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I spent three months traveling through Central America. You really quickly get used to a constant sense of danger — the water and food can kill you, the bugs ca

I spent three months traveling through Central America. You really quickly get used to a constant sense of danger — the water and food can kill you, the bugs can kill you, the roads can kill you, the police and gangs could kill you — hell even taking a hot shower there is tempting fate since they have electric heaters in the shower heads and basically no electrical safety standards to speak of. You either have to cower in your hotel in fear or live life. I went hitchhiking in Nicaragua, sledded down a volcano, went cliff diving, etc — stuff i’d never do at home. There’s something to be said for facing down your fear of death and acting in the face of it.

mobilefriendly 8y ago
Survivor bias...I wonder if all the people who died hitchhiking or cliff diving feel the same way. We won't know because they're dead.
- drawnwren 8y ago
  This just isn't true. They felt exactly the same as OP up until the moment they died. A sudden death is, by definition, something that can not be regretted.
  - philwelch 8y ago
    I'm sure some of them felt some amount of regret in the last, terrifying moments between when they realized that they were going to die and when they finally lost consciousness.
  - newfoundglory 8y ago
    Who said "sudden"?
  - dwaltrip 8y ago
    You seem to be assuming the mindset that nothing matters after an individual dies. I'm sure you are not surprised to hear that many disagree with this.
    - lapnitnelav 8y ago
      To that specific individual, it doesn't because they are dead. As for what happens in the realm of death, we'll see when we get there.
      - dwaltrip 8y ago
        > To that specific individual, it doesn't because they are dead. I wasn't clear enough. The decisions one makes during their life are affected by whether or not they care about anything that happens after they are dead (any many specifics beyond that). Many people do things whose primary impact won't be felt until long after they are gone. So it isn't true to simply say that nothing matters after the individual is dead.
- empath75 8y ago
  The vast, vast majority of people who go to those places don’t die.

mobilefriendly 8y ago

Survivor bias...I wonder if all the people who died hitchhiking or cliff diving feel the same way. We won't know because they're dead.

drawnwren 8y ago
This just isn't true. They felt exactly the same as OP up until the moment they died. A sudden death is, by definition, something that can not be regretted.
- philwelch 8y ago
  I'm sure some of them felt some amount of regret in the last, terrifying moments between when they realized that they were going to die and when they finally lost consciousness.
- newfoundglory 8y ago
  Who said "sudden"?
- dwaltrip 8y ago
  You seem to be assuming the mindset that nothing matters after an individual dies. I'm sure you are not surprised to hear that many disagree with this.
  - lapnitnelav 8y ago
    To that specific individual, it doesn't because they are dead. As for what happens in the realm of death, we'll see when we get there.
    - dwaltrip 8y ago
      > To that specific individual, it doesn't because they are dead. I wasn't clear enough. The decisions one makes during their life are affected by whether or not they care about anything that happens after they are dead (any many specifics beyond that). Many people do things whose primary impact won't be felt until long after they are gone. So it isn't true to simply say that nothing matters after the individual is dead.
empath75 8y ago
The vast, vast majority of people who go to those places don’t die.