How would you go?
 

I posted this thread a few years ago under the handle "Modified Soul" and it enjoyed a decent amount of attention, so curious as to your answers this time around...

How would you prefer to die? Circumstances out of your control or suicide, this thread will entertain both.

I guess I'd prefer to die in circumstances out of my control, but something thats quick because I wouldn't want my family to feel bad because I'm suffering plus I wouldn't want to suffer myself. So something like dying in my sleep etc etc.

I doubt most people who "die" in their sleep are actually asleep through it. I mean, what if you have a heart attack and wake up from the intense pain, alone in the dark of night? The idea of going in your dreams sounds the most painless but unlikely...

I think I would want to go suddenly as well, since I'm horrified at the thought of my own death, still. Funny though, that other people's deaths do not phase me as much as I think they should.

Same here other peoples deaths doesn't affect me the way the thougth of my own death does. And i suppose your right about not actually being asleep when you die if you have an heart attack and such. But the thought that you actually are asleep gives a small form of comfort and makes you feel like your not going to suffer.

I think I'll go with circumstances beyond my control. I know it's corny, but I would want to die in sort of a hero's death. I would want to go down fighting, but I would want the death to be quick such as a gun shot to a fatal area or if it were slower, I would at least want to take down a couple of baddies with me before dying from lack of blood.

It's corny, but it beats how many members of my family die...heart attacks, organ failure, or suffocating in their sleep b/c of allergies.

I want it to be out of my control. If there's suffering, I only want it to be for a short while and not some illness that just cripples me for months/years before death. That said, dying by a gunshot satisfies. You live by the gun, you die by the gun. I don't exactly live by the gun, but I should at some point.

At some point hmm? :)

I entirely share you sentiment on disease, if I were crippled for the rest of my life due to some inhibiting illness I would just end it all myself, prolly by way of ODing on sleeping pills. I just don't see the point to living such a low quality of life - unless I'm still somehow offering a lot to the world.

:p

I just meant thsat I wouldn't want to die from some lengthy painful experience. But if it happened, it just depends on the situation. I guess, if my mind is still functioning, I'd still want to live. If I couldn't decide for myself, I'd leave it up to my loved ones.

Spontaneous Combustion. Dunno why, but that is how I would go. Something suprising, and out of the norm.

mmm i think there's alreayd a thread like this in ANGST called exit strategies, but thats more of suicide...

but yeah, what i said was i'd like to die in some kind of epic way, like saving someone

I would love an instant painless death more than anything. The exact details though, I don't know. I used to love the idea of dying in sleep, but then that idea of actually suffering in a dream scares me.

This probably sounds weird, but other than just having a really nice dream and passing away, maybe someone murdering me while I sleep would also be instant, as long as I don't wake up from pain.

I'd like to live a productive life up to, say, my mid 80s or so, and then die instantly and painlessly of a stroke or heart attack or something. I definitely do NOT want to have to see my mind or body rot away (although given the choice I'd certainly rather have my body go than my mind).

The TRUE ideal would be to know when this would happen so I could enjoy my last few days, wrap up any stupid affairs, get stuff ready, spend some time with family and friends (although I doubt I'd tell them what was to be) and then go out quietly, leaving no one with any problems.

I would hate dying in my sleep the most. Fuck that pussy painless shit, the true pain is not knowing it's coming. I always had a fear of that in past, so I always made the effort to apologize to the right people and tie up loose ends before I hit the sack. Didn't want to die with malicious thoughts.

Plus I'd hate to know the date of my death. Then you can NEVER enjoy your last days, and episodes like that in The SImpsons have always depressed me.

I would never want to be murdered. I don't want some incompetent bastard busting caps in me, I have too much of an ego to let someone else defeat me in any way like that.

Suicide's pretty much against my basic sense of morals.

Aside from that I don't really know how I'd like to go. It would be cool dying while scaling some giant Mars mountain but then I don't want to die 'losing' in anything. It would be cool dying in like a final victory or a final desire satisfied. Like going to White Castle, and dying AFTER I had my sack of 10. Nice.

I would like to die in my sleep. Both of my parents did that, but they also suffered before that. My dad from a heart attack & my mom from dialysis.

Hmmm.... a way to die. I would want to live till I am 95 and die in my sleep. I guess we will find out if that happens.

Taking a bullet for an important person, hands down the best way to go out. You get the whole "NOOOOOO" scene with the diving and bullet time, and then you get to gurgle heartfelt last words through a mouthful of blood.

Second place goes to being the guy that stays behind to "hold them off". Self-sacrifice all the way.

I would like to die by being crushed by Alice's massive boobs.

I would like to die peacefully, which results in my sleep or in an area full of greenery and wild life. I have alays been fasinated by nature, and would not mind contributing back to it.

I want to make my death matter. Take a bullet for a friend, or save a child from oncoming traffic.
Yes i think i want the whole "NOOOOOOO" scene. Then at my last dying breath I would say an extremely cheezy line that everyone will remember for ages.

Yes. If I have to die, and I fail to see any alternatives, I want to die in a way that makes a positive difference to someone. Since that's not entirely likely, I'll settle for any alternative other than dying in my sleep. I want to know about it.

Well since I live in nyc, i can settle for terrorist attack if I fail to take a bullet for a friend.

I'd like to have control over how and when I die. I think I'd go crazy if I didn't at least have the option. I'd like it to be in a way that would benefit others or that would let me fade without a trace. Or both. I don't want to be remembered.

I'd like to die of natural causes at around age 70-75ish, preferably by a stroke. It seems less scary than a heart attack. I'd rather pass away in my sleep.

A stroke would be pretty far down on my list of ways to die...probably because I'm more afraid of being crippled in mind than I am of death. Of course, I guess that the whole idea of this thread is that you would die from it, isn't it?

I would like my death to be as peaceful as it could be. In my own strange way, if I did decide to end it all, I like the the idea of falling from a very tall cliff or bridge, with just the sky, the horizon, and the sound of the wind, followed by an instant, painless death.