't have to commit a crime to get in.
B. Didn't have so many messed up people inside.
C. Had cooler clothes and better food plus plenty of fresh salads and bottles of designer water.
D. Didn't have to do stuff like use the bathroom in front of other people.

I would love to be in a place like that.


You guys obviously haven't seen OZ. :wink:

Anyways as for the question, actually yes I have thought it would be nice to be pampered and be at the center of attention while having a terminal illness. Also, everyone to show how much they really care for and love you. It's so much easier to do when someone's dying. So yes, I have thought it'd be a nice way to go, but then again, I'm weird.


I have this fear of illness I would never want an illness no matter what I would gain in the short amount of time I have the illness.

Now, about OZ? Are you talking Wizard of Oz OZ or OZ as in Australia?
I guess Wizard of Oz OZ could be like a designer prison but what about all those weird wicked witches running around everywhere spoiling everything? I want perfection in my prison there simply cannot be a wicked witch inside or I can't stay. The slippers look nice.



0_0 No, no actually I was referring to the show OZ. It's about people in a really rough prison. It came on HBO.



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25 Jul 2008, 1:08 am

I already have a terminal disease more than likely. Trust me being terminal is not fun. It is a lot of pain and suffering and everything. A lot of ttermianl diseases are gradual agonizing process.


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25 Jul 2008, 1:09 am

Yeah - no fun at all.



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25 Jul 2008, 1:41 am

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Doesnt any one understand anything Am I on the Wrong Planet
Dum didi dum


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Fidget wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
Fidget wrote:
ooOoOoOAnaOoOoOoo wrote:
claire333 wrote:
I have never wished for a terminal illness...do not even like having a cold...but I have, on more than one occasion, thought it would be nice to be locked up in jail, free from all of the responsiblilites that come along with being a member of society. However, I could never bring myself to do anything that would land me in jail. I much prefer the thoughts of independent wealth, which would also give me freedom from society. I could be eccentric rather than just weird.


Oh wow! Me too!! ! I think that everyday. I think jail would be great if you:

A. Didn't have to commit a crime to get in.
B. Didn't have so many messed up people inside.
C. Had cooler clothes and better food plus plenty of fresh salads and bottles of designer water.
D. Didn't have to do stuff like use the bathroom in front of other people.

I would love to be in a place like that.


You guys obviously haven't seen OZ. :wink:

Anyways as for the question, actually yes I have thought it would be nice to be pampered and be at the center of attention while having a terminal illness. Also, everyone to show how much they really care for and love you. It's so much easier to do when someone's dying. So yes, I have thought it'd be a nice way to go, but then again, I'm weird.


I have this fear of illness I would never want an illness no matter what I would gain in the short amount of time I have the illness.

Now, about OZ? Are you talking Wizard of Oz OZ or OZ as in Australia?
I guess Wizard of Oz OZ could be like a designer prison but what about all those weird wicked witches running around everywhere spoiling everything? I want perfection in my prison there simply cannot be a wicked witch inside or I can't stay. The slippers look nice.



0_0 No, no actually I was referring to the show OZ. It's about people in a really rough prison. It came on HBO.


oooh that OZ!! ! Definitely not my thing for I am too fragile a person for that. I can't stand hostility, violence, messed up people yelling at me and doing weird things to me like beating me up. It's not my scene.



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25 Jul 2008, 1:48 am

Warning: quote pyramid reaching critical level.
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Living in Oz? Well, as long as I'm left alone, I think that would be a pretty darn cool place to be. All those weird people roving around... I'd probably end up in trouble for being friendly with the wrong people unfortnately... :(


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25 Jul 2008, 1:56 am

oOo(Wonders if I will be the one exploding?)