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I'm dealing with more and more old people who's children keep extending their life and they're totally sick of it.

Modern medicine has taken "Grandma had a heart attack at 85 and died" to "Grandma had a heart attack at 85, cycled in-and-out of the hospital for 3 years, had dialysis and an organ transplant, went deaf, was operated upon 4 times, was flown to a different state for a 5th operation, had a blood transfusion, and then died".

It's getting to the point, where I'm starting to wonder if I should even wish them well, when they're ill, as they're desperately hoping to meet their Maker.

nami 1y ago

This is a difficult topic

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Laeserin 1y ago

Not really. People get old, they get worn out or sick, and then they die. And those are the lucky ones that don't fall off a ladder and break their neck in their 30s.

People are just increasingly lacking in stoicism about natural death, at the same time, as they've made an Olympic sport out of abortion, euthanasia, and frankensteinian methods for reproduction.

They want to decide who lives and who dies, so that they can be gods.

Laeserin 1y ago

I do think it's emblematic of the problem that my writing about this is making everyone uncomfortable, tho.

I can feel everyone like