The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoIt's not your timelemmy.worldimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1659arrow-down111
arrow-up1648arrow-down1imageIt's not your timelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoHow did it feel before you were born? After you die, it’s like that again.
minus-squaredrosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt was like that for billions of years and it didn’t bother me in the least.
minus-squarebanazir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoThat thought used to scare me to death. Now that I’m older… Yeah, I can let all this grief go when it’s time. It’ll be nice.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months ago“Being dead doesn’t scare me. The process of dying – such as, of cancer – can be terrifying.” -Christopher Hitchens, dying of cancer at the time (paraphrased)
How did it feel before you were born?
After you die, it’s like that again.
It was like that for billions of years and it didn’t bother me in the least.
Sounds nice to me
That thought used to scare me to death. Now that I’m older… Yeah, I can let all this grief go when it’s time. It’ll be nice.
“Being dead doesn’t scare me. The process of dying – such as, of cancer – can be terrifying.”
-Christopher Hitchens, dying of cancer at the time (paraphrased)