Does it count how you die?

well i want my death to be painless. Everything else is irrelevant to me.

I do not want to die in an intensive cae unit with mutiple organ failure and I don’t want to die from burns.

Sleep would be best.

The people that had to decide between burning and jumping on 9/11 pretty much had to deal with the last two ways I want to die.

My aunt drowned in 2003. She had horrible scarring on her legs and she wouldn’t wear a bathing suit. She never learned how to swim.

Who’s keeping score anyway? When I get rated on my death, I’m shooting for a perfect 10. Sex in your last moments would be nice. A climax on the way out would be what? A Diegasm?

Painless, self-induced narcotic overdose. Pre-planned. No mess. See ya….Gary aka wtf

It absolutely does.

I, personally, would like to die painlessly in my sleep at an old age. The kind of normal hope for death. But a death that means something—a policeman saving someone’s life or secret service agent taking a bullet for the president or a protester immolating himself for something he truly believes must change—how they die absolutely matters. It is not just that they are dead, but that they died making a difference. It is clearly something that was important to them. And often is something important to someone else—sometimes a nation.

For example: This summer a young lady named Neda died in Iran. If she’d had a heart attack in her home, I wouldn’t know who she is, but she would still be just as dead. But she was shot during protests, her death was filmed and sent out to the Internet. She became a rallying cry for the protests in Iran. Much of the world mourned her death. How she died absolutely counted.

I wouldn’t want to be a burden on anyone so quick and painless in my slep after living a full and healthy life thanks xx

I think how you die can be of importance. EmpressPixie gave some pretty good examples why above. But I think what is even more important is how you live. We only get one shot at making our mark, so we should do our best to make it count for something.

Not to me. I’m not going anywhere.

i’m not gonna die anyway, so i’m not worried how i could go.

@iwamoto- Hey. We two could hang out.

I am very confused by this question. Does it “count”? As in, manner of death is being judged by someone or something in some way?

Or do you mean, does it “matter” to you, how you die?

What?

It’s not important, but I’d prefer it to be painless.

You have no real choice in how you die, unless it’s by your own hand.

Not as much as it counts how you live.

If you’re gonna take me, do it fast, and non-painful.
I prefer with music turned on while I sleep.

The five deaths of people I loved have been:

1) In an avalanche. Fast and except for the first 30,” not painful.

2) Suicide by a gunshot to the head. I can’t even imagine.

3) ALS. Slow, tortured and humiliating.

4) Cancer: Bad and sad.

5) Choosing to let go. Hospice and a little hydration (sucking on ice cubes.) A good death. He was 94 and ready.

All that counts is how much lurve you have. The one who dies with the most lurve wins.

How do you mean, does it count? Does it count to your family? Probably they would prefer it to be painless and far in the future. Does it count to your neighbor? Perhaps if they want to buy your house or wish you weren’t their neighbor. Your enemies? Your friends? Society at large? Your dog?

Personally, I prefer painless, but usually you don’t get a choice.

Since the question is not about how you want to die but is the method of death important to anyone else, I say yes. For friends and family members, I think it’s best for people to die at a great age after a short illness. If we are talking about someone like John Wayne Gacy the appropriate death was capital punishment but first he should have a lot of last minute delays so he understood how his victims felt at the edge of death. I think that dying alone would leave your F & F’s if they could have done something but at least the hope that it was fast and painless. But the absolute worst would be suicide. The people who cared about you tend to carry questions and guilt for the rest of their lives.

I have to die quickly..I don’t want to go through all the suffering of death.

Consciously and self-willed, after having said my see-you-laters. I’d like to be aware of the transition.
Plus, at a ridiculously long age.

Ummm..don’t know, I would like to die eating chocolate or prime rib.

You know there is a special olympics for the dying, right? And there’s a panel of judges and television coverage with expert commentators who are all discussing the fine and not-so-fine points of your death. So, if you want to end up on the podium, it definitely counts how you die.

Hmmm. I wonder if Satan is one of the judges? I’ll bet Sarah Palin is!

I don’t think it’s specific, no, but I also don’t think anyone should kill themselves. I don’t care how I die, but I want it to be quick (no drowning, burning, choking), painless (sleep, shot to the head, die on impact), and non-violent (no stabbing to death, beat to death, gang-rape). I just want to die in my sleep honestly. And by the way daloon, there’s no need to be a dick. This is a serious question I’m sure he wants answered.

No, it only matters how you live.

@jho1188 Serious question? To me it’s ridiculous. If you’re dead, you’re dead, and it really doesn’t matter how you got dead. The only people it could possibly count for is people who are alive and want to tell a nice story about a hero. I’m sorry, but there is no such thing as a “good” death.

Some people want to leave a legacy of some kind after they’re dead. Some people want to be remembered for a long time. However, that only can comfort you while you’re alive. I’m sure people are motivated to do a lot of things in order to have others think well of them. But they only mean anything to the person before the person dies.

Perhaps you can convey some benefit to your children or your family by dying in a way or for a cause that people admire. However, people have little control over this. Few martyrs actually try to be martyrs. Circumstances come together, and you do something honorable, or not. However, in so many cases, no one was there to witness the honor, and family members have a vested interest in turning their relatives deaths into heroic stories.

It only counts how you die to people who are living. And they can tell any story they want about death. As far as the dead person is concerned, none of it matters.

This question is very different from asking how you want to die. It’s a rather unfocused and ill-written question, and should have been moderated. I reserve the right to “be a dick” when people asking questions are being disrespectful of the rest of us. Part of the fun here is making fun. If you don’t want to be made fun of, write a serious question.

People make fun of me all the time (and if they don’t, they should). You don’t have to be a dick about me being a dick. You could have satirized me. Would have been much more effective.

I don’t want to satirize you. There’s not point. If he didn’t want the question answered with some sort of legitimacy, I don’t think he would have asked it. Regardless of what you think, he did ask the question. And I wasn’t being a dick, I just think if you had a question you really wanted answered and everyone joked and acted like a douche about it, you’d probably be a little pissed.

@jho1188 Shit happens. It is easily corrected by asking a well-formed question that states precisely what it is after. Vague questions are just asking to be made fun of. If he wants a good answer, he can refine his question. People do give real answers. There’s room for satire, too.

I agree completely @daloon and respect your point of view, but I do think a well-formed question is up to the person reading. I had no problem understanding what he was asking. I’m not saying I’m smarter or better or anything, but I just understood it. I’m sure there are things you’d undoubtedly understand much better than me. :)

@jho1188 – I’m sorry, but I am with @daloon. The question as written isn’t clear to me. How does someone’s death “count”? Who does it count with? If you are dead, why do you care whether the way you got there counted? What does it mean to say someone’s death “counts” more than someone else’s?

I find this question unanswerable as written, although it can be discussed, if only to clarify what it means.

I’d prefer the wooden stake over sunlight.

@jho1188 Just curious. What makes you so sure you understood this question? Personally, I’m never sure I understand anything. That’s why I like more details. Even then, it’s easy to go astray.

When I write questions, I try really hard to make it clear what I’m after. I’ve been told on many occasions that I write very good questions. Half the time, however, I get answers suggesting I was as clear as mud.

I’d rather have my death peacefully. Probably in my sleep.

What’s the joke? I would rather die quietly in my sleep, like my grandfather, than screaming and yelling, like the people in my grandfather’s car.