The preoccupation for death stems from the fact, in my opinion, that people often fear what they cannot control or understand. And since we cannot control, or understand, or predict what happens to us once we die, it is natural to be frightened of it.
Some cultures do not fear death, but celebrate it.
alex, I wish you would write more stuff like this, because I too like to procrastinate. but, why is looking at things from a pragmatic standpoint so fuckin' important anyways? come to my recital, saturday may 24th 7:30 Benton 303. -carl
I get preoccupied with it because I think life is meaningless and I'd like to die if my life goes on like this. I view death pragmatically as well and it really doesn't seem so bad. Only good. But my friends freak out when I say stuff like this and put a guilt trip on me saying how bad they'd feel and how bad my family would feel and that I'm only taking the "easy" way out and so I'm being totally selfish which I guess to them is very bad. So then I feel I can't die and life's short anyway so I'd just have to wait it out. So that's what I'm doing. But all the while, death seems so sweet and I do keep thinking of it when I have to do something I don't want to.
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Some cultures do not fear death, but celebrate it.
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