DA Baracus Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 (edited) To me It's an absolute mindfuck. I know that folk say that before you were born there was nothing and after you die there will be nothing, but it's just so hard to get your mind around it, or at least for me it is. I cannot comprehend an eternity of nothingness, of never existing ever again. My mind cannot get it, I can't understand the reality of it. Therefore I answer 'yes' to the thread title. Edited January 28, 2023 by DA Baracus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Naw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boo Khaki Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: To me It's an absolute mindfuck. I know that folk say that before you were born there was nothing and after you die there will be nothing, but it's just so hard to get your mind around it, or at least for me it is. I cannot comprehend an eternity of nothingness, of never existing ever again. My mind cannot get it, I can't understand the reality of it. Therefore I answer 'yes' to the thread title. You've been in the exact same state before, prior to being conceived. I'm an atheist and I don't believe in any sort of afterlife or ridiculous human inventions like possessing a 'spirit', so I have no concerns about death other than the dying part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 https://www.death-clock.org/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Just now, Boo Khaki said: You've been in the exact same state before, prior to being conceived. I'm an atheist and I don't believe in any sort of afterlife or ridiculous human inventions like possessing a 'spirit', so I have no concerns about death other than the dying part. Aye, that's what I said. I too don't believe in any gods or afterlife, but it's the immense brain twisting incomprehensible thought of it that makes me afraid of death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I can’t imagine the world without me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: I can’t imagine the world without me. File alongside Sleeper in the ‘singer wid, band pish’ section. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: https://www.death-clock.org/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Aye, that's what I said. I too don't believe in any gods or afterlife, but it's the immense brain twisting incomprehensible thought of it that makes me afraid of death. Fair enough, but I'm honestly not sure what you find so disconcerting about it. The universe doesn't give a single shiny shite about you or me, functioned perfectly well before we were ever thought of, and will continue on it's merry way long after we're gone, so I don't view being dead as anything more complex or profound than just returning to the state of things before I was born. I mean, if you have serious main character syndrome, or suspect that the world only exists inside your own brain Matrix style, then I could see why you might struggle a bit, but otherwise I really don't understand it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_dog Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Not my own death, have no fear of it at all. The death of my loved ones, that's far worse. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 I’m not afraid of dying? I’ll be dead. I guess I’m slightly afraid about how I’ll die as there’s a few particularly horrible ways to go out, but if I go to bed tonight and that’s the end of things, not bothered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Boo Khaki said: Fair enough, but I'm honestly not sure what you find so disconcerting about it. The universe doesn't give a single shiny shite about you or me, functioned perfectly well before we were ever thought of, and will continue on it's merry way long after we're gone, so I don't view being dead as anything more complex or profound than just returning to the state of things before I was born. I mean, if you have serious main character syndrome, or suspect that the world only exists inside your own brain Matrix style, then I could see why you might struggle a bit, but otherwise I really don't understand it. Nah, nothing like that. You're not getting me at all. I mean I can't grasp the total nothingness of it. I cannot comprehend nothing forever. I just can't wrap my mind around it. I'm struggling to explain it, but never existing ever again messes with my head. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Nah, nothing like that. You're not getting me at all. I mean I can't grasp the total nothingness of it. I cannot comprehend nothing forever. I just can't wrap my mind around it. I'm struggling to explain it, but never existing ever again messes with my head. You’re just atoms bumping into other atoms and those atoms will continue to bump into other atoms after your death. Not entirely sure if that’s reassuring or not but there you go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossBFaeDundee Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 A few years ago, absolutely, the thought was my anxious obsession. I'm still sad that at some point I'll not be able to know or learn things anymore, and see my family grow and change. Despite all that though, it doesn't scare me as much as contemplating immortality though. That sounds like true hell, losing everything you've ever cared about and witnessing entropy in real time. Ever since I realised that, death's been a far less scary prospect. Probably doesn't hurt that I'm pretty young and perhaps that opinion will change with time (as all things do inevitably), but it doesn't consume me near as much as when I first really started thinking about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 38 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Nah, nothing like that. You're not getting me at all. I mean I can't grasp the total nothingness of it. I cannot comprehend nothing forever. I just can't wrap my mind around it. I'm struggling to explain it, but never existing ever again messes with my head. There will be total nothingness but you won't be in any way aware of it. Personally, I'm looking forward to the sweet release of death and my tiny existence ending. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Saturday 7th March 2048. Must be some Friday night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, microdave said: Personally, I'm looking forward to the sweet release of death and my tiny existence ending. Cheer up Jim. Didn’t work out at Pittodrie, but you’ll score another gig. Hang in there. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, RossBFaeDundee said: A few years ago, absolutely, the thought was my anxious obsession. I'm still sad that at some point I'll not be able to know or learn things anymore, and see my family grow and change. Despite all that though, it doesn't scare me as much as contemplating immortality though. That sounds like true hell, losing everything you've ever cared about and witnessing entropy in real time. Ever since I realised that, death's been a far less scary prospect. Probably doesn't hurt that I'm pretty young and perhaps that opinion will change with time (as all things do inevitably), but it doesn't consume me near as much as when I first really started thinking about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 That'll do. I've no desire to be really old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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