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angieh angieh
 
M$1 August 27, 2009 06:01 PM

Would you want to know when and how you will die?

A new website gives death risk rankings, using a variety of factors to gauge the risk of death in certain situations. While it does not predict any specific death, it brings up the question of would you want to know how or when you would die or would you rather have it be a surprise?
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psycgirl psycgirl
 
 August 28, 2009 02:02 AM
This is a hard question to answer. If you knew when you were going to die it could cause you to be so anxious that you wouldn't enjoy the time leading up to your death.

However, if I were going to die young I think I would like to know because a lot of us live our life as if we will live a long time - meaning that we spend a lot of time in school, working to achieve a certain status or a certain amount of money to provide for ourselves and our families for decades to come. If I don't have a lot of time left to live I could go out and do some of the things that I want to accomplish or experience in my life so that I am sure not to miss that opportunity. Right now I have been focused on work but I would quickly change that focus if I had a limited number of days left on this earth because work would not seem that important anymore. I don't want my life to be full of missed opportunities and time wasted. I think I would be stopping to admire more sunsets if I knew that it might be one of my last ones to savor! So I think I just convinced myself to say yes I would like to know so that I could make the most out of my life!

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pauljordan... pauljordan...
 
August 27, 2009 06:07 PM
I really don't want to know when I'll die..because knowing something is coming often makes it worse

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fallen_ang... fallen_ang...
 
August 27, 2009 06:18 PM
We have the same answer... It'll just make me paranoid over it.

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drmatt drmatt
 
August 27, 2009 06:08 PM
Nah... takes all the mystery/fun out of life...

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will will
 
August 27, 2009 06:16 PM
No way! Simply because then it would put me off of doing what ever happens when I die. What if I am to die in a car crash? There goes all driving for me!

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fraggle fraggle
 
August 27, 2009 06:22 PM
Nope.. I already know that it's going to happen, But i definitely wouldn't want to know when...

But i would like to know (for definite) How i'd react.. e.g., would i get depressed and worry about it, or would i take the other route, and go crazy doing all the things on my ''Bucket list''..

I'd like to think the latter.. :-)

Tags: deathrisk, death, bucketlist, life, deathclock

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samid samid
 
August 27, 2009 06:30 PM
No, the anticipation, the expectation, it would all be too much to bare. Ignorance is bliss!

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rishiku rishiku
 
August 27, 2009 07:12 PM
Yes, If I knew it was the only way and the only time I would die.

If it was, if you live your life like you are now you will probably die on this date. Then no.

Could you imagine if you were told you will never die, until this date no matter what you do you will live (pull through). It would be a very interesting life to live.

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psionandy psionandy
 
August 27, 2009 07:58 PM
Nope.... If I did theres no way that i could keep from obsessing about it, and that would get in the way of now.

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xblindtrut... xblindtrut...
 
August 27, 2009 11:39 PM
I think knowing when and how you die would take all the fun out of life.

You basically live your life waiting for that day.

I don't know about you but I hate waiting in line.

Why would I want to wait for my death.

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saulekas saulekas
 
August 28, 2009 12:47 AM
I choose to chant a death conquering sanskrit Maha Mrityunjaya mantra and ask you that question every 3 years.

The mantra:

OM. Tryambakam yajamahe
Sugandhim pushti-vardhanam
Urvarukamiva bandhanan
Mrityor mukshiya mamritat

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answer_mac... answer_mac...
 
August 28, 2009 08:57 AM
Oh no angieh i don't want to know that when and how you will die!!!!!!!
Because if i will know that every time i thinks about the ways for
canceling my death and i lost my all entertaining works,studies
,sports,friends and other. i just thinks about my death every second,
every hour,every day ,then slowly-2 my life become boring and
i dead early from the actual time of my death by thinking about
that death. so i just away from this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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omgitsjuli... omgitsjuli...
 
August 28, 2009 11:55 PM
I would definitely not want to know when I was going to die! That would be absolutely horrible because you would be in constant anticipation for that date all through your life. While you could probably live life more to the fullest you would constantly have the thought of death in the back of your head. I barley think about death but if I knew when I was going to go I would be a lot more apt to worry about it. Death is such a horrid thing to me that I just feel I would be so consumed with thinking of my death date I would no longer even live life because I would just want to prevent myself from dying at the specific time.

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ling ling
 
August 29, 2009 12:06 AM
I think that it really depends on your situation. For me, I'd want to know. Knowledge is a powerful tool.

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aflyinghot... aflyinghot...
 
August 29, 2009 12:12 AM
heck no i wouldnt want to know lol

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thereal_ye... thereal_ye...
 
August 29, 2009 07:57 PM
No. Thats why you should live every day like your last......
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omicron omicron
 
August 30, 2009 07:33 PM
Nope. That takes all the fun out of life.

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