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> I had a catheter and was on morphine, but I was determined to have a good time. At one point, I decided to go on the biggest slide. When I got to the bottom,
by slibhb 3y ago
> I had a catheter and was on morphine, but I was determined to have a good time. At one point, I decided to go on the biggest slide. When I got to the bottom, there were about 70 people clapping for me. Somebody had shouted: “Rob’s going down the death slide!” and everyone came out to watch.
Nightmarish.
These people think they're so special for being terminally ill. Don't they know that happens to everyone? There's nothing more banal than getting cancer.
- soulofmischief 3y agoPeople can choose to celebrate life and death however they choose, among people whom care about them, and whom they care about, free of judgement from any random person on Hacker News.
- Oarch 3y agoFreedom means both things can happen. People can celebrate death and people can judge. And I can write annoying comments like this one!
- soulofmischief 3y agoAnd I can make a snarky reply.
- cooper_ganglia 3y agoAnd my axe! Oh wait, we're doing a different thing...
- LAC-Tech 3y agoIf you do something publicly you have zero control of who judges you and for what.
- soulofmischief 3y agoSure, but the realization that the judgement is entirely irrelevant and unneeded might make the judger give pause.
- LAC-Tech 3y agoWe're arguing in a comment thread for guardian journospam. Everything about this interaction is entirely irrelevant and unneeded.
- robertlagrant 3y ago"Free of judgment" is silly. Opinions are not judgment.
- LAC-Tech 3y agoHurry up and die, Bob. Children want to use the slide!
- ThrowawayTestr 3y agoFacing death and not succumbing to despair is pretty special.
- slibhb 3y agoMorphine helps!