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[Seagloom]

I should already be dead were it not for a technicality. A coroner examined me and deemed I could not be declared deceased under New York law. Much to my chagrin, he was compelled by statutes to release me from the morgue. Damned bureaucratic medical examiners.

Modifié par Seagloom, 23 octobre 2011 - 02:26 .

[slimgrin]

Seagloom wrote...

I should already be dead were it not for a technicality. A coroner examined me and deemed I could not be declared deceased under New York law. Much to my chagrin, he was compelled by statutes to release me from the morgue. Damned bureaucratic medical examiners.

O_o...uhm. please explain more.

[DarthCaine]

I'll be immortal till the day I die

[chunkyman]

DarthCaine wrote...

I'll be immortal till the day I die

Amen brother!  I plan on living for a thousand years minus the parts that I don't!

[JoeLaTurkey]

If I'm talented enough: tragically young.

Otherwise: between 58 - 62

[ReallyRue]

Well, my mother's family all live long lives and go senile. My dad's family tend to die fairly young.

So I'd say the future is bright for me...

[Eternal Phoenix]

10 more seconds.

Goodbye everyone.

[chunkyman]

Elton John is dead wrote...

10 more seconds.

Goodbye everyone.

Don't do it! 

[Giant ambush beetle]

I am not answering the question, not because I'm spoilsport, a troll anything like that, I just don't want to jinx myself. I'm a very rational and down to earth person, but I'm kind of superstitious about certain things.

[billy the squid]

Well both sides of my family have lived well in to their late eighties and nineties, one even reached 100, but at the rate I'm going. I wouldn't hazard a guess.

Right, who's up for joining me on another sky dive...

[Funkcase]

Thanks to denial I'm immortal.

[Hathur]

Health-wise, probably would make it to well over 80. I was blessed I think with sound genes if my father & uncle are anything to go by... Grandfather lived to 94 as well. No idea on my mother's side though, she died when I was young and have no contact with her blood relatives. I eat & live healthy, plenty of exercise and am in good shape.

However even people who seem exceptionally healthy (i.e. athletes) can easily end up with cancer or some other awful illness that kills them early... diet & exercise can't control many of those factors -- environment and genetics are too random of a factor.

Me though I'm liable to be lucky to hit my late 30's just due to the nature of my current work.... if I do make to my late 30's then my chances of living longer increase a lot since I'll be too old for my current job and will have to find something new and less dangerous.

Would like to live long though... not because I have great plans, if anything my life is extremely insignificant since I'll always just eek out a quiet, unnoticed existence... but I want to see what the best of the best of my fellow human beings can accomplish during my lifespan, in terms of science, social and culturual advancement. I just want to live long enough so that I can, as an old haggard woman say:

"You've done good, humanity. You've done mighty good."

Do I think it will happen? No. But a girl can hope. 

Modifié par Hathur, 26 octobre 2011 - 12:22 .

[DiebytheSword]

chunkyman wrote...

I won't make it past 60. I'm liable to get teh diabeetus.

What about you guys?

Unwarranted fatalism.  If you die around sixty because of diabeetus, you did it wrong.  I have diabetes.  My grandfather and great grandfather both had it.  My dad managed to not get it until his 60s.  My grandparents both died in their mid 80s.  I'm whipping my ass back into shape because I plan to be here for my kids.  I let myself go for a number of years, and diabetes is the price.  I will not go quietly, screw that.  I'm planning on growing old with my wife, and seeing my grandkids get to school age at the very least.  You can manage the disease.

And when I go, the memories I've forged with people will keep me a live a little bit longer.

Then I've got a fate to meet that I don't fear in the slightest.

[cruelgretchen]

i dont worry bout that , if ima hit 90 years shaking and stinking im happy ...if i die 41 cuz of an heart attack so be it .
Not afraid to die? Hell theres no living thing on this planet that isnt afraid of dying.i simply dont worry bout it and try to live THE TODAY

[Hathur]

cruelgretchen wrote...

i dont worry bout that , if ima hit 90 years shaking and stinking im happy ...if i die 41 cuz of an heart attack so be it .
Not afraid to die? Hell theres no living thing on this planet that isnt afraid of dying.i simply dont worry bout it and try to live THE TODAY

Yep.

Fearing death is pointless (unless you're a person of faith and convinced you're going to hell or some equivalent, I suppose).

It's how we die is what we should fear.... dying a slow, agonizing, suffering death is something to fear immensely.

Dying of a sudden heart attack or brain embolism that kills you within a matter of a few seconds? Not really something to fear since you'll probably never see or feel it coming.

Modifié par Hathur, 26 octobre 2011 - 12:25 .

[Ravensword]

Hathur wrote...

cruelgretchen wrote...

i dont worry bout that , if ima hit 90 years shaking and stinking im happy ...if i die 41 cuz of an heart attack so be it .
Not afraid to die? Hell theres no living thing on this planet that isnt afraid of dying.i simply dont worry bout it and try to live THE TODAY

Yep.

Fearing death is pointless (unless you're a person of faith and convinced you're going to hell or some equivalent, I suppose).

It's how we die is what we should fear.... dying a slow, agonizing, suffering death is something to fear immensely.

Dying of a sudden heart attack or brain embolism that kills you within a matter of a few seconds? Not really something to fear since you'll probably never see or feel it coming.

Good to know.

[Weiser_Cain]

Around 50-60 if there's no applicable medical advances. My dad died at 51, I take better care of myself but there's something wrong with my organs.
I'm in my 30's so I kinda want to write that great american novel, except I'm a nerd so it'll be great american fantasy and sci-fi settings.
When I die I want people to morn all the RPG supplementals I had yet to publish.

[Il Divo]

DiebytheSword wrote...

chunkyman wrote...

I won't make it past 60. I'm liable to get teh diabeetus.

What about you guys?

Unwarranted fatalism.  If you die around sixty because of diabeetus, you did it wrong.  I have diabetes.  My grandfather and great grandfather both had it.  My dad managed to not get it until his 60s.  My grandparents both died in their mid 80s.  I'm whipping my ass back into shape because I plan to be here for my kids.  I let myself go for a number of years, and diabetes is the price.  I will not go quietly, screw that.  I'm planning on growing old with my wife, and seeing my grandkids get to school age at the very least.  You can manage the disease.

And when I go, the memories I've forged with people will keep me a live a little bit longer.

Then I've got a fate to meet that I don't fear in the slightest.

Best attitude on the subject I've seen. Good for you, mate.

[Pious_Augustus]

Basically we are using today's standards for the future. At the moment with everything collapsing around us with new systems coming in place that we cannot support I doubt I will recieve the same level of care my parents and grandparents generation had.

Hell, I'll never get Social Secruity because it is running out.

[cruelgretchen]

guess we borderlined enough into this topic , how bout lock up before we all need prosac treatment:)
(no not calling for censorship)

[Auroras]

Until I hit my 90's, most likely, what with my family's track record of the females living... a while.

[Doug4130]

I'll be lucky if I make it past 40. I take a lot of risks without thinking of the consequences