Question of the Day

[ayoub]

If someone could tell you the precise date and time of your death, would you want to know?

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Nope. No way. No how.

Comments

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Yes. And then I would try my damndest to change that fate.
Like Belgarath said, once. A turnip might be able to just sit back and accept it's fate, but I'm a man.

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

Nope. How could you live just waiting for that? Same goes for someone with a terminal illness. It's not to say someone should be led to believe they have more time than they do, but some people, if given, say, 3 months, will just give up. Am I making sense??

[jvmatucha.livejournal.com]

HELL NO!!!

That's my answer!

[bia22.livejournal.com]

no definitely not! :0

[cerebralpig.livejournal.com]

No.

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

No. I'd rather live fighting than die waiting.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

absolutely... every moment I've had for most of the last 6 years has been an extra blessing I shouldn't have had.
I will make the most of those remaining, but it would be nice to be able to decide how best to spend them! :)

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

Only if he told me I'd die right after he told me. I mean, yeah, who could bear to carry that for the rest of their lives?

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

No way :(

[billzy.livejournal.com]

Yes! Then i could live life to the full, and then on the last day go crazy! :D

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Part of me wants to say yes but overall no.

[pearls-song.livejournal.com]

That is an odd question...

(reason why on it's way)

My Mom calls me the other night and drops THIS on me -

She spent her evening writing out her own obituary and wanted to share the news.

*blink*

I don't want to know when I die, no...

I just hope the hell it's done while I am very distracted and NOT when I am using the toilet!

'Nuff said...

Love,
L.

[amante-donne.livejournal.com]

depends

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I don't think I could handle it. I'd want to be strong and face it with dignity but I don't think I could.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

Sure. I could plan a surprise party:)

[ktsies2.livejournal.com]

Personally I don't think so, but I am on the fence.
Every time I hear something like this I think of Big Fish :)

[the-ravyn.livejournal.com]

Nah...some things are better left to chance.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

You mean that your birth certificate didn't come with an expiration date??

[rosered3017.livejournal.com]

I already know.

[corporatebeach.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't want to know either.

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

Yes.

I mean - oh god - NOOOOOOOOO! DON'T TELL ME!!!!!!

Wait, you know?! HOW DO YOU KNOW?! Ok, just tell me because how could you possibly know so yeah, tell me.

I mean - NOOOOOOO! What if you really *do* know and then and then and then....oh god JUST TELL ME NO DON'T TELL ME YES YES TELL NO NO - AHHHHHHHH!

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

Only if I'm going to go out with a bang....

Attach any meaning to that you want...

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Maybe. Like the main character in Big Fish (I hope I have that title right - Tim Burton movie), when you know the time/date/place of your death, you know that nothing is likely to kill you before the appointed hour!

[evergladesqueen.livejournal.com]

yes

[shamrocks-13.livejournal.com]

Yes. I want to know everything.

[jovi-diva.livejournal.com]

Heck no! Where would the fun be in that? It would loom over my head and make me depressed I would think.

[jovi-diva.livejournal.com]

Heck no!

[smwright.livejournal.com]

I don't think so, but I'm not sure.

[qt3-14159.livejournal.com]

And stress over it for the rest of the time I had left? NO WAY!

[patchworld.livejournal.com]

never!

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

No as it would change how I lived this life.

It would be LESS authentic.

[crushdmb.livejournal.com]

i think i'd only want to know if i was young and it was soon. like, if it was going to be next year. but if i'm going to die at a reasonable age (60s and beyond, at this point), i'd not want to know, at least not now.

[photodiva02.livejournal.com]

No.

[nonickname96.livejournal.com]

No.

♥

[mjtheanarchist.livejournal.com]

HELL YES! Because then I could do some crazy shit, like whatever I wanted, and make sure to fit it all in before then.

I'd rob banks to get the cash, jump off the top of the buildings to get away, and spend it on sky diving, hookers, and blow--simultaneously!

[mjtheanarchist.livejournal.com]

oooo, i like that icon

[castlelady.livejournal.com]

Definitely not!

[atomb0mb.livejournal.com]

A psychic asked one of my friends that once, and she said she didn't want to know. I thought about it a bit, I would definitely say yes, as I always want to know all and unravel every mystery. And of course, knowing would make me better at prioritizing.