Why am I always thinking about death?

[KrazeeStacee]

Originally posted by sawdust restaurants


I actually think the complete opposite of you: it's selfish for loved ones to place any demands on what you want done with your body after you die. Science is getting all my organs (the good ones, anyway), and then I'm getting cremated, and I'd hope that my family would respect my wishes. I mean, there are a lot of things a dying person can be selfish about, in the will and so forth, but I think it's a matter of common decency that the family should have no input whatsoever into what happens to the body. It's all you have, really.

I didn't mean that if Uncle Joe wants to be cremated that I'm going to say no, and not have him cremated when he dies, if that's what he wants, then thats fine...but after my Grandma's death, I realized how much a gravesite means...at least to me.

Everyone deals with death differently...I just happen to think that if my Grandma was buried in a cemetary that I would feel better about her death...well maybe not better, but I don't think it would've just been a little easier for me to deal with it. I cry everytime I write/type/talk/think about her.

But like someone said earlier about burying the ashes after cremation...I never even thought about that, it is logical, but basically, I just meant if there's no gravesite at all. Even if there was just a place that I could go to just sit and think about her and cry and lay flowers in her memory. A tree or something, because the body is just a physical thing, when you die, you are no longer part of the physical world, so where her body/ashes are isn't really the point...I just think she deserved a little more than just a small metal box, she deserves to have a spot on this earth dedicated to her.

[wangcomputers]

Originally posted by DeviousJ


Yeah, but the idea is that they *are* able to restore people to life. But the first subjects are hardly going to be complete successes, with pre-frozen people strolling around enjoying a perfect life in the future. They'd probably start by reviving a removed nervous system or something. Mmm, I'd like to be that guy!

was it a coincidence that you brought up cryogenics when that documentary thing was on last night about it?

it was about that kent family story, where a son cut off his mum's head and froze it.
There were allegations that she wasn't dead before they cut it off.

It was weird hearing the son's hypothesis on how the future will be. Apparently he's going to meet his mother in the future and she'll be the same age as him, and everyone will be able to change genders and skin colours in minutes.

the future's bright.
the future's orange.

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by KrazeePumpkin


I didn't mean that if Uncle Joe wants to be cremated that I'm going to say no, and not have him cremated when he dies, if that's what he wants, then thats fine...but after my Grandma's death, I realized how much a gravesite means...at least to me.

Everyone deals with death differently...I just happen to think that if my Grandma was buried in a cemetary that I would feel better about her death...well maybe not better, but I don't think it would've just been a little easier for me to deal with it. I cry everytime I write/type/talk/think about her.

But like someone said earlier about burying the ashes after cremation...I never even thought about that, it is logical, but basically, I just meant if there's no gravesite at all. Even if there was just a place that I could go to just sit and think about her and cry and lay flowers in her memory. A tree or something, because the body is just a physical thing, when you die, you are no longer part of the physical world, so where her body/ashes are isn't really the point...I just think she deserved a little more than just a small metal box, she deserves to have a spot on this earth dedicated to her.

Well, there's always the option of scattering the ashes. It's more of a ceremonial thing, but I guess in a way it's about the person being connected to a place they loved, or something which represents them. You could always go to that place to think about them, even if there isn't an obvious physical memorial...

[Affect]

Death is all that you have left to do.

[DeviousJ]

Originally posted by wangcomputers


was it a coincidence that you brought up cryogenics when that documentary thing was on last night about it?

it was about that kent family story, where a son cut off his mum's head and froze it.
There were allegations that she wasn't dead before they cut it off.

It was weird hearing the son's hypothesis on how the future will be. Apparently he's going to meet his mother in the future and she'll be the same age as him, and everyone will be able to change genders and skin colours in minutes.

the future's bright.
the future's orange.

Heh, I didn't see that - I don't really watch tv much anymore. Wasn't there a live autopsy a few weeks ago? :erm

That kinda reminds me of a story about a mountaineer climbing the same mountain where his father disappeared 40 years before - he ends up slipping into a small crevasse, only to come face to face with the frozen body of his own father, sealed in the ice and visibly younger than his own son. I forget where I read that. It was told a little better wherever it's from.

[lawson]

Originally posted by Affect
Death is all that you have left to do.

dont forget to delete your porn- not a good legacy to leave behind

[Affect]

Dead man's switch, dogg.

[Squashing Pineapples]

Do you realize that everyone you know someday will die?
And instead of saying all of your goodbyes, let them know you realize that life goes fast, it's hard to make the good things last

[PumpkinPepper39]

I think that thinking of death is routine. I'm not suicidal either, but I always seem to be thinking about how I'm going to die. I'm usually the pessimistic party as well when I'm on an airplane or something. Don't sweat it.

"The World is A Vampire"