September 23, 2008
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If you got a terminal disease what would you do?
A terminal disease would give me the fallacious mindset of being invincible. For, one cannot kill what is already dead. Everything in this world would be ripe for the picking and there would be no laws that could hold one back. Whatever nuisances fall into the play of an average working man’s life have no effect upon Mr. Terminal Disease. A parking ticket? I’ll pay it off after I die! Since I wouldn’t have any heirs or a family to support, I could take out leases and loans without even thinking of paying them back. Unlimited money for the man with a very small limited amount of things to buy.
If you wanted to die for a cause or just head out and butcher criminals and murderers, you could do it. I believe, that a lot of rationalization becomes obsolete once one acknowledges that they’re at the end of their life. If you have no heirs, there is no reason to save, invest, or learn. Just do what you want to do and get out.
This question really reminds me of an old British comedy, where the main character is diagnosed with some sort of cancer and is set to die. So, he goes off and kills everyone who ever screwed him over in his shitty life. In the very end he finds out that he never had cancer in the first place and gets away with all those murders. It sounds morbid, but it was a good laugh. I don’t remember the title or actor.
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Comments (6)
So basically you’d turn into a spendthrift & a criminal. Well said. I’m glad that you didn’t say some cliched BSed answer like, “I’d travel the world!!”
Thanks for answering the question submitted by me.
@choyshinglin -
No problemo, por favor.
@mayanao -
Thanks? Well, you only die once. Might as well go out with a bang.
What about boredom? Its terminal and eventually I’m sure it will kill me…
I’m hoping it is as good as you say. If not, I’m holding you responsible for disappointing me. And you’d somehow have to repay me the time I spent reading it. I took all major credit cards.
How’ve you been? You hardly ever comment on my page so I thought you were MIA from xanga…until I realized that you’ve been updating quite frequently.