What 'if anything' makes the prospect of death bum you out less? For me it's... Most modern music artists; I don't know you, I've never heard of you, and yet you've sold more and gotten more acclaim than I could ever hope for; Whenever I see a new album or new artist now; death seems less tragic to me. I mean, let's face it; I'm a dinosaur now, I preferred The Simpsons before it got racially sensitive and nowadays, everything is ruined. The world is changing, it's either healthier and less offensive or ironically scarier, and even a little apocalyptic.
Whenever I hear folks my age talk about new artists and how much they're enjoying the music, I'm excited to give them a listen (provided we share similar music tastes). I don't know about you, but I'm thrilled when I can add new artists to my 'library' and expand my horizons a little. As for the question at hand, I think that the stop to internal struggles and anxieties would make death seem like a relief. But I have no desire to find out just yet.
My own death doesn't affray me that much to me, even if I fear the consequences for my family. At best, death encourage me to live my life full. But, if I'm dead, I won't be concious to tell, and if I'm alive, then I'm not dead. Death of my relatives, that's more painfull to me.
AMEN!!! I hope when my time comes it's like a light switch, CLICK, and I'm gone before I hit the floor.
I certainly agree about what passes for 'music' now. It's mostly just monosyllabic gush in the form of 'rap', set to a monotonous rhythm, and surely of interest to no one with a triple-digit IQ. Truth? Even new classical music is non-existent. There's been very little classical music -- VERY little -- written in the past 100 years that's been worth listening to very much or very often. Compared with nearly every composer before about World War I, those that followed scarcely warrant a third performance, including classical music 'staples', like Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue". So much 20th-century 'classical music' sounds like perfectly predictable soundtrack accompaniment to military maneuvers, cartoons, or spirited bowel movements. But what makes me fear death itself less? The prospect that at least in DEATH I won't have to be around any more of these senselessly 'woke' creatures who are determined to sh!t on and destroy every noble, admirable, praiseworthy thing about mankind and our accomplishments since the beginning of history....
They do have something called a silent heart attack. But suffering from depression is my fight. I refuse to let that bastard win. Death will happen and I can't win against him. But maybe I can beat depression and win that battle.
I want some warning before I die to put my affairs in order, tell people what they meant to me, preplan my funeral......or really just to delete the porn off all my devices.
