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TheDigitalAlchemist
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JUL 17, 12:23 AM
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Cliff Pennock
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JUL 17, 04:14 AM
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Define "live" and "died".
Braindead: You're body can be kept alive until it will die of old age.
"Dead" dead: Your legacy can be kept alive indefinitely.
Emotional death: This one is though. It kinda depends if you have anything to live for. Children is a very good example for having something to live for. Unless you have zero empathic abilities and couldn't care less how your children or your next of kin would feel if you die. It also depends on how you view your own position in this world. If you are a person who thinks the world revolves around you, that you would make some kind of impact when you die, then die. You are of no use to the human race then. But if you have any sense of realism, and you know you weren't put on this earth just for yourself, then do you due diligence and stay alive, be a valuable member of the human species and do what you are supposed to do; help the human race go forward. Be that awesome father/mother, spouse, son/daughter, teacher, leader, worker, whatever. And find joy in doing that. I find there's more joy in helping others than in helping myself. It gives my life worth. And even if you might feel left out, that you give more than you get, at the end of your trip you will be able to look back and say "I did good. I've made my contribution. I've raised awesome kids. I helped move the human race forward". And it will be good.
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Hank is Here
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JUL 17, 08:04 AM
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Somewhat locally there was a hardware store "The Estate of George C Snyder" The store closed in 2004; George Synder died on 1884. So his estate lived on 120 years past when he died.
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williegoat
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JUL 17, 08:46 AM
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My favorite blues singer, Chester Arthur Burnett a.k.a. "Howlin' Wolf" was named after the 21st president of the United States.
I hope everything is OK.[This message has been edited by williegoat (edited 07-17-2023).]
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MidEngineManiac
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JUL 17, 09:57 AM
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I've been dead inside since 1836. Still going strong.
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maryjane
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JUL 17, 10:01 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist:
Asking for a "friend"... |
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Did you ask Keith Richards?[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 07-17-2023).]
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Jake_Dragon
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JUL 17, 12:53 PM
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It really depends on the definition of Dead.
Does being able to breath and process food define being alive?
Does being able to comprehend what is going on around you but not be able to have any effect on your surroundings or even feed yourself?
I watched a drama where a woman wanted to put her father on "pain management" Basically end his life. He has Alzheimer's and had deteriorated to the point he didn't know anyone and could not stand to be touched.
She argued that the man she knew was gone, his brain had failed to the point that he was in pain. Not physical but mental anguish. The courts agreed and he was allowed to finally die with some dignity.
What about just mindlessly getting up every day, food, work, food, work, food then sleep. Same thing for years, no joy in anything just mindless one day to the next?
There are lots of ways we can die and some of them do not mean the end of our physical body
Some times we get better, sometimes we follow the GPS off the cliff.
Perhaps our definition just needs an update, or AI generated big booty goth girls.
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hnthomps
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JUL 19, 11:40 AM
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Does revival after a clinical defined death count? There are a number of instances of revival after heart stoppage for differing periods of time. The answer basically depends on how you define"death".
Nelson
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fierofool
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JUL 19, 01:16 PM
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I think the medical or clinical definition of death would be the point at which the human brain has no more electrical activity. A person lives in their body and on earth as long as the brain lives.
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Sage
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JUL 21, 08:44 AM
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No...I haven't read it....just seemed to be pertinent to the topic?
HAGO! 
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