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I'm thinking about people that will imminently freeze to death, die of starvation, etc. What keeps them going, even though they know they will, and do, die? Why would anyone fight that final surrender?
If you know something is going to happen anyway, why does anyone fight so hard against it?
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I mean it’s probably the most fundamental instinct we have, I don’t think reason plays into it.
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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I agree we should all kill ourselves right now since we're all going to die anyway
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Better to die on one's feet than surrender on one's knees.
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Why not? Giving up is the same thing as killing yourself, and stalling for time is always a good strategy if you can't think of anything else. Unless you're one of those "suffering is always bad" people, killing yourself unless your body is horribly decrepit is not a good idea. Or to protect important secrets against torture, but that's not likely to happen to you.
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It's the principle of the thing. Don't go gentle into that good night. Fuck you, death.
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"Then out spoke brave Horatius, the Captain of the Gate:
'To every man upon this earth, death comes soon or late;
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.'"
'To every man upon this earth, death comes soon or late;
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods.'"
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> just go out like a bitch, bro
Nah
Nah
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Idk, what else are you going to do?
Until you die trying not to die is the only thing you have to occupy your time, so you may as well.
Plus instinctually if you keep yourself alive for as long as possible there's a small percentage chance a miracle will happen. If you just die there is a 0% chance. So no matter how marginal not dying for longer has a greater chance of survival (or at least eventually dying of natural causes instead) than giving up.
Until you die trying not to die is the only thing you have to occupy your time, so you may as well.
Plus instinctually if you keep yourself alive for as long as possible there's a small percentage chance a miracle will happen. If you just die there is a 0% chance. So no matter how marginal not dying for longer has a greater chance of survival (or at least eventually dying of natural causes instead) than giving up.