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> I don't think dead people care how long they've been dead before they're found. It's unpleasant to think about dead bodies sitting around, but ultimately not
by pavel_lishin 2y ago
> I don't think dead people care how long they've been dead before they're found. It's unpleasant to think about dead bodies sitting around, but ultimately not their biggest problem.
I think one unspoken assumption is that if someone is checking in with you regularly, they might actually find you before you die, and either call an ambulance to help you, or notice that something might be a problem before it becomes severe.
- abound 2y agoAgreed, and I tried to address that with my suggested alternatives, all of which would also find you in such circumstances. Mostly just noting that creating humans solely for the purpose of caring for you in old age is a fairly nuclear option.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoIs that why they call it a nuclear family? :)
- hilux 2y agoNot sure about "solely," but what you describe is actually a mainstream concept in many cultures. The US and other individualistic Western countries are probably the exception.
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago> The US and other individualistic Western countries are probably the exception. It's probably because the areas of greatest economic opportunity keep shifting, so children don't end up in the same city as their parents to care for them.
- AmericanChopper 2y agoI always thought the main issue this was exposing is that if it takes months for anybody to notice you’ve died, then you must have been living a rather sad life at the time.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoMaybe, but a solitary life doesn't have to be a sad one.
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoI’ve lived alone, and I’ve lived with the right people, and I’ve lived with the wrong people. Living with the right people was good. Living alone was perfectly fine. Living with the wrong people was hellish.
- AmericanChopper 2y agoIf you live a life so isolated from other people that you can die and nobody notices for months, you are either living a sad life, or you’re highly socially dysfunctional.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoAgreed. It's not exactly a nice thing to say or think about but it's obviously true in the general case. I'd be curious about the perspective of those that disagree.
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoI'm not sure if you realize what it seems like you're advocating for: solitary life and dying alone. Having biological children because you want biological children is not as nuts as you seem to imply.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoI'm not trying to imply that, and I have children.