The curated lifespan

mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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A chap from my college launched himself from a rooftop bar on being made redundant by his bank in his mid-twenties, saying that the rest of his life would be even more downhill from there were he to plough on.

A middle-aged woman killed herself for no other reason than that life had lost its "sparkle", as it does for most people.

Once assisted dying is available people will start to think about giving their life an appropriate shape, ending it on a high rather than just fizzling out.

Enjoy your weekend.
 
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thirdform

pass the sick bucket
mixed_biscuits said:
A chap from my college launched himself from a rooftop bar on being made redundant by his bank in his mid-twenties, saying that the rest of his life would be even more downhill from there were he to plough on.

A middle-aged woman killed herself for no other reason than that life had lost its "sparkle", as it does for most people.

Once assisted dying is available people will start to think about giving their life an appropriate shape, ending it on a high rather than just fizzling out.

Enjoy your weekend.
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logical consequence of Yankistan's self-help culture spreading globally.
 
mixed_biscuits

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I can just picture it now: fresh-faced youngsters with colourful flags and signs saying 'my death, my choice', 'lifeblockers are my future', 'die young leave a beautiful corpse', 'better dead than under a Tory government' etc. - just another way for a certain demographic to hasten its own extinction.
 
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version

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mixed_biscuits said:
Once assisted dying is available people will start to think about giving their life an appropriate shape, ending it on a high rather than just fizzling out.
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It's certainly a possibility, but I'm not sure whether the curatorial impulse is strong enough to override the will to live. I think a lot of people will continue to cling on for as long as they can. I can see a certain kind of artist or public figure doing it, but I think for the majority it'll remain a last resort dictated by quality of life, health, and so on.
 
mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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version said:
It's certainly a possibility, but I'm not sure whether the curatorial impulse is strong enough to override the will to live. I think a lot of people will continue to cling on for as long as they can. I can see a certain kind of artist or public figure doing it, but I think for the majority it'll remain a last resort dictated by quality of life, health, and so on.
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I hope so.
 
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