What do you think about the idea of knowing when you will die?
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Re: What do you think about the idea of knowing when you will die?
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Lol dame here for sure!Abiba Alice wrote: ↑22 Jun 2018, 10:32 No, I personally think it would stress me out. Instead of enjoying life, I would be counting down days and wondering how I would go down
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I think I would want to know so I could plan and I know that if I knew I could know but didn't know then it would bother me even more.
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I would feel this way if the timeframe given was lengthy. However if given only a week or so id feel panicked with not enough time to do what i want to before that last day.ahmaria wrote: ↑25 Jun 2018, 20:04 I don't think science would be able to achieve finding out something like this unless they were using purely biological factors and excluding accidents, violence, etc. I think, if it does somehow become possible though, I'd want to know. I'd like to be able to save, travel, have a family according to that information. I'm a big planner, so I like to know as much ahead of time as possible.
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An unrealistic distrust of others or a feeling of being persecuted.
I am legitimately paranoid or "scary" as my mom likes to call it. The very thought of knowing when I'm going to die is absolutely horrifying. Not necessarily because of my paranoia. In actuality, knowing would make most people less paranoid. Instead, the problem is that I would start seeing myself as a ticking time bomb, just a number of days to satisfy a bucket list. I'm not the bucket list type of person. I'm the type that takes it day by day and lets things happen as they happen. I don't want an insurmountable weight on my decisions. I don't want to feel that pressure to do this or that because turns out I'm only going to be on this earth 3 more years. The type of things I want to have experienced before my death can't be found on a typical bucket list because they can't be planned. They are the epitome of spontaneity. As for the science behind being able to know how we're going to die, I think it's awesome that humans have advanced so much. I just think it's enough to know you can know if you truly want to. Y'all, I don't want to.
P.S. I have no clue why she says scary instead of scared, so please don't ask. I am just as confused as you are.
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If I were a practical person I guess a few days notice would be nice. I could get my laundry done, tidy up and spend time with loved ones. I'd hate to leave a message behind. Come to think of it though I should probably be doing that stuff anyways.
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