The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoIt's not your timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1661
arrow-up1661imageIt's not your timelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square56linkfedilink
minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoGenuinely scary to think that I might only be 50% of the way through my life. I was looking forward to a nice rest.
minus-squareTheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.orgcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoThe different kind of midlife crisis
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHow did it feel before you were born? After you die, it’s like that again.
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt was like that for billions of years and it didn’t bother me in the least.
minus-squarebanazir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThat thought used to scare me to death. Now that I’m older… Yeah, I can let all this grief go when it’s time. It’ll be nice.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago“Being dead doesn’t scare me. The process of dying – such as, of cancer – can be terrifying.” -Christopher Hitchens, dying of cancer at the time (paraphrased)
Genuinely scary to think that I might only be 50% of the way through my life. I was looking forward to a nice rest.
The different kind of midlife crisis
Mid-century crisis.
How did it feel before you were born?
After you die, it’s like that again.
It was like that for billions of years and it didn’t bother me in the least.
Sounds nice to me
That thought used to scare me to death. Now that I’m older… Yeah, I can let all this grief go when it’s time. It’ll be nice.
“Being dead doesn’t scare me. The process of dying – such as, of cancer – can be terrifying.”
-Christopher Hitchens, dying of cancer at the time (paraphrased)