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> > "There's an idea that veterinarians work on the belief that it's right to euthanise a hopeless case," says Volk, "and we are seeing ourselves, emotionally,
by Arrath 3y ago
> > "There's an idea that veterinarians work on the belief that it's right to euthanise a hopeless case," says Volk, "and we are seeing ourselves, emotionally, as hopeless cases."
Fuck me that is dark.
- at_a_remove 3y agoThe realization that to some pet, you're merely a fallible god, but one who can often offer little but death in an alien place, filled with the scent of sick, dying, and/or terrified other animals. Why am I here? Did I do something wrong? And your face is the last one they see. Run through that a thousand times per year and, unless you have monastic levels of detachment, you might end up feeling as if you were little more than the keen whistling edge of a scythe which never quite dried.
- Arrath 3y agoI'm not sure what a poet is doing on a tech forum, but glad to have you here. I'm gonna go be sad and reflect on life now.
- zkelvin 3y agoThis was beautifully written. Thank you.
- bethekind 3y agoNow this is beautifully sad
- notpachet 3y ago> keen whistling edge of a scythe which never quite dried Forgive me if I steal this quote.
- TerrifiedMouse 3y ago> Fuck me that is dark. I mean we all die eventually. It’s just a matter of when and how much joy and suffering will we encounter on the way. If you look at it as an optimization problem, dying early can be the better scenario. Frankly there are fates worse than death. To suffer for years before dying is just messed up. I hope that when I go it will be relatively quick. I can only hope it will be relatively painless but I think I will only be able to get that in a hospital setting.
- barrysteve 3y agoYou can be saved from fates worst than death. You're not forced to be saved from fates worse than death. But you can be. Faith is a failing concept in the West when people 'give up' to a predicted outcome.