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Originally posted by KilldaDJ nah not rly, its the risk we all take for being alive.

Maybe in a fairy tale.

It's an eventuality, when it comes to life.

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Originally posted by Mr. Pink I am extremely afraid of death.

It's about time somebody gave an honest fucking answer.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On It's about time somebody gave an honest fucking answer.

Why do you say that?

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Originally posted by Sunsnail Why do you say that?

Because everybody is afraid to die - they can say they aren't afraid all they want to, and they can even convince themselves of it too, almost religiously, but that's only because they do not quite understand how oblivious we are to our own mortality most of the time - it's an innate function of sentience. And people who claim they have "faced death straight in the face" or something along those lines are either exaggerating or outright lying - they may have been in a situation where they have been uncertain of their own death but to romanticize it any further is just bullshit.

Instill the fear of certain, imminent death into anybody and they will panic for their lives.

To not be afraid of death is to not be afraid of anything because, when you die, you lose it all.

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I disagree. If you are in a situation where you know you are going to die you can accept it.

People are just scared of dying too early and unexpectedly.

Personally I'm more scared of at some point spending my days in some chair with no-one to talk to or care about me while pissing and shitting myself and realising that I'm probebly losing my marbles at the same time. With nothing to look forward to, and memories of how great life can be while realising you'll never do any of that again ever.

I find that FAR more scary than death fuck dying at 90.

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Originally posted by Dervish If you are in a situation where you know you are going to die you can accept it.

Personally, that's untrue. It's really situational.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Because everybody is afraid to die - they can say they aren't afraid all they want to, and they can even convince themselves of it too, almost religiously, but that's only because they do not quite understand how oblivious we are to our own mortality most of the time - it's an innate function of sentience. And people who claim they have "faced death straight in the face" or something along those lines are either exaggerating or outright lying - they may have been in a situation where they have been uncertain of their own death but to romanticize it any further is just bullshit. Instill the fear of certain, imminent death into anybody and they will panic for their lives. To not be afraid of death is to not be afraid of anything because, when you die, you lose it all.

I don't want to die, but I'm certainly not afraid to die. If someone was truly afraid of death, they wouldn't do things such as skydive, or bungee jump. I want to do both of those things.

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Originally posted by Yan Personally, that's untrue. It's really situational.

Yeah totally depends on the situation.

But I dunno really because everyone accepts that they are going to die (at some point). But it's the knowing you are going to die that seems to cause the problems, and the manner.

If someone told me I was going to sleep and not get up I could handle that, but if I was in the middle of a road with a bus comming straight at me I'd be shit scared (not for every long though lol).

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Originally posted by Dervish everyone accepts that they are going to die (at some point).

Thanks to meds nowadays.

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Originally posted by Marc Summers If someone was truly afraid of death, they wouldn't do things such as skydive, or bungee jump. I want to do both of those things.

But only because there is a relative amount of safety to them.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On But only because there is a relative amount of safety to them.

There is always a chance that you're parachute won't open, and the band will snap.

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Originally posted by Marc Summers There is always a chance that you're parachute won't open, and the band will snap.

There's a better chance that you will die in a car accident. Just because you drive your car does not mean you aren't afraid to die. Like I said before, we convince ourselves of these things and live in oblivion as a feature of mortal sentience - maybe it's evolutionary that we are aware of our own deaths but choose to ignore it most of the time.

Put a gun in 9/10 people's mouths and they will be afraid. The rest are either stupid or visibly insane.

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