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A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage
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Re: A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage
#22A British comedian did this as well.. The audience thought it was apart of the act and didn't respond for 5 minutes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito Also apparently this is a thing that happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_entertainers_who_died_...
I was sure your link to a British comedian was going to be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Cooper
Me too, I saw it live on TV - along with millions of others... everyone was in stitches because they thought it was part of the act.
Re: A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage
#23What the way to leave if you know it will happen soon?
Re: A singer apologized, closed his eyes, dropped his head and died onstage
#24I've heard a few stories where a person seemed to suddenly acknowledge that they were about to die. Granted, my grandmother repeatedly claimed she was going to die that night and the one time it was true the family lore became that she somehow knew. But to stop what you're doing like that, I wonder what it is they're actually feeling in the moment. Did he know he was going to die? Did he just feel dizzy? What do peop…
It's actually a real thing -- people being able to very clearly sense when they're about to die:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angor_animi
Apparently, you have to take these signs seriously when it's not a fear of death, but actually saying, "I'm dying".
Look on reddit for "when people know they're dying"...
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#25That's how any sane person would want to go. It's funny[.] how much time and money and effort goes in to keeping aged people alive in conditions that are terrible. Do what you love, and go out on top. [.]appalling
I cannot wait until we cure aging so we can die on our own terms. The right to death should be as inalienable as the right to life, and nothing short of the heat death should be allowed to make this decision for a sentient being.
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#26I've heard a few stories where a person seemed to suddenly acknowledge that they were about to die. Granted, my grandmother repeatedly claimed she was going to die that night and the one time it was true the family lore became that she somehow knew. But to stop what you're doing like that, I wonder what it is they're actually feeling in the moment. Did he know he was going to die? Did he just feel dizzy? What do peop…
Supposedly, a panic attack is subjectively similar in some ways to actually having a major medical emergency, especially a heart attack.
"Impending sense of doom" is a symptom of a heart attack.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also apparently this is a thing that happens Besides getting killed by something or someone else, it seems heart attacks are a very common cause of death while performing. I wonder if it's due to the stressful nature of the situation in general.
Sadly performing is also often not the healthiest lifestyle. I know my diet & exercise fall off a cliff after only even a week or two of travel.
Most "fake careers" are very unhealthy.
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#28My grandfather loved golf. He played golf every day. And he died playing golf. We all gotta go, I can’t think of a better way than while doing the thing you love most. It does make it easier for your relatives (or at least it did for me with my grandfather) knowing that he died doing what he loves.
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#29I've heard a few stories where a person seemed to suddenly acknowledge that they were about to die. Granted, my grandmother repeatedly claimed she was going to die that night and the one time it was true the family lore became that she somehow knew. But to stop what you're doing like that, I wonder what it is they're actually feeling in the moment. Did he know he was going to die? Did he just feel dizzy? What do peop…
I can’t speak for others but I had appendicitis about 10 years ago and ended up spending almost 8 hours in the ER waiting room suffering immensely. I distinctly remember towards the latter half of my wait that I began to feel a strange sensation of impending doom. I can’t describe it exactly but I feared that I might actually die if I wasn’t called back soon. I later heard that this sensation is supposedly one of the…
Considering that a bad trip on magic mushrooms can also be pretty effective at the impending doom thing, it seems to me more a question of particular chemistry production than the setting.
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#30That's how any sane person would want to go. It's funny[.] how much time and money and effort goes in to keeping aged people alive in conditions that are terrible. Do what you love, and go out on top. [.]appalling
I cannot wait until we cure aging so we can die on our own terms. The right to death should be as inalienable as the right to life, and nothing short of the heat death should be allowed to make this decision for a sentient being.
I really want what you have said to be true, but I think there are upper limits we can reach that prevent us from really ever being the arbiters of our own death. That which allows us to become living, must also force us to become nothing, death is the necessity for life, and life is the necessity for death. Skipping death, means skipping life.
If every human that ever lived could live forever, would we have been born? And today, would there be enough space, enough resources, to live a comfortable life worth living if forever? I'm not saying that it makes sense to kill people to create more comfortable life here (as some might take it), what I'm saying is there's an upper bounds to letting people live for a long long time without impacting any future life negatively. One person living forever is not really be a big deal. But everyone? At which point we have to ask, if people have that right to death, how does it impact other's right to life, right to shelter, right to clean water, and so on. They impact each other.
On a side note, there's a fantastic albeit cheaply made film called The Man From Earth that follows a conversation with someone who claims to have lived since the dawn of man. It's great concept, and I highly recommend a watch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_from_Earth