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I had this weird thought the other day, not sure if it makes sense; We all think that one day we'll grow old, we see old people around us all the time so I gues

by pan69 11y ago

I had this weird thought the other day, not sure if it makes sense; We all think that one day we'll grow old, we see old people around us all the time so I guess we assume one day we'll be one of them. Unfortunately this doesn't seem to be true for many of us. Goodbye Marco. May you rest in peace. And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can.

manlio 11y ago
I know the feeling. We're somehow wired to blindly believe in the decades ahead of us for so many aspect of our lives -- be it compound interest or love affairs. The most peculiar aftermath of losing somebody you love way too early is this sort of spell being irremediably broken. You start being skeptical about even the not-so-distant future, because you can't help but feel it might won't be for you after all. It's not even a good or bad thing on its own, you've always known it was part of the game: the sun rises, bigger animals eat smaller animals, tides come in and out; yet learning to live with it on your skin affects you deeply. Anyway, thanks for your comment.
kayoone 11y ago
It's not a weird thought at all, after all that's life. While the odds of you growing old outweigh the odds of a short life (average life expectancy is around 80 in western countries) it still happens frequently that people die too soon, for whatever reason. Yet most of us focus all of our energy and motivation on a time in the future when we have hopefully achieved X, while forgetting to enjoy the present in a meaningful way. That is kind of normal because the human psyche tries to ignore too negative thoughts and it's probably the best way not get too depressive about life as a whole. It's similar to how we do not really care about people far away that have a really tough life or anything that does not directly impact our own lives.
jbeales 11y ago
> And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can. I'm 35, and I've already lost at least 4 friends. Causes of death: Drunk driving, Suicide, Murder, and bacterial infection/dropped dead. The friend with the infection was a super-healthy woman who was opening a fitness studio, one of those people that you would expect to grow old, not catch a random bug and die.
- drzaiusapelord 11y ago
  What bug? This is something of a fear of mine, especially after my wife received a MRSA infection a few years ago.
  - jbeales 11y ago
    Internet obit says "a rare form of Group A streptococcal disease" I know she was feeling crappy, enough to head into a hospital late-ish at night, and apparently by that time her kidneys had already shut down. I don't live in the same city as she did anymore, so I don't have any more info.
    - 2mur 11y ago
      Sounds like it could have been toxic shock syndrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome
  - ams6110 11y ago
    Try to stay away from hospitals then.
Dewie3 11y ago
Though the upside to not growing old is that you don't have to become old.

by pan69 11y ago

manlio 11y ago

I know the feeling. We're somehow wired to blindly believe in the decades ahead of us for so many aspect of our lives -- be it compound interest or love affairs. The most peculiar aftermath of losing somebody you love way too early is this sort of spell being irremediably broken. You start being skeptical about even the not-so-distant future, because you can't help but feel it might won't be for you after all. It's not even a good or bad thing on its own, you've always known it was part of the game: the sun rises, bigger animals eat smaller animals, tides come in and out; yet learning to live with it on your skin affects you deeply. Anyway, thanks for your comment.

kayoone 11y ago

It's not a weird thought at all, after all that's life. While the odds of you growing old outweigh the odds of a short life (average life expectancy is around 80 in western countries) it still happens frequently that people die too soon, for whatever reason. Yet most of us focus all of our energy and motivation on a time in the future when we have hopefully achieved X, while forgetting to enjoy the present in a meaningful way. That is kind of normal because the human psyche tries to ignore too negative thoughts and it's probably the best way not get too depressive about life as a whole. It's similar to how we do not really care about people far away that have a really tough life or anything that does not directly impact our own lives.

jbeales 11y ago

> And to you my friends, smell the flowers while you can. I'm 35, and I've already lost at least 4 friends. Causes of death: Drunk driving, Suicide, Murder, and bacterial infection/dropped dead. The friend with the infection was a super-healthy woman who was opening a fitness studio, one of those people that you would expect to grow old, not catch a random bug and die.

drzaiusapelord 11y ago
What bug? This is something of a fear of mine, especially after my wife received a MRSA infection a few years ago.
- jbeales 11y ago
  Internet obit says "a rare form of Group A streptococcal disease" I know she was feeling crappy, enough to head into a hospital late-ish at night, and apparently by that time her kidneys had already shut down. I don't live in the same city as she did anymore, so I don't have any more info.
  - 2mur 11y ago
    Sounds like it could have been toxic shock syndrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic_shock_syndrome
- ams6110 11y ago
  Try to stay away from hospitals then.

Dewie3 11y ago

Though the upside to not growing old is that you don't have to become old.