Would you rather die asleep or awake?
 

Last weekend my great aunt died in her sleep. When my Mom told me about it she really stressed the "in her sleep part" and how lucky she was. I can remember my Dad telling me that my grandma years before she passed on had clearly stated that she wanted to go in her sleep. Personally, I'd lean more to the being awake side. In a sense I'd like to "acknowledge" my death. If you had to choose between dying in your sleep or awake, which would you pick? You will not be dying from disease or any unnatural causes (i.e, fires, drowning, gun battles with the cops, freezing, etc.) so they are a non-issue. It's just your time. So what do you go quietly into that good night or rage-rage against it?

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My dad always said he wants to go out with a sixteen year old girl riding him. It kinda creeped me out when I was sixteen, but I can feel him now. Me, asleep plz.

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I wanan go out riding a 16 yo boy.

I'll be gay, but only for 5 seconds, Holla!!

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[censored] Dyin' - Ice Cube

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I'm pretty sure that most people are unconscious when they die. I'm not sure if that counts as being asleep, but if I had to pick one then I'd pick being asleep.

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Sleeping obviously.

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Awake. I'd rather see it coming.

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u lie

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I imagine that knowing you are about to die is rather terrifying. In my sleep plz.

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I imagine that knowing you are about to die is rather terrifying. In my sleep plz.

[/ QUOTE ]Maybe, kind of bad ass though, so rough it out for a few seconds or whatever.

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My father died asleep on his couch.

I can't think of a better way to go.

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I kind of want to ride a freak wave or other form of tsunami as large as possible, hopefully one that is 300 feet+ and then just get crushed/instant death.

Sex falling out of the sky couldn't be too bad.

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I imagine that knowing you are about to die is rather terrifying. In my sleep plz.

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Apparently at the moment of death your brain will kick out lots of serotonin so you won't be afraid.. you'd be almost tripping. Anyone that has taken ecstasy knows how easy it would be to accept death feeling like that.

I'd rather be awake

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I only hope that when I'm old and near death I can get a gold digger 18 year old wife. I'll make a deal with her. If she has a kid with me, she gets half my monies. Only I'll already have had a vasectomy years earlier. AMIRITE??

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I would like to die asleep but I guess the other people in the car will hate me for that.

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Apparently at the moment of death your brain will kick out lots of serotonin so you won't be afraid.. you'd be almost tripping. Anyone that has taken ecstasy knows how easy it would be to accept death feeling like that.

I'd rather be awake

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if this is true, I'll take awake

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if afterlife, awake.

if no afterlife, asleep.

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Asleep, unless I'm getting laid.

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Awake during a gun battle with cops. [censored] you piggies.

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clearly awake. gotta get some good last words in rather than something stupid like "goodnight"

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clearly awake. gotta get some good last words in rather than something stupid like "goodnight"

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best last words evar?

Bouhours, Dominique [French grammarian] "I am about to--or I am going to--die; either expression is used."

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Asleep and getting laid.

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Also, in movies and stuff, old people go to bed each night part of them afraid that they wont wake up, I wonder if they actually feel that way?

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It won't make much of a difference one way or another, so I could care less.

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It won't make much of a difference one way or another, so I could care less.

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oh god. bouhours is rolling over in his grave.

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I think I would much rather be awake. I'm not sure of any specific awake scenario I would prefer though. Obviously not something like a grease fire or getting shot and bleeding slowly to death or drowning or anything where I was in a lot of pain.

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Asleep. I am a giant wimp

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if afterlife, awake.

if no afterlife, asleep.

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All, how much of this influences your decision? This is my reasoning.

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I knew a man who had a heart attack while taking a [censored]. I think that's how I wanna go.

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if afterlife, awake.

if no afterlife, asleep.

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All, how much of this influences your decision? This is my reasoning.

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for me, not an iota. I'm an atheist and i'll take asleep. Just thought i'd kick up the philosophising.

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I,d like to go out peacefully in my sleep.
Like my grandad, god rest him.
Not screaming and crying like his passengers did.
I'm here all week.
Cheers
Pig

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if afterlife, awake.

if no afterlife, asleep.

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All, how much of this influences your decision? This is my reasoning.

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This seems the wrong way around to me.

Afterlife - who gives a [censored]
No afterlife - definitely awake

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I'll probably die a violent death so I'm sure I'll be awake.

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if afterlife, awake.

if no afterlife, asleep.

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All, how much of this influences your decision? This is my reasoning.

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This seems the wrong way around to me.

Afterlife - who gives a [censored]
No afterlife - definitely awake

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Yea pretty much the way I feel about it too.

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Awake. Where's the fun in being asleep? Don't you guys want to know what happens, even if it's just for that instant?

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I knew a man who had a heart attack while taking a [censored]. I think that's how I wanna go.

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awesome

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asleep...at the poker table.

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Awake. I don't believe in any sort of afterlife so there's nothing better I'd be going to. Plus I am curious as hell [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] as to what it would feel like.

Although given you don't really experience the moment of going to sleep, maybe death is like that. You feel kinda [censored], close your eyes and BLAMMO! Valhalla (or not).

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I want to die in my sleep, peacefully, like my grandfather.

Not like the other three people in the car he was driving....they were screaming like crazy.

Thanks, I'll be here all week - try the fish.

MM MD

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I'll take drugged up on painkillers so im semi-awake/semi- asleep FTW

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I want to die in my sleep, peacefully, like my grandfather.

Not like the other three people in the car he was driving....they were screaming like crazy.

Thanks, I'll be here all week - try the fish.

MM MD

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What's more awesome, that you remembered this "Deep Thoughts" moment or that someone with two posts beat you to it?

Me, I'll take awake. A man's gotta face his fears, in life and in death.