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Please describe what makes one's death a "sad death"
by wutwutwat 2y ago
Please describe what makes one's death a "sad death"
- 2snakes 2y agoReal yoga is possible.
- BSOhealth 2y agoOf course, I’d be happy to! That would be something in contrast to all the fortunate, welcomed, gleeful, and celebrated deaths we hear about frequently in Western news and experience in our own personal lives. Instances where people are not ready to go, sorrowful, regretful, spiteful, guilty, etc.
- MomsAVoxell 2y agoA sudden or unexpected departure, under some circumstances that highlight the grief of passing, such as in a car accident on the way home from a wedding, or having just given birth, or some such circumstances. I think I can imagine there being ‘non-sad’ deaths, though - such as in the case of dying close to 100 years old, surrounded by ones loved ones, family, friends, with time to say goodbye. So, basically any circumstance which does not allow for the ideal departure, could be classed as a ‘sad death’ ..
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- temp0826 2y agoAny death of a child. Astronomical loss of potential vs someone who has lived a long life.
- strogonoff 2y agoSome cultures weigh the death of a child vs. the death of an old person in a way that makes the latter a much more severe loss, given the unique wisdom accumulated over years. I believe it is the opposite in developed countries today due to lower birth rate and the tendency to preserve inordinate amounts of information arguably making the wisdom of an old person seem mostly useless.
- phantompeace 2y agoWhat's the word you call your younger self when you think you've got it figured out? Foolish seems too gentle a word. Before having my own, I would wonder why everyone spoke of losing a child as a pain beyond all others. I even had the audacity to think they were being dramatic - after all, they'd only known their child for such a short time. After having my own, I find myself breaking my own heart with the thought of loss almost like my spirit is trying to build calluses against a blow I pray never comes
- formerphotoj 2y agoI've not lost a child and I don't "intend" to, so for me there's the vast investment in bringing them in, raising them up, and to lose both the past and future at the "wrong time"...astronomically heartbreaking. Never used to cry during movies when a child is lost, now I do every time.
- pfannkuchen 2y agoI think it's less loss of potential (though that is a good rationalization) and more that people who weren't sad when they thought about their kids dying didn't become ancestors to the current set of humans, via the obvious mechanism.
- wutwutwat 2y agoI don't know why I was downvoted for asking a legit question, but alright. The answers still don't make any sense
- nsxwolf 2y agoYour question just came off as incredibly obtuse.
- wutwutwat 2y agoI literally don't understand what makes a death a "sad" death. People are acting like this should be common knowledge, but I've never heard that before. Death is death. What makes one a sad one? If there are sad ones, does that mean people are having happy deaths? What about gleeful deaths?