If I had to die like what I saw, to live to 80? I'd take quickly at 45, I think.

sfn42 · 2026-09-30T12:02:46 1790769766

I don't understand what you think this conversation is about. It's not "die quick and painless at 45 or excruciatingly painfully at 80" it's just 45 or 80. Nobody said anything about excruciating pain except you.

Do you think your dad would prefer to die exactly the same way at 45 instead? No? Great, conversation over.

drfloyd51 · 2026-09-29T20:23:27 1790713407

Fortunately this is a false choice.

I think 78 and fine is better than 45 and 80 in pain.

But in this country we are so adverse to giving someone agency over how their life ends.

Because it’s not good Business.

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dolebirchwood · 2026-09-29T19:56:44 1790711804

What an absolutely obnoxious way to respond to someone who was willing to share his experience about a subject as personal and painful as losing his father to cancer.

jobs_throwaway · 2026-09-30T14:52:50 1790779970

I don't think it's obnoxious at all to point out that forgoing nearly half your lifespan in order to avoid a painful death implies that you don't value your life much