"You're going to be dead in about six weeks. Sorry about that."

**LCBetz** · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 883 Location: Eau Claire, WI

Well, I don't have any children of my own or any significant other, and apart from a few thousand dollars in my savings account I really don't have much in the way of material possessions to worry about. So writing a will and making sure my possessions end up in the "right hands" wouldn't be a very pertinent issue for me, personally. Also, as of right now I don't have very many well defined personal goals or desires in mind so traveling around every which way and/or fulfilling numerous items on some sort of "bucket list" isn't too high on my list of priorities either.

I am pretty close with my family and my small circle of friends, so I would spend the majority of my time just hanging out with these people and whatnot. I'd probably take the time to write out a long letter thanking my family and friends for everything, and to try and console them and just make sure they don't worry too much about me (I'm not sure how successful I would be on that last part, but I'd give it my best try).

I'm not really the type of person who would plan a big or elaborate gathering, and being the introverted person I am who enjoys solitude, I might get a little tired of everyone after a while and desire to be alone. If that happened I could see myself traveling out to a secluded part of the western United States and enjoying some quality alone time for a while out in the open country. I would, however, make sure to get back home before I passed away because I would much rather die surrounded by the people I care about as opposed to dying alone.
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**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

It's really interesting, seeing how everybody would react to such a thing - some in ways very much in line with how I'd imagine my own actions, some fantastically divergent. Thanks to those who've commented; I look forward to others' takes on the matter as well.

**SDoner8790** · Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 6:35 am Post subject:

I'd take all my money out of my savings account, which is like 10k or some shit, and I would go to Vegas, and party as much as i could. I would try drugs that I would never think of trying now, which is like anything since I don't do them now. I'd just have a good time. Try to pick up as many chicks as possible since who cares if i get rejected because i'll be dead soon! And of course spend time with family a bit. And do that Carlin thing, cause that is badass.
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**ShadoWolf** · Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: Slough, England

Those of you saying you'd write a letter/try and hurriedly get something done: Why not start now? It never hurts to be prepared for that sort of thing now, rather than at the 11th hour.

As for myself? That is an interesting question. I'd probably spend a week or so getting to grips with it, and letting the appropriate people know, although I probably would only tell my parents/brother. (no need to let my friends worry until the actual event).

The second week would be dedicated to listening to all my favourite albums/playing all my favourite games one last time.

The third week would be me attempting to see all my old friends as soon as possible and just generally having a good "last supper", as it were. (these weeks are kinda interchangeable)

The fourth week would be just wrapping up my final rites/penning a letter explaining my actions/motives. And I'd tell my brother all my passwords/important information, go outside (or make a trip to the Aurora Borealis depending how much I can scrounge together for it), watch a beautiful sunset, smile, place a gun in my mouth, and end it all. I'm not living those last two weeks as painfully and sadly as they will be. I'd much rather be remembered for who I was when I was alive, not as I was when I was dying.

Or maybe I'd be too cowardly to do it, who knows?
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PiemanLK wrote:

Look, someone actually had to point out that singing "solo" meant singing alone. This is why we allow people to work registers at McDonald's that can't make change and it makes me want to run my face under a belt sander. For the love of tits, how can you be on the internet in 2012 and not think "maybe I can Google this word I should have learned in first grade before making a thread about it".

**Hobo111** · Joined: 27 Dec 2009 Posts: 3414

Well lets see:

I'd only tell parents and one or two friends. (Not like there's much more to tell <_<) My stuff would probably go to said parents and friends. I DEFINITELY would die in my own home, and not a hospital, I just can't stand those places. I'd probably spend most of my time writing a novel that can be published and give my parents some income. When not writing my novel or will, I'd be playing Rock Band if possible, to FC those pesky songs that I still need to do. Don't judge me, it's not like I have anything else to do! I'd also like to move out of my parent's house. And just for one last prank, when I would be on the brink of death I'd call Domino's, order a large pizza, and the delivery man/gal would find my dead body with a $10 in my hand. (If that wouldn't work, I'd play either Demon's Souls or Dark Souls when I died, and when I finally kicked the bucket, the in-game character would be killed, and YOU DIED would show up on the screen.) My death would be reported, my family would come and find my will, requesting that my body be either A: Thrown in the river, or B: Cremated. (Don't want to take up a plot of land for eternity!) I'd like for possibly no one minus family to attend my funeral, but obviously they'll probably invite everyone I've ever met, because "I deserve more than that." Actually, I'm supposing that they'll probably ignore most the things I put in my will, chalking up some of the more weird things (like giving $6.66 to one of my friends, who I've joked about being Satan multiple times) to me being batshit crazy. That's about all I can think of.

oh yeah also I would really like to listen to a vinyl of The New Romance before I died

**Vampyromaniac** · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 1216

If I had lovers or enemies, my response would be different.

I would spend the first four weeks writing mercilessly 12-16 hours a day in an effort to create the most perfect novel I was capable of. There would be some underlying theme, perhaps something I wished society would become more aware of, or more attentive to, or militant against. Perhaps it would be the sense of entitlement that ultimaely polarizes our heirarchy of social classes, lending ever more wealth and power to those who view the difference as negligible in proportion. Then again, maybe it would be some Breakfast of Champions style satire of human folly, indicating our foolishness simply by describing us in a manner unbiased even by human experience.
Whatever it was, though, I would pour everything into it, with constant revisions. Then, during the last couple weeks, as my life was fading, I would set up such things as a proper will, and spend the last of my time perhaps watching some films or playing some video games I'd never had the time for. Once my time was drawing near, I would always rest with the manuscript right beside me or on my chest, in a sheet of plastic to protect it from any blood or vomit that might accidentally fly its way.
Of course there's no way to guarantee that the novel would be great, but it would sure as hell be the best thing I'd ever written... and it would spread. Once the story got out that someone was found dead with a fresh manuscript in their hands, everyone would want to read it. So maybe, if I was very careful in the execution of the plan and even more careful in the actual writing process, I would have planted an idea. And that's essentially my plan to make some small difference in the world.
Of course, it could all fail and I could die nameless, having never made a change... but that was a given from the start.
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**The-B.O.D.** · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 2413 Location: Portland, Oregon

tbh in a weird way I would be relieved. It'd relieve me of any chance of going on to live a life of failure and regret, and would allow me six weeks of time where I would lose all long-term responsibilities.

**MehPlusRawr** · Joined: 20 Jul 2009 Posts: 1389

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**THABEAST721** · Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 2000

Go to Japan and play this game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakYOsbEyR8&feature=related
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**youhas** · Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 3015 Location: Santa Clara, CA

**ShadoWolf** · Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2034 Location: Slough, England

**Squirrel** · Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 7:28 am Post subject:

Hmmmm. That's a good question.

I would go to work and do my normal business for two weeks, and not pay any bills. I'd use that paycheck to enjoy the last month that I would have to live. Whether it be just kicking it with friends, or partying hard, trying things I haven't tried yet. I'd spend weekdays playing Atari 2600, trying to beat the Berzerk high score. When I would start to lose my strength, probably within the last week or so, I would see my daughter for the last time (being she still won't remember me, she would only be 7 months old at that point), and knock out my ex for being such a bitch and trying to make my life miserable. I'd get arrested, go to jail a couple days, then end up in the hospital before I die.
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**Vampyromaniac** · Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 1216

This might be a controversial idea for multiple reasons but the general consensus seems to be that dying quickly is preferable to an agonizing descent. I'd thus not rule out the possibility then that instead of toughing my way through the last couple weeks, I could kill two birds with one stone and frame my worst enemy for my death. I'm sure I could be quite convincing.
That said, I have no real enemies.
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