To be killed doing something you love

Lopéz

Lopéz

Lopéz

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Received some tragic news today - a friend and colleague from my department was killed at the weekend in a skydiving accident. Skydiving really was his "thing" and was what he genuinely loved to do.

It raised the question though - if you were to be killed, would you actually want it to be whilst doing something you loved? Or is it just one of those things that people say?
 
Well we all have to go, so might as well be doing something you love. Better to be as old as possible when it happens though.
 
After having a number of people I know lose their lives riding their bikes, I'd much rather go out riding my bike and having a whale of a time, as opposed to be sat in a hospital suffering.

Would I prefer to be around my family when my time is up, I don't know. I suppose I'll never really know for sure.

As said above, I'd like to as old as possible when it happens.
 
Sorry to read about about your friend, Lopez. On a lighter note, no, I wouldn't mind dying while doing Cheryl Cole. My wife might be annoyed, though. :/
 
Well, if you give me the choice between doing an Elvis & dying on the bog, or speeding down some lovely bendy road, sun shining, heart pumping, veins full of adrenalin, i'll gladly sign up for the latter. ;)
 
Lopéz said:
Received some tragic news today - a friend and colleague from my department was killed at the weekend in a skydiving accident. Skydiving really was his "thing" and was what he genuinely loved to do.

It raised the question though - if you were to be killed, would you actually want it to be whilst doing something you loved? Or is it just one of those things that people say?
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He "loved" skydiving because it involved him jumping out of a plane and landing on the ground safely, not jumping out and having a HD widescreen view of his own demise. So I wouldn't really say he died doing what he loved.

Then again, the process of dying is never good (I'd imagine) so meh.
 
I suppose if its my time to go then there can be worse ways, doing something you love and being happy for your last moments cant be too bad.
But if i had a choice, I'd much rather it be whilst im old and spent after living a good life surrounded by my loved ones.
 
Sorry to hear that, Lopez.

Bodhi would say yes, and so would I in principle :)

Saying that, I can't imagine that he was loving the little time he had after realising that things had gone badly wrong :( (assuming it happened like that)
Still, I'd rather be remembered for going out in a skydiving accident than for being hit by a bus on my way back from the shops.
 
I'd rather be remembered for doing something fun and that I loved than be remembered for doing little no nothing and getting hit by a bus or just dying of old age.

I'm still trying to figure out my place on this earth. I'm 28 and in a funny place. I would like to do something significant with my life, or at least part of it. Even if it's just for my own enjoyment that I can share with friends and family.

I do have a sense of home though. I do want the humble home with a wife and children so I would live to earn and respect that. I wouldn't put myself in any serious risk to make sure they are not without, but it wouldn't stop me enjoying life and going out in style if necessary.

Best wishes to you and your friends family. Death sucks no matter the circumstances but at least he wasn't wasting his life in some respects.
 
Sorry to hear about your friend. Condolences to his family.

I don't really have any hobbies other than watching films and gaming, so it would be a bit of a bummer to just die at my desk. I hope that when I do die, I go out in a blaze of glory. I should get some more adventurous hobbies.
 
There is something about where I die on my bike that has a certain appeal to it but I wouldn't want to be a mess someone else has to deal with like that.
 
sports_brah said:
He "loved" skydiving because it involved him jumping out of a plane and landing on the ground safely, not jumping out and having a HD widescreen view of his own demise. So I wouldn't really say he died doing what he loved.

Then again, the process of dying is never good (I'd imagine) so meh.
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What a way to bring him down!
 
You'd not enjoy it at the end though as fear would spoil the final moments of the enjoyment sadly, so no, I wouldn't like to die doing something I loved.
 
James J said:
You'd not enjoy it at the end though as fear would spoil the final moments of the enjoyment sadly, so no, I wouldn't like to die doing something I loved.
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Depends how quick your demise is is it not, if it's so fast & unexpected that you don't even have time to react, then you'll be gone from this earth before you've had time to be afraid.
 
James J said:
You'd not enjoy it at the end though as fear would spoil the final moments of the enjoyment sadly, so no, I wouldn't like to die doing something I loved.
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That's a good point, I'm sure your final thoughts have an affect or where you end up in the after-life. Although then there's the argument it was meant to be, so however you die there's nothing you can do about it. Although that's a discussion for another thread altogether:p
 
It's a tough question, because if we have something dangerous that we love doing, then there is an element of romanticism about it. However, the underlying question seems to be more along the lines of 'would you be happy to go before your time,' which is a much, much deeper question.

The child in me thinks 'sure, if I had to die before my time, I'd be ok dying as a motor racer fighting for glory in a world championship,' but the slightly less child-like part of me thinks how awful it would be for my family and friends were I to check out early.
 
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