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Post by lowtacks86 on Aug 12, 2018 0:09:27 GMT
...would you do it? Not how old you are when you die, just how it happens. Now something like Alzheimers you could probably just assume "Well at least I'll make it to my old years", where as dying in a car accident obviously could happen at any age.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Aug 12, 2018 0:18:26 GMT
Probably not.
I can't figure out why I would want to know.
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Post by islandmur on Aug 12, 2018 0:37:36 GMT
Not really it would make one fear to do things, dying in a car accident you'd avoid driving or being in a car and it would unecessarily complicate your life, not to mention the stress.
What if you see you would die of an uncurable disease? murdered? in childbirth? choking on food? so many possibilities so many traumas.
Live life take precautions and enjoy your moments.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 12, 2018 0:52:49 GMT
I believe I know approximately when I'm going to die but I'm not sure how. It's made me very conscious of my time and how I spend it, but I could be wrong, and if I'm wrong then it is as you said, and it could happen anytime. Perhaps this is a case where not knowing is preferable to knowing. I'm assuming your question is about foreseeing one's own death but being unable to change the time of death or the circumstances.
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Post by klandersen on Aug 13, 2018 19:13:35 GMT
NO I don't think I would. I agree it would make one very stressed and cause a lot of trauma especially if it were a very violent and painful death.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 19:21:27 GMT
No
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Post by shadrack on Aug 14, 2018 0:11:28 GMT
Not really it would make one fear to do things, dying in a car accident you'd avoid driving or being in a car and it would unecessarily complicate your life, not to mention the stress. What if you see you would die of an uncurable disease? murdered? in childbirth? choking on food? so many possibilities so many traumas. Live life take precautions and enjoy your moments. That could just as easily go the other way. If you knew you were going to die of ... let's say cancer, there'd be almost no limit to the things you could do with no fear of death. Skydiving? Sure. Fugu dinner? No worries. Move to Sierra Leone? If that's your cuppa tea, yeah, sure why not? |
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Post by captainbryce on Aug 14, 2018 0:15:31 GMT
...would you do it? Not how old you are when you die, just how it happens. Now something like Alzheimers you could probably just assume "Well at least I'll make it to my old years", where as dying in a car accident obviously could happen at any age. I don’t engage in idle speculation about nonsensical concepts like foresight. No one can see into the future because it hasn’t happened yet. The future is entirely unpredictable. Consider this: If you can see yourself dying in a plane crash next week, you’d obviously avoid flying for that time period, thereby ensuring that you don’t die in a plane crash. And since you don’t die in a crash, then you have changed the future. Meaning that the future you “saw” doesn’t really happen, and therefore wasn’t really the future. It was just a dream or your imagination. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 14, 2018 0:16:55 GMT
...would you do it? Not how old you are when you die, just how it happens. Now something like Alzheimers you could probably just assume "Well at least I'll make it to my old years", where as dying in a car accident obviously could happen at any age. I don’t engage in idol speculation about nonsensical concepts like foresight. No one can see into the future because it hasn’t happened yet. The future is entirely unpredictable. Idle, not idol. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 14, 2018 0:18:23 GMT
Not really it would make one fear to do things, dying in a car accident you'd avoid driving or being in a car and it would unecessarily complicate your life, not to mention the stress. What if you see you would die of an uncurable disease? murdered? in childbirth? choking on food? so many possibilities so many traumas. Live life take precautions and enjoy your moments. That could just as easily go the other way. If you knew you were going to die of ... let's say cancer, there'd be almost no limit to the things you could do with no fear of death. Skydiving? Sure. Fugu dinner? No worries. Move to Sierra Leone? If that's your cuppa tea, yeah, sure why not? She'd have to learn another language. They don't speak French in Sierra Leone.  |
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Post by captainbryce on Aug 14, 2018 0:20:14 GMT
I don’t engage in idol speculation about nonsensical concepts like foresight. No one can see into the future because it hasn’t happened yet. The future is entirely unpredictable. Idle, not idol. Thank you. I guess being a neo-Nazi translates well into being a grammar Nazi. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 14, 2018 0:25:29 GMT
Thank you. I guess being a neo-Nazi translates well into being a grammar Nazi. If I ever meet any neo-Nazis I'll ask them on your behalf. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 1:47:22 GMT
...would you do it? Not how old you are when you die, just how it happens. Now something like Alzheimers you could probably just assume "Well at least I'll make it to my old years", where as dying in a car accident obviously could happen at any age. I don't care that much, but I'd probably find out just out of curiosity. Otherwise I'd always wonder about it, which would get annoying eventually. |
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Post by mslo79 on Aug 14, 2018 3:57:33 GMT
Probably not. I can't figure out why I would want to know.
Agreed.
in the end I would not want to know unless it's one of those things by knowing you could avoid etc.
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Post by islandmur on Aug 14, 2018 10:27:38 GMT
That could just as easily go the other way. If you knew you were going to die of ... let's say cancer, there'd be almost no limit to the things you could do with no fear of death. Skydiving? Sure. Fugu dinner? No worries. Move to Sierra Leone? If that's your cuppa tea, yeah, sure why not? She'd have to learn another language. They don't speak French in Sierra Leone. I was somewhat baffled by this comment so had to look it up, the main language of Sierra leone is english... so is this a swipe at my english? As a matter of fact Erjen I have already learned, english, spanish, german (though my skills in this one have lapsed) and sign language, and I speak french and creole so no matter where I choose to move don't worry about my communication skills i'm sure i'll pick up the language le plus rapidement que possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 10:30:21 GMT
No.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 14, 2018 10:34:39 GMT
She'd have to learn another language. They don't speak French in Sierra Leone. I was somewhat baffled by this comment so had to look it up, the main language of Sierra leone is english... so is this a swipe at my english? As a matter of fact Erjen I have already learned, english, spanish, german (though my skills in this one have lapsed) and sign language, and I speak french and creole so no matter where I choose to move don't worry about my communication skills i'm sure i'll pick up the language le plus rapidement que possible. No, it wasn't a swipe at your English. I was just trying to be humorous (and failing apparently). Wikipedia listed three languages for Sierra Leone, and none of them were ones I had heard of before. EDIT -- Just went back there and saw that the official language of Sierra Leone is English. |
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Post by islandmur on Aug 14, 2018 10:42:29 GMT
I was somewhat baffled by this comment so had to look it up, the main language of Sierra leone is english... so is this a swipe at my english? As a matter of fact Erjen I have already learned, english, spanish, german (though my skills in this one have lapsed) and sign language, and I speak french and creole so no matter where I choose to move don't worry about my communication skills i'm sure i'll pick up the language le plus rapidement que possible. No, it wasn't a swipe at your English. I was just trying to be humorous (and failing apparently). Wikipedia listed three languages for Sierra Leone, and none of them were ones I had heard of before. This is the very first line from Wikipedia, on languages spoken in Sierra Leone, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sierra Leone is a multilingual country.[1] English is the de facto official language, and Krio is the most widely spoken and is spoken in different countries. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 14, 2018 10:45:26 GMT
No, it wasn't a swipe at your English. I was just trying to be humorous (and failing apparently). Wikipedia listed three languages for Sierra Leone, and none of them were ones I had heard of before. This is the very first line from Wikipedia, on languages spoken in Sierra Leone, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Sierra Leone is a multilingual country.[1] English is the de facto official language, and Krio is the most widely spoken and is spoken in different countries. Yes, I just went back there. Missed it earlier. Sorry for any confusion caused. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Aug 14, 2018 11:13:45 GMT
I remember Big Fish was loosely based on this premise, the main character was not concerned with danger because a witch had already told him when he would die.
He was with friends at the time and throughout their lives, they forgot.
So if this were to happen, it's possible we would only concern ourselves with it if it were imminent or far off.
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