Like I've always thought that once a person reaches 70 there death can no longer be considered tragic. One time a co worker said to me "I feel bad about that one adult that died" which actually makes me think that it's kind of silly to feel bad about people who die in their 70s, let alone 80s and 90s. Like people killing themselves in their teens and 20s is tragic. Someone dying of cancer at 73-74 not so much.
shareNo, but I do feel that way with certain people...
shareReally - 70? And anyone who dies from cancer is sad. People are living longer - I will turn 70 in a few weeks and I don't think or act any differently than I did 20 - 30 years ago. I plan on hanging around for at least another 20 years and anything before that will be tragic for me.
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shareUnless you're the one dying, then it is "so much" after all.
shareMy grandma was 96 when she died. She was getting pretty senile her last year or two. Seeing that happen made me sad. When she died it almost felt like a relief.
It's still sad, but of course when very old people die its not the same as someone having their life end at an early age.
I was more so curious to know what people thought of that "I feel bad about that one adult that died" comment, I think he was implying that you shouldn't feel sad when famous people you didn't know die.
share" Never ask for whom the bell tolls. Because frankly my dear who gives a damn ? "
^^^^ Cracked me up, Quasi! :) :) :)
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I definitely think it's tragic when a child or someone under thirty dies. As I get older I do find that "old age" keeps getting pushed back in years. When I was a child and I heard that someone in his fifties died, I'd think, "Well he was old." Now it's not so old.
Of course people are living longer. But after seventy five or eighty, it's all gravy. There have been endless articles in the newspaper about COVID related deaths. There was an article a few weeks ago about two deaths in a nursing home.
I felt terrible when I burst out laughing. But I still laughed. One person was eighty two. But the other one was ninety two. Seriously, how is this reported as a tragedy? Who goes to a nursing home to recover from old age? That's pretty much the last stop.
Ninety two? That's a good long run.
" One person was eighty two. But the other one was ninety two. Seriously, how is this reported as a tragedy?
Well, I'm sure it was a tragedy to them, PJ. Nobody is ever happy to die.
Actually I have known people who were ready to go and at peace with death. My father was one of them. He wasn't at a very advanced age. He was seventy seven. He had heart surgery, coronary bypass. He felt okay for a while. But he didn't want to fight it. He got weaker and he knew his time was coming.
I hope I face death with as much grace as he did.
But I really don't see death at ninety two as the same tragedy when it befalls a five year old. By 92, you've had a long life, seen a lot, did a lot. You've lived a whole life.
I should have been more clear though. It's this COVID virus thing. The newspapers keep reporting nursing home deaths as if these were totally unexpected tragedies. The truth is, people die in nursing homes. You get old. You die. It's part of life.
Oh so have I. My favourite Aunt was 98 when she went. She used to say, "Nobody should be 100 years old! Things, yes, but not people."
"By 92, you've had a long life, seen a lot, did a lot. You've lived a whole life."
We may presume that's the case, but it may not be. Some people simply hang on and ride it out, but don't necessarily get everything from life that other people get, no matter how long they live.
As for newspaper reports, well they're always looking for the entertainment value in everything, so it suits them to phrase their "stories" in such a way that the public will get a vicarious "wry chuckle" out of them. They're trading on the "interesting irony" of people who are in God's Waiting Room and who still get called in before they were scheduled to be.
Agree, but there is a hell of a big difference between someone dying at 90+ and someone in their 70's.
And as far as C19 in nursing homes - agree, people die there, but a nursing home shouldn't be the cause of their death.