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...this is the way suicide commiters feel before they die. But if you live long enough....

People want to die.

So I'm thinking of ways to let people go into the afterlife when they are finished with the world.

The human desire for death is real, and the development of static aging and perfected health will create a demand for appropriate self-termination.

My initial thoughts (prompted by reactions to my last post on extended lifespans) are that:

> some kind of simulated experience would be created - a sort of Disneyland of Death -

> where a non-frightening "movie" of your own design would unfold, with you in it -

> while you were casually being drugged into euphoria -

> while being led toward the closest approximation we have to the near-death experience -

> and you pass away as you are moving down a cosmic tunnel toward a brilliant light.

How would you think society will handle institutionalized suicide?

How would you kill yourself?

 



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  • Bittch said on Jan 28, 2008....
    sleeping pills and Karen Carpenter
  • unique1 said on Jan 28, 2008....
    i will find the tallest building and a bottle of valium...i will fly across the universe...
  • somethingunUSual said on Jan 28, 2008....
    Suicide by cop for me. Lock and load, make a list, go for the gusto - take out a few assholes, pervs and other undesirables before the swat team takes me out nice and clean...it's a war, baby...
  • desdemona said on Jan 28, 2008....
    hole, you ASShole - lol - you had me running to the rescue!!!!! that was a CHEAP STUNT buster...you should know better -----!!!!!!
  • raulraffinknockknock said on Jan 28, 2008....
    to take ones own life is sin
    remember these movies / scenes by which people who want to kill themself is talked out of this by a superior oficer (I recall Col. Potter and Capt. Piccard) who pretend to help them kill themself and they fight back against this - so wanting to live.
    try this instead
  • Kilgore_V_Trout said on Jan 28, 2008....

    If you really don't want to change your mind or make a mistake and botch the job, put a Magnum .44 barrel aganst the roof of your mouth and pull the trigger.
    A 'course that ain't a-gonna work for the masses any more than a Hitlerfied gas shower, so you're right, we'll have to dress it up pretty and make it fun. I suppose that will have to include food and sex as well.
    One hell of a Going Out Party - that's what we need!
  • Dreamknightx said on Jan 28, 2008....
     
    This one's easy. Just draw a picture of an angry looking Muslim and label it "Mohammed" then put it on a poster, put the poster on a stick and go marching around the block at the local Islamic Center some afternoon.
     
  • Dreamknightx said on Jan 28, 2008....
    Or...tell Dr. Kevorkian you'd like him to mix the drinks this time, then wink ----
  • secretlife said on Jan 28, 2008....
    this reminds me of the movie Soilent Green.....where people can check themselves "in" to check themselves "out"....right down to your favorite movie/music...
     
    do you think that in 2000 years our bodies will be recycled for "food"?
     
    i just read a book called The Road, where once again the future world is a ruined wasteland, and the civilization is comprised of wonderers and then groups of savages who's mission is to capture other survivors in order to make them "food"...
  • RollingC said on Jan 29, 2008....
    Not for me. Life can be a bitch at times but it's what you make out of it that counts towards your outlook and feeling.   Too much to do to just clock out whenever you want just because things don't go your way.
    Rc
  • abigale-annabella said on Jan 29, 2008....
    So far
    ive taken all my weeks tablets
    (i was diagnoed incorrectly with a thyroid problem)
    And (this will sound silly) but the only other things i could find were 2 asprins and omega 3 tablets lol
    when my mum comes home, il get her to nip at get me some paracetomol
     
    Im exited for my next life,
    Its a new start and a new beggining, and god will aprreicate the fact im giving my lfie to him
    he made a bad thing happen on saturday night. i think that was his way of saying come to my world where you cant get hurt
    be happy again!
    i decided people who commit suicde do NOT go to hell!
    maybe il even be an angel
    il help the world in my angel state!
    sorry im rambling im just exited and curious anddd NO IDEA haha
     
     
     
    im sorry im such a syco/werido
    :(
    xxxxxxxxx
  • broken_angel said on Jan 29, 2008....
    uhm.. how would i kill myself? pills maybe.. at least it wouldnt be that messy.. :)
    but nah.. so far, despite my many attempts or many thoughts on suicide, i never really pushed through, coz i know i just need to be strong for those people who still love me.. :)
    hope you guys would the same thing..
  • foreveryoung said on Jan 29, 2008....
    i dont know
    because so many forms of suicide have had survivors
    and these survivors have ended up so much worse off than before
    its a risky thing to do.
  • Truthmonger said on Jan 29, 2008....
    Suicide is the mosty selfish act you'll ever commit.  Life's too short to kill yourself.  If you want to be dead, relax.  Life is a terminal sexually contracted disease. You'll get there...... Enjoy it's moments while you can.
  • sweetnessorange said on Jan 29, 2008....
    sometimes there's pain you can't imagine that goes with getting up in the morning...and if life is painful you want to stop the pain...............that kind of pain is something you just have never known about yet and hope you never do........
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 29, 2008....
     
    Don't jump out any windows yet! There's reason for hope!!!
     
     
     
  • roSeita said on Jan 29, 2008....
    I feel I will live forever.................
  • Rescuer said on Jan 29, 2008....
    And the caterpillar becomes the butterfly .. .
  • Trinov said on Jan 29, 2008....
    No one should think of suicide as an easy way out. There is life after death and everything has to be accounted for, not necessarily in anything like a traditional conception of Hell, but that does exist too, ---but to think that the Creator would throw some soul in there forever, is damn idiotic. It is more likely that some one who committs suicide would be sent back into a life to be taught more patience, --maybe end up as a suicide counselor. G-d recycles. Even cats and dogs know that. But there is no quiet oblivion. And honey, people are not made into angels, angels and souls are two different creations. Angels have less free will and lots more knowledge than we souls have. And we have more free will down here than we do in the afterlife. People who have come back from clinical death say how much they were embarrassed by all the stupid things that they did, for it is all recorded on something resembling a video, and your whole extended family for generations may come to see it. So much for evading parents, you get great grandparents waiting right there for you. (My brother once said that knowing he'd have to deal with the family was the best reason not to commit suicide.)
  • secretary said on Jan 29, 2008....


    Hello HoleInTheCosmos,


    An asshole here. you seemed to be holed in a blackhole.
    Dare to escape it, defying the laws of physics?

    The Answer:
    1. "The Gift of God is Eternal Life in Jesus Christ."
    2. www.geocities.com/thesecretaryoftruth

    I humbly ask you to join me in pursuit of the Truth.

    --Secretary


     

  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 30, 2008....
    How can you possibly hope to find the truth in a moldy, antiquated pseudo-philosophy based on believing in supernatural cirmcumstances that are completely unconfirmed?
     
    Kindly refrain from using my blog to advertise your cult.
     
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 30, 2008....
    Trin - I do agree with you on one point. There is no guarantee that suicide ends your trip.
  • secretary said on Jan 30, 2008....
    you got it. i won't post on your blog again.
    one final comment:
    "The time has come. I really have finally, truly, deeply had enough.."
     
    you pretended to be a suicider in order to grab people's attention.
    this is a crime.
     
    enough said.
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Jan 30, 2008....
     
    So arrest me.
     
    It should be illegal to claim humility in  the act of arrogance.
     
    And if hypocrisy were a crime, most preachers would be on Death Row.
     
     
  • justmetoo said on Feb 14, 2008....

    ello, first time poster, long time suicide contemplator.

    re: Trin.
    I believe suicide is a difficult way out... out of this life. It takes alot of guts and strong will to push yourself to the point where your life means nothing to you. I agree with you when you say victims of suicide are sent on to the next life, HOWEVER i also believe this goes for all life... like you said "but to think that the Creator would throw some soul in there forever, is damn idiotic.". I believe your soul lives in this world and will continue living succesive lives until you have learned what it is you're supposed to learn (don't ask me what that is, i've been looking for years and still haven't found it... and it's pissing me off!). Perhaps once you've learned your soul doesn't need to "live" anymore but of that i can't be sure (not until i die).

    This is after all a very touchy subject. Would you WANT someone to live their life in pain and misery? (wouldn't this be selfish on your behalf? What would YOU gain through their pain and misery?) If you tried to help them by means of finance, Counselling, medication etc. and if this didn't work, would you still condemn them for wanting to take their own life? In my time i have met quite a few rich families with children (close to my age 23) who lead miserable unfulfilled lives even in the midst of privilege and yet i've met others from a poor/disadvantaged background where everything is priceless... i am one of the "privileged" people and i'm not happy...

    Everyday i think of killing myself, but i'm not strong enough... not strong enough to initiate the pain and heartache that would be caused to my family (i would say 'friends' too but unfortunately i don't have any, i'm quite anti-social and i get the feeling there's something about me people aren't attracted to). Even though i wish for something to end my own pain and suffering, i don't wish to hurt those who care.

    If i were to die, i'd like to die a hero... perhaps save a child from a burning building or being struck by a car... at least then i could die with dignity, respect and possibly admiration...

    I support institutionalised suicide... for some people it's the only way out.
    ...................................................
    lol, Hole, right on... I'm really not a big fan of religion... i don't need a hypocrite to tell me how to live my life and then in the process i have to "donate" money to them. If you can live a truthful, honest, courteoues, righteous and kind life then there is no point to religion. After all, this is what THEY try to teach and yet the words become twisted and they're perceived in a manner that eventually ends up attacking other people/societies/groups/religions.

    If you're religious, happy and content and i have offended you then i apologise in advance. Each to their own i say (i'm merely expressing my views/opinions and they're not to be taken personally)

  • Kilgore_V_Trout said on Feb 15, 2008....
    Hell, why not have a safe-house for dying? People do want a way out of their misery sometimes so why shouldn't a arational person have the option of self-termination without having to do some home-grown razor or pill job? Death is the inevitable option, friends. Each of our trains is rolling down a track toward the same destination.
  • HoleInTheCosmos said on Feb 15, 2008....
     
    justmetoo - thanks for writing.
     
     
  • justmetoo said on Feb 15, 2008....

    you're welcome Hole

     

    re: bittch

    Who's karen carpenter?

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