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minus-squareNaich@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe different kind of midlife crisis
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHow did it feel before you were born? After you die, it’s like that again.
minus-squarebanazir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-up1·1 month 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.
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)