Is this a lot? - Page 3

Gravdigr · 10-20-2018, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

It leaves me thinking that people actually only exist in my mind.

Those are the only good kind.

Diaphone Jim · 10-20-2018, 12:18 PM

I cut this cartoon out years ago. It illustrates foot's dilemma.

https://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I0000df.qqq60P2w

Not so funny was the experience soldiers often had in Vietnam: Your buddy was wounded and evacuated. Whether he died or was sent home, it was likely that one's feeling of loss was the same.

AprilElizabeth · 10-20-2018, 01:52 PM

I would guess it's a lot, but then again I have no scientific evidence of that. I've always liked the phrase, "to know death, is to fully know life."

Gravdigr · 10-20-2018, 02:05 PM

I've said it for a long time now, Death is part of Life.

fargon · 10-20-2018, 02:10 PM

Welcome to the cellar AprilElizabeth.

Gravdigr · 10-20-2018, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by fargon

Welcome to the cellar AprilElizabeth.

She's either quite early, or quite late.

monster · 10-21-2018, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

She's either quite early, or quite late.

Or on the opposite side of the world from us? I think it's April in China right now....

tw · 10-21-2018, 01:09 PM

Death is when we finally learn what someone did. An obituary is interesting since that is when we learn what that person really did. Before that, most are unknown.

BigV · 10-25-2018, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

How many people do you know who have died? Like, people you interacted with and knew--not celebrities, friends of friends, or relatives who died before you were born.

I just came up with 24 names, including three from the Cellar (Sundae, Brianna, and LadySycamore.) Obviously the number skyrockets as you get older, but for a 37-year-old that seems like a lot. Is it?

I have studiously avoided this thread. And now, I see my friends, and others, have posted here. The prospect of the mortality of the people I know, people I love--my *own* mortality, has become a moving force in my life recently.

It feels like a biiiig swell in the ocean. I'm close enough to the beach to see the shore, but the energy of the indifferent ocean moves me up, up, then slides away. I've seen these swells before, I've seen the waves break. I know one day the crest will loom over me like a shroud and I'll have the irresistible urge to paddle and thrash and maybe I'll make it through the wave...

But I know the exertion will make my fight against the next, inevitable, inexorable, implacable wave futile. I'll be tossed and tumbled, my airless screams unheard until they burst from my lungs in a stream of silvery bubbles, trailing away, into the light.

Yes, Clodfobble, that's a lot. Still, the waves outnumber us.

monster · 10-25-2018, 09:09 PM

but maybe CF interacts with more people than your average dwellar?

10-20-2018, 02:05 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I've said it for a long time now, Death is part of Life. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-20-2018, 02:10 PM	#5
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	Welcome to the cellar AprilElizabeth. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

10-25-2018, 09:09 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	but maybe CF interacts with more people than your average dwellar? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2018, 12:18 PM	#2
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I cut this cartoon out years ago. It illustrates foot's dilemma. https://punch.photoshelter.com/image/I0000df.qqq60P2w Not so funny was the experience soldiers often had in Vietnam: Your buddy was wounded and evacuated. Whether he died or was sent home, it was likely that one's feeling of loss was the same.

10-20-2018, 01:52 PM	#3
AprilElizabeth Kinda New, Kinda intrigued. Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Iowa Posts: 1	I would guess it's a lot, but then again I have no scientific evidence of that. I've always liked the phrase, "to know death, is to fully know life."

10-21-2018, 01:09 PM	#8
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Death is when we finally learn what someone did. An obituary is interesting since that is when we learn what that person really did. Before that, most are unknown.

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