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Post by Pogue » Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:17 pm

What do you tell your progeny about the nature and consequences of death?I'm looking for some new ideas.
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Post by Forty Two » Mon Nov 21, 2016 3:43 pm

“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar
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Post by laklak » Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:55 pm

I told them you die and worms eat you, and the rest of the world goes on like you never existed.

Well it's the truth, right? Ain't no fucking Santa Claus either, your mum's a drug addict, and don't sit on Uncle Bobby's lap under ANY circumstances.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:14 pm

Pogue wrote:What do you tell your progeny about the nature and consequences of death?I'm looking for some new ideas.
Being dead is exactly like all the time before you were alive, just afterwards. I don't worry about not living during the time of Queen Anne so why should I worry about not living during the time of Robot Queen Ivanka?
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Post by Tero » Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:34 pm

It's just recycling molecules. You get cremated and the CO2 turns into a lovely sunflower.
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:18 am

Pogue wrote:What do you tell your progeny about the nature and consequences of death?I'm looking for some new ideas.
I told them we become food for other life. I also gave them Sagan's line about starstuff. They kind of stared blankly at me during that one. They are a bit young to understand nuclear fusion.
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Post by NineBerry » Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:21 am

"I hope the Kleenex is comfy. Have a nice stay in the trash can."
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Post by Tero » Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:23 am

Some fusion has to take place too.
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:25 am

Tero wrote:Some fusion has to take place too.
Oops, corrected... :oops:
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Post by JimC » Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:49 am

My DNA has told me that it was pleased that I managed to replicate it twice, even though it meant they had to share with strange genes...
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Post by Hermit » Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:14 am

NineBerry wrote:"I hope the Kleenex is comfy. Have a nice stay in the trash can."
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