Posts: 8,774
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2011
Suicide
03-28-2011, 10:06 PM
I saw a documentary earlier about Dignitas, a group in Switzerland that assists people with suicide. To bad you can't open something like that here. I don't see anything wrong with a business like that if the person is an adult and feels like leaving early
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignitas_...sia_group)
Interview with the owner/founder
http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov...pe=article
It was an episode of PBS Frontline
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/...e=proglist
Posts: 401
Threads: 0
Joined: May 2010
Reputation:
2
Suicide
03-28-2011, 10:44 PM
Lmaoooo....why pay when you can do it yourself for free?
Posts: 2,700
Threads: 0
Joined: May 2010
Reputation:
27
Suicide
03-29-2011, 02:21 AM
Assist? With suicide? In Texas? Don't they sell guns there anymore?
Posts: 8,774
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2011
Suicide
03-29-2011, 02:39 AM
Quote: (03-29-2011 02:21 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:
Assist? With suicide? In Texas? Don't they sell guns there anymore?
Thanks for reminding me. I need to hit up a gun show and get one for my car
Posts: 8,774
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2011
Suicide
03-29-2011, 09:24 PM
Quote: (03-29-2011 07:42 PM)oldnemesis Wrote:
Quote: (03-29-2011 02:39 AM)houston Wrote:
Thanks for reminding me. I need to hit up a gun show and get one for my car
I thought it was required by the law to have at least one gun in a car if you drive in Texas, so you better hurry!
The handgun laws are pretty lax here if you're not a felon
Posts: 8,017
Threads: 0
Joined: Nov 2010
Suicide
03-31-2011, 04:06 PM
I tried to shoot myself one time but my cat-like reflexes instinctively made me dodge the bullet. Then I beat myself up for trying to shoot myself. And believe me, it's hard to roundhouse kick yourself in the head.
Posts: 3,337
Threads: 0
Joined: Aug 2015
Reputation:
66
Suicide
11-13-2015, 07:05 PM
I spent a lot of time with my 4 grandparents (who lived to age 90 and beyond) and their old siblings as well and my conculsion is this:
Being really old is just fucking awful.
Your eyesight and hearing is almost gone. You have no strength to lift anything, run, bend over, walk a lot, or do anything anymore. Everything becomes a massive chore. Simple things like climbing a few stairs become impossible. Food doesn't taste like anything anymore and you can't eat even half the things you used to like eating. Your body produces strange smells. You can't remember anything except the things from 50 to 75 years ago. Your brain and body abandon you. No one apart from your kids and grandkids want to talk or be around you anymore. Self sufficiency becomes impossible.
You revert to a childlike state where you are completely dependant on others... except in this case you are not small and cute and have a nice big pair of milk filled titties to suck on every day.
I don't see any point in living past the age where your body is more of a burden than a blessing.
Does anyone here see the point in living to a really old age ?
I'm talking about age 80/85 and over.
Posts: 686
Threads: 0
Joined: Oct 2014
Reputation:
4
Suicide
11-14-2015, 03:53 AM
As always, one size doednt fit all. Bernie Ecclestone (Formula 1 racing impressario) is a famous example of a man living a full life well into the later years. He's 85, worth about 4 billion USD and married a 35 year old in 2012.
Posts: 3,652
Threads: 0
Joined: Feb 2012
Suicide
11-14-2015, 04:50 AM
There's a point where suicide is a wise option in old age, but I don't want to dwell on it.