Alfs 5:24 Wed Feb 14
Death
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As each day comes, there is a report of another celebrity or sportsman of our era who has died. We're all in that queue and being first in it gets closer and closer.
Does death scare you, or are you resigned to its inevitability? If it happened tomorrow, would you have regrets, or muster a smile before your last breath and think 'yeah, I've had a decent life. Can't complain'.
Is there anything, given the chance, that you would have done differently? Is there someone who you loved but never told, but wished that you had?
Do you believe that you will be welcomed by an angel, or a close family member, to take you to wherever our souls go, or that you will simply become compost?
Would you choose a different path in the way that you lived your life? Do something different?
And if, when you find yourself in the clouds and are told reincarnation is a thing, and you will return - would you choose to support West Ham for your next lifetime, or have a less stressed life and opt for Man City or Liverpool and become a glory hunter?
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Manuel
5:36 Wed Feb 14
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So that's EIGHT questions, give me a while and I'll come back to ya, and put the crack pipe away.
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arsene york-hunt
6:08 Wed Feb 14
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When we die we will be thinking the same thoughts we were thinking for millions of years before we were born. ie. fuck all.
I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens Spike Milligan
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chim chim cha boo
6:10 Wed Feb 14
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I'm a bit of a creaking door and think about death maybe 10 times a day.
If I could go back I'd probably not have hurt some of the people who I have hurt and I am ashamed of some of the things I have done, especially to people who have loved me.
Don't get me wrong, I have had on the whole a very happy life mainly free of responsibility but I think anyone who says that they wouldn't change a thing is an idiot.
I have made massive mistakes and I hope that I have learned from them and sincerely hope I can still improve. I miss people I used to know SO badly.
I'm a complete atheist and if I am wrong I will certainly not be going to heaven, no fucking way.
...and I wouldn't change my allegiance to West Ham in any shape or form. I love the club and I love the supporters.
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Willtell
11:24 Wed Feb 14
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Death to me is going to sleep and not waking up anymore. But I did a deal with the devil so will live for ever and ever...
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mallard
11:43 Wed Feb 14
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We’re also taking emails on the big question. What happens after we die? Frederick emails to say he has four children. He is the proud father of a new baby boy, Joshua, and his daughter, Susan, five, has just started school. And he thinks after death, there is nothing
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goose
11:52 Wed Feb 14
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Classic partridge!!
“ He’d like to be buried in a satin lined coffin with a couple of page three stunners, they’re alive he says……..I’m not reading that out.”
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BRANDED
11:52 Wed Feb 14
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I will probably post a few times on here. Love a bit of death. My cousin who is 58 is in a London hospital and has been in a forced coma for three weeks due to her immune system attacking herself. Anyway they’ve suppressed the immune system and given her some drugs and two days ago brought her out of the coma and she’s improving a bit.
With that in mind heres a great video about people who died and cane back. The stories and the science is bloody brilliant.
https://youtu.be/_18UdG4STHA?si=uM7bl10GK7jFKaUG
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zico
11:53 Wed Feb 14
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In the words of Rodney Trotter, if there is any such thing as reincarnation knowing my luck I'll come back as me!
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Lato
12:00 Wed Feb 14
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If there is such a thing as reincarnation I still want to come back as a West Ham fan.........despite the let downs, humiliations etc. Once a Hammer always a Hammer. COYI
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Oh dear
12:09 Wed Feb 14
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I suppose I'm lucky, I've few regrets.
Those close to me tell me I'm one of those people who never seems to want for anything.
Memento Mori
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Leonard Hatred
12:18 Wed Feb 14
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I plan to be immortal.
So far so good.
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zico
12:19 Wed Feb 14
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In all seriousness now I am 55 and all those famous faces from my teens and 20's rather than my childhood seem to be dropping like flies it does make you wonder. Whilst it was upsetting as a kid when Eric Morecambe, Steve McQueen or John Wayne passed on you didn't think about it. I do now! You start thinking in years rather than 5 or 10 and as a bunch of 5 good mates we now try and get together more often because soon that 5 might well become 4 or 3!
Been a bit odd this last year since mum died because you suddenly become an adult orphan and it now gets freaky because I am only three years short of the age dad was when he died. Thankfully for me being adopted I haven't got a clue what's going to get me. Bit of luck I'll go in my sleep but hopefully not for a good while yet.
When mum was going I sat with her. She was totally out of it but had this strange reaching thing going on where she was reaching upwards. Looked it up and it's a death reach and no-one knows why. I hope that she was reaching out for dad and those waiting for her but that's just a hope of course. Do I believe it, probably not, but whatever is a comfort eh.
The thing I am thankful for and this sounds odd is that I am not married and have no kids so pleased that no one will be heavily affected when I go. My nephew will get my West Ham shirt collection!
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Gary Strodders shank
12:25 Wed Feb 14
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Look after yourself and live life to the full and the rest is in the lap of the gods if you believe in them
Modern medicine these days can keep people alive when 30 years ago they would be dead.
I have an elderly relative in a care home now bedridden in constant pain and discomfort with zero quality of life.
She has had pneumonia a couple of times and only given a less than 50% chance of survival but intravenous antibiotics pulled he r through.
My old man had emphysema/ COPD and they made him a mask at the Royal Brompton which he had to wear in the end 23 hours a day to keep him alive but really in my view it was only. Keeping him alive to suffer some more.
In the end he suffered organ failure over one Xmas and was slowly taking his last breaths as the patients next to him were ripping open there Xmas presents and celebrating with there visitors as there was no side room available for him to die with some dignity.
For me it is all about having quality of life and being able to enjoy it while you can.
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Side of Ham
12:36 Wed Feb 14
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Fucking hell, don’t worry about death as cliche heaven has been proven on here….
Please note: This thread has been started by a Welshman….the most morbid of folk you’ll ever find…… :-)
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Coffee
12:51 Wed Feb 14
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BRANDED 11:52 Wed Feb 14
Your cousin - Sepsis? I had that a few years ago and was told I was only a couple of hours from death. If that's what it's like to die, there's nothing to worry about. It was easy - a few hours of confusion, sleepiness and that was it.
That was an interesting video. Sam Parnia, who posted the video, has done a lot of excellent work on consciousness and death. iirc, he was previously at Southampton University - your kind of area? If you're interested in more on that subject, look up Peter Fenwick, IANDS, Pim van Lommel, and others.
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Lee Trundle
12:54 Wed Feb 14
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"Bit of luck I'll go in my sleep"
I don't know how I'd feel about that. I'd feel a bit GUTTED having not experiencing death and what happens.
I'd like to die in my own bed, slowly slipping away (preferably with the help of loads of drugs), surrounded by my family and friends all telling me how great my life was.
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Coffee
1:03 Wed Feb 14
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BRANDED
Here's an interview with Peter Fenwick. Fascinating stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78SkTuk8Zd4&t=867s
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BRANDED
1:53 Wed Feb 14
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Thanks Coffee
I will check it later.
My favourite philosopher on consciousness Is Bernado Kastrup. He has a short essay on death here. It's a bit deep so not for everybody but to preface it he believes we live in consciousness not the material world and each of us is unique.
https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2016/04/conquering-fear-of-oblivion-in-15.html
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J.Riddle
2:04 Wed Feb 14
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Well this has cheered me right up!
Is there anything, given the chance, that you would have done differently?
FMOBs how long have you got?
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joe royal
2:38 Wed Feb 14
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My mum died on Sunday, and I felt relieved and sad in equal measure. She had alzimers and had been in a care home for 4 years. To watch someone go from enjoying a slightly confused life to being asleep in a hospital for 8 days isn’t the best.
I’m the least religious bloke in the world but when my sister rang me there was a shadow of a fish on my beer.
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