We all end up at the same destination either way. Why prolong the inevitable?
It’s interesting that the stigma concerning suicide is very cultural. The Samurais didn’t have a problem with it, nor did the romans. People intensely devoted to an idea would prefer to end their life in order to protect or further their cause – but it’s still suicide at the end of the day. I simply don’t understand why it’s OK in some situations but not others.
The world currently has close to 7.5 billion people living on it and a vast majority prefer to close their eyes to the harm we’re doing to the one place we can live in this cold, apathetic, universe – for what? What’s one less terran in the grand scheme of things? More importantly, what comes next?
Like I said, it’s all just a ride with the same destination at its close. No reason to fear the transition. This is why I feel I’ve got little other option than to embrace it.
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Life is an endless drive that you take alone, might as well enjoy the ride, take the long way home.-the bloodhound gang
But what about when you’ve enjoyed the good parts and can only focus on the bad?
I guess, hypothetically speaking, this is why:
Some people manage to find something along the way that makes the journey worthwhile.
Sometimes they enjoy life’s journey so much that they dread death’s inevitability.
I’m not sure I’m one of those people, but I guess others are able to find enough joy to make time worth having.
For me, much of the time, life is a hideous mangled accident that I can only stare at in horror as I slowly drive by.
Nor am I one of those that can fool myself into thinking that ephemeral happiness and appreciation of the current moment are substantial and worthwhile.
I keep coming back to the reality of the world and it is very much like what you described, a “hideous mangled accident” that we can only stare at open mouthed in shock and disbelief.
Is it not telling that at multiple points in human history the overall life expectancy was somewhere around 15 years? What does that mean for those of us who have exceeded that many times over? We’re living on stolen time and wasting away with each passing second.
First day here, btw, thanks for the responses.
Well I would say that even by killing one’s self that would not save the plant. Even if scores of millions followed suit, the earth would care the same as if we doubled the population. We only make the surroundings more difficult on ourselves.
Yes, we all end up dead in the end. That is not good or bad. It just is. Maybe, we are here to learn or test ourselves with senerios that we trained for in our rest period. It is always so easy to say we would ‘get the old lady out a burning building’ until we are standing outside the burning building listening to the old lady scream for help. Our just standing up for the non popular.
I agree with the cultural views on suicide. I can not pass judgement on anyone’s choice. I just would like them to seriously consider if they have used up every last ounce of useful experience on this rock before they move on to non existence. As an American I do find it odd we have a death penalty but do not widely except self-termination. …
Cheers!