Yeah, I’d go for it. I already know that it’s inevitable. Being able to not fuck over my loved ones by having certain things in order would make things easier for them.
Can I change it?
I got a scan that detected cancer which I was later able to get removed. That cancer would have probably killed me in five years.
If I get told that I’ll die of cancer in twenty years, I’m going to deal with it in ten years.
Of course I would, then I would hate myself for it. But I know I’d hate myself even more if I had the chance to know and not take it
I mean, permanently or temporarily? Apparently my heart has been stopping on and off randomly all year. :(
Get this… I was in the hospital in January. I wake up, check my phone… Nurse comes in.
“Were you asleep about an hour ago?”
“Yeah, why?”
“Your heart stopped for 8 seconds.”
“. . . Um… ‘thank you’? I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with that information…”
Apparently it happened a few more times in March. I have an implanted heart monitor now, always watching.
Amazing, from your “apparently” I take you were never awake when it happened. I wanted to ask how it feels. I have an arrhythmia that gets my heart either fluttering or skipping a beat but it happens like a couple of times a year. It feels super weird.
I’ve had a-fib and congestive heart failure, 2 heart attacks, and open heart surgery.
Each of the times my heart has stopped, I was asleep, no awareness of it until the doctors and nurses told me.
With the heart monitor, I can press a button when something feels “off”, and report symptoms like being dizzy or passing out. Doc says I’ve been getting extra heartbeats sometimes. Low blood pressure has been a problem too.
When I pass out from low blood pressure, the first thing is I get super dizzy. Then a ringing in my ears so loud I can’t hear anything. Then my vision closes in and turns red and I wake up on the floor.
Interesting, that’s my experience with anesthesia.
Thanks for sharing!
Why not?
Knowing when means I can do whatever I want until the day it happens.
Absolutely. Making sure I have a huge life insurance policy, but getting it far ahead enough to avoid questions of fraud would be worth it.
Definitely. If I’m gonna die in the near future it’d make no sense to continue university.
No. I live to help people and continue making connections. I wouldn’t want to change that.
It’s truly a great thing if Death is unable to change your priorities. You got your shit figured out and must pat yourself on your back.
I learned some lessons from elders a long time ago that the one thing they wished they had done differently is spend more time with family and friends. Helping someone is an extension of that and truly makes me happy. Nothing else gives as much meaning.
A lot of people definitely would take it. This might be the time to confess their love to a lifelong crush, punch their bully in the face, save up and complete their bucket lists, etc.
Death focuses us on what’s actually important and meaningful for each of us.
Is that a knife you’re holding behind you?
Jokes aside this is a philosophical question, would knowing the answer let you change it? Would it be different if you didn’t know the answer? How do you know that knowing the answer isn’t part of the chain of events that leads to your death in such a situation?
What if the person offering was just scamming you and you lived thinking you’d die in 6 months but then it turns out it doesn’t happen?
I think just the fact that the answer could be something like: “2 more years, suicide” is a no-go for me. I’m not a suicidal person so hearing something like this would absolutely fucking terrify me. I think the more time I’d have left the more freaked out I’d get, constantly wonder when will it start? When will the hell that pushes me to take my own life begin?
Sure it would help me adjust the plan
Yes. I think it would add more value to the time I have now and would help me best prepare for my passing.
I think it would make me procrastinate worse, then become apathetic at the end because “I only have X time left …”
For sure. Though you can never really know. I look at death statics for my age and area every once in a while to adjust my risk taking or too see what health concerns I should be prepping for.
Knowledge is half the battle and all
If I knew the reason, chances are it would show “tried to cheat death” with a very close death time. I’d better off not knowing it; because I would definetly try to cheat against it. My lack of knowledge about it will let me live longer.
That’s be nice. I could make arrangements early and adjust my life insurance to maximize payout with minimum payments. It’d also be good to know the how so I can be sure not to be home when it happens - or at least wear a diaper so I don’t poop all over the sofa.
