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by noonespecial 4977 days ago
My grandfather is 96, he's been on dialysis for nearly 2 years now. He has zero kidney function and a tumor that has literally taken the place of one of the kidneys. His mind is sharp and he's totally lucid.

He won't let us sell his cars. He believes that he's going to get better. He talks about it all the time. "As soon as I get better, we'll..."

It doesn't matter if one lives 20 years or until the heat death of the universe, everyone has the same experience. Death is unexpected and unwelcome. And completely inevitable.

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> Death is unexpected and unwelcome. And completely inevitable.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

As for death at 20, I'm with you, but as for the latter example, I'm open to suggestions on ways to prevent the heat death of the universe. I'm not entirely sure there's anything I can do about that.