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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 22 July 2013 05:23:05PM 11 points [-]

Death Sucks 99

Say you are old, beloved, ninety-nine,
Descendants, partners, and the best of friends,
Garlanded with achievement, all that's fine,
Along comes death and there the whole thing ends...

Now you are gone and everyone will grieve,
And that still sucks like granite through a straw!
It was your very life you had to leave,
If it was good, the better cause for more.

It makes me hopping mad it's so unfair
That everybody has to die and go.
We build a future that we will not share,
Work for a world that we can never know.

Enjoy life while you can, and share the feast.
We all should live a thousand years at least.

--Jo Walton

Comment author: bramflakes 22 July 2013 10:24:06PM 8 points [-]

My Granddad died today at the tragically young age of 72. This is basically what I was thinking but I couldn't articulate it to anyone.

Thanks.

Comment author: DanielLC 22 July 2013 06:19:03PM 4 points [-]

Technically it's not unfair. It's equally horrible for everyone.

Although the fact that we last different amounts of time is unfair.

Shouldn't this go on Rationalist Quotes?

Comment author: Dorikka 23 July 2013 01:53:40AM 5 points [-]

I would sorta like Rationalist Quotes to be distinguished from Transhumanist Quotes, but probably so.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 July 2013 08:32:20PM 2 points [-]

(I downvote Rationality Quotes that amount to little more than “boo death!” when I see them.)

Comment author: mare-of-night 27 July 2013 12:41:20PM 0 points [-]

Should we make a Transhumanist Quotes thread to encourage that?

Comment author: gothgirl420666 28 July 2013 04:00:39AM *  1 point [-]

The song "I Hate You" by Kendrick Lamar is really good and has a similar message. (The title refers to Death). I was surprised to hear such a Yudkowskian view on death coming from a rapper who has Christian themes in his work.

"Let me start off this letter saying I don't like you, scared of you but I will fight you."

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