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9.19.2007
Hypothetical To Contemplate This Afternoon
The Ticket morning crew proclaimed this "the greatest hypothetical ever."
You must learn one of the following: (1) The time of your death, or (2) the manner of your death.
If you chose the time of your death, you have the advantage of planning the rest of your life perfectly. No missed good-byes. Perfect financial planning. But there are by-products. For example, do you tell your family? Do you want to burden them with that? And wouldn't the last year be filled with dread? The last week? And what about waking up on that final day! And what if you learn that your death is next week?
If you chose the manner of death, you have the benefit of doing to prolong your life. For example, if you learn that you will die from a heart attack, you can engage in frequent doctor visits, change your diet, and exercise. But remember, in the end, the heart attack will get you. And it can be a little crazy, too. That is, what if you learn you will die in a plane accident? Yeah, you can avoid plane trips, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be looking towards the sky all the time since one might fall on you. And what if you HAVE to take an emergency plane flight after avoiding a plane for twenty years. Think that would be a white knuckle voyage?
Hmmmm.
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Imagine how soldiers crossing the English Channel headed to D-Day must have felt. Most of them knew the time AND the manner. Later that day, and blown apart. A lot of heroes know the answer to both before their death.
Damn good survey question...
I would rather know the time!!!
I will live forever!
I,m sorry to tell you 1:58pm
you will not live forever.we all forget that. we forget to treat the people we love like we may never see them again. we forget that everything we do and say will someday be how we are remembered.
live everyday as if it were your last. cause one day you'll be right
I'm taking Georgio stance>>>next
Yes I will live forever! With My Lord Jesus
Stupid morning shows.
I'd rather know the time, too. Who cares how?
1:32:
+1
Thi is something I woulodn't dwell on, but just the same, I try to tell my kids "I love you" when we part company...
Oh my gosh, Barry! It is so crazy that you brought this up. I just finished watching all three of the Final Destinations. The movies (especially the third one)got me to thinking. How would I re-act if someone came up to me and told me that they had an idea of how I was going to die and that it would be real soon? I have no clue. I would probably be wierded out like the people in the movies. I would hope that I would make sure my loved ones knew how I felt about them (even though we should tell them daily, we don't). I know that no matter what when it is my time, I know where I am headed and that I can't wait to get there to see my very close family.
Yikes! Next question please.
I will take cartoons for 100.00 Alex!
I would want to know the time also. If I found out how then I would become paranoid by everything and wouldn't know when to expect it. At least knowing the time gives you an advantage into planning what is the rest of your time on earth. Even if it was tomorrow you could party hard today.
Those on Death Row know both.
We're all dead after 12-21-2012 @12:21:12 hrs
1:32,
People that are doing what they are intended to do aren't heros. Army guys who have died in the past and present....they aren't heros, they are just army men and sometimes die.
3:16,
Gimmie a break....isn't that what they said a few years ago? The "date and time" came and went and a bunch of you guys were just waiting for something that never happened?
I am reading this blog....I might as well already be dead, and who cares how!
I actually died 6 years ago. I am being kept alive artificially until I finally contribute something to society. This may take a while.
3:28, Do you speak German? If you don't you can thank all of those "army guys" for dying for your freedom to say stupid shit.
3:28 PM
What box of night crawlers did you escape from?
I'd like to check out doing a midget .
3:28...I don't see how you can't think anybody in the military is not a hero. They may just be doing their job but they're also putting their lives on the line. The same goes for police and firefighters. And they're doing it for thoughtless, know it all, holier than thou people like you.
Obviously, nobody close to you has ever had the kind of selflessness, dedication and patriotism to country it takes to join the military or you would think differently.
3:28, a little history lesson for you. The U.S. did not have an all volunteer military back in WWII. They didn't choose it.
Hypothetical to compemplate?
Stupid to compemplate.
When Barry is bored, this is what we get.
3:28 12-21-2012 hasn't come and gone yet but you will when it does.
People who ELECT to risk their own lives and safety for the well-being of others ESPECIALLY people they have and will NEVER know most assuredly are HEROES.
I tend to live my life as though I have lived my last day and make EVERY effort to live forever. Everyone I have loved that has passed has done so suddenly, thus at an early age I realized that life is fickle and fleeting. Having learned this has made it easier for me to ALWAYS make certain the people I love know how I feel and to NEVER say or do anything to those whom I love that I did not want to be the last memory they have of me. I NEVER procrastinate doing the things that should they be left undone would leave a mess. As for knowing the method of my death. I know one day I will pass but I eat healthfully, exercise, have NEVER ridden in an auto without wearing a seat belt, drive safely, wash my hands after using the bathroom and look both ways prior to crossing a street. In other words I do EVERYTHING over which I have control to prolong my life.
I am NOT the stuff of which HEROES are made. I do not believe I could or would risk my life for the life of someone I did not know or love. However, I would mightily fight to the death to protect myself or those whom I love.
3:16 is right about the date and time, according to the Mayan calendar, which was supposed to be eerily accurate.
What does this have to do with soldiers and/or heroes, again? Why does every single topic on this blog somehow get hijacked by that same old straw man BS?
As to the ACTUAL QUESTION POSED: I think it's a great mercy that most of us know neither the date nor the manner ... but I guess if I had to choose, I'd pick the "when" over the "how." With "how," you'd spend whatever time you have left being paranoid and freaked out, wouldn't you?
gleeMOANchick, Nice job of doing your own brand of hijacking with your same old style of holier than thou BS.
Barry, would you please remove my 10:29 comment on this post. I did not mean it, am ashamrd I wrote it, and was drunk, and didn't think you would post it. Thanks , or is there a way for me to remove it?
Uh, you didn't need to post my request to remove that. It's a little embarrassing too. I misspelled a word, you see.
stop that already. youve had your fun
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