Category: On death
It Unclear Whether Local Corpse Liked Her Own Funeral (Or Even If Thought It Okay)It Unclear Whether Local Corpse Liked Her Own Funeral (Or Even If Thought It Okay)
SANTA FE, TX–Following a highly-elaborate service that cost over $11,000, it is not clear whether recently deceased and local corpse Trish Walker liked her own funeral, or even thought it
Running Out The Clock: 11 Things to Do While You Wait to DieRunning Out The Clock: 11 Things to Do While You Wait to Die
Getting conceived as a result of your mother and father making the naked sex into each other, and then being pushed through your mum’s cervix and eventually expelled out her vagina
Uh-Oh: Is Being Alive Killing You? – New Study Links Life, Living, Being Alive to Increased Risk of DeathUh-Oh: Is Being Alive Killing You? – New Study Links Life, Living, Being Alive to Increased Risk of Death
In a new study conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers have discovered evidence that a major cause of death is the act of being alive. The study, funded in part by
Could death possibly be a boat? – On the absurdity of: Death and the absurd but brilliant philosophy of: Rosencrantz & Guildernstern [pt.4]Could death possibly be a boat? – On the absurdity of: Death and the absurd but brilliant philosophy of: Rosencrantz & Guildernstern [pt.4]
This is part 4 in a series on the absurd but brilliant philosophy of Rosencrantz and Guildernstern in Rosencrantz & Guildernstern are Dead. Here’s the rest, and why those guys are
The past can be an indicator of the present (and future) but your expectations of what’s going to happen (in the future) are entirely within your control (though they have little, or no, outcome on what actually happens.) – The (absurd but brilliant) Philosophy of: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern [pt.3] – The coin tossThe past can be an indicator of the present (and future) but your expectations of what’s going to happen (in the future) are entirely within your control (though they have little, or no, outcome on what actually happens.) – The (absurd but brilliant) Philosophy of: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern [pt.3] – The coin toss
Get a coin. Flip it. What was it? Head or tails? Okay, now do it again. And again. Now, those previous flips have an effect don’t they. They affect what
Do you ever think of yourself as dead, lying in a box? Would you rather be dead lying in a box, or alive and in a box? Well, for one, if you choose dead in a box, you won’t even know what you’ve chosen, since you’re dead. Oh, and is life in a box better than no life at all? – The Philosophy of: Rosencrantz & Guilderstern (On the Absurdity of: Death, and our futile attempt to understand it)Do you ever think of yourself as dead, lying in a box? Would you rather be dead lying in a box, or alive and in a box? Well, for one, if you choose dead in a box, you won’t even know what you’ve chosen, since you’re dead. Oh, and is life in a box better than no life at all? – The Philosophy of: Rosencrantz & Guilderstern (On the Absurdity of: Death, and our futile attempt to understand it)
We don’t understand death. It confuses the shit out of us. And by the very definition of life, in which it can not co-exist with the state of being dead,
Is a life where you’re totally present in the moment a meaningless one?/The difficulty of living in the present & The Philosophy of: Frida Kahlo [pt.4]Is a life where you’re totally present in the moment a meaningless one?/The difficulty of living in the present & The Philosophy of: Frida Kahlo [pt.4]
In your life, do you constantly vacillate between thinking about the past, the future, all the while trying to enjoy the moment? Well is it possible that a life aimed
The philosophy of: Bhavagad Geetha (and what Monthy Python’s got to do with it)The philosophy of: Bhavagad Geetha (and what Monthy Python’s got to do with it)
The Bhavagad Geetha (or the Gita) is a Hindu Scripture in Sanskrit that lays out things to keep in mind and a clear way to live a sweet life. It’s
Your death is not the suckiest thing that can happen to you; it’s the death of others that is. (& The Philosophy of: Memento Mori)Your death is not the suckiest thing that can happen to you; it’s the death of others that is. (& The Philosophy of: Memento Mori)
Once you die, that’s it. You (most likely) don’t have to deal with it. But there is nothing that sucks more than the death of someone you love. At least
If you could choose how you’re going to die, how would you go? (Mine’s ‘sharks’.)If you could choose how you’re going to die, how would you go? (Mine’s ‘sharks’.)
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
Does death give life meaning? Or is life meaning in itself?Does death give life meaning? Or is life meaning in itself?
I’m in California or Mexico right now (probably), so for a few weeks, this is a collection of all my favourite questions I’ve thought of in the last year and bit since I started
What was [Hamlet] on about? – On the ‘undiscovered country’ of death, ‘from which no traveller returns’What was [Hamlet] on about? – On the ‘undiscovered country’ of death, ‘from which no traveller returns’
To be or not to be, that is the question… So what was Shakespeare’s Hamlet on about here? We know nothing about death (and the proof, as Jerry Seinfeld says,
Did The Onion nail it here? Or are they way off? If they have nailed this, it could be their most important nailed article yet.Did The Onion nail it here? Or are they way off? If they have nailed this, it could be their most important nailed article yet.
If the Onion have nailed this one, it could be the most important article they have, since it doesn’t involve just a major life decision, a major life fear, regret
Amongst all the absurdities of life, and trying to make sense of a world that doesn’t… the point is just to LIVE – The Philosophy of: Albert Camus (pt.1/probably 8 billion)Amongst all the absurdities of life, and trying to make sense of a world that doesn’t… the point is just to LIVE – The Philosophy of: Albert Camus (pt.1/probably 8 billion)
Yes, life is chaotic. And yes, the major choices in life are difficult or impossible to work out and get right. And yeah, nature is unpredictable and even though we
The Philosophy of Monty Python’s Stan (from Life of Brian) – You came from nothing, you go back to nothing. What’ve ya got to lose? Nothing.The Philosophy of Monty Python’s Stan (from Life of Brian) – You came from nothing, you go back to nothing. What’ve ya got to lose? Nothing.
Everything that is something had to come from nothing. Every relationship you have in your life, at some point, was not there. So if you were fine before it happened, it’s
Seneca on the shortness of life (and the shortness of death)Seneca on the shortness of life (and the shortness of death)
Occasionally as we get caught up in the changes taking place in our lives, or during the course of new situations, we can stray from our personal philosophy and our
The Nike Slogan that didn’t make it.The Nike Slogan that didn’t make it.
One of my students in a nurse. And from where she’s from euthanasia or terminally ill (and sometimes not) patients is legal. A little while ago had a patient who
Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]Hypothetical: If you could choose between dying peacefully (and unaware) during your sleep, or die FULLY AWARE, but have ONE SECOND after your heart stops (and before your brain shuts down) where you could see the universe’s entire past and future and understand every single thing in the universe ever (alas Lucy in yep ‘Lucy’), which would you choose? & The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.4]
There’s one thing, just one, that is impossible to ever know about. One thing that no one can ever experience and tell us about, for us to know, for a
The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.2] – If the first living organism passed on genetic information to its offspring, and that passed down information to its, then that passed it down to its and… ###FAST FORWARD x AMOUNT OF GENERATIONS TILL YOU GET TO US### …then you never really die.The Philosophy of: Lucy [pt.2] – If the first living organism passed on genetic information to its offspring, and that passed down information to its, then that passed it down to its and… ###FAST FORWARD x AMOUNT OF GENERATIONS TILL YOU GET TO US### …then you never really die.
‘We Never Really Die’ *(go to 1:35) When the first single cell organism, the prokaryote, began to exist, it learned about its environment. It survived, and that information on how