when you get old...

[Ilya]

which fate would be less shitty for you

- stay physically competent but lose your mind/get senile
- stay sharp mentally but collapse physically

lets talk about it

[PaulOakenfold]

How about reading each day, staying with good company, eating right, walking/running/swimming each day as well? That's what I'm planning on doing, when I hit the big, well whatever age qualifies as "old."

[Ilya]

pauloakenfold that was not one of those choices.

on another note, i just got back from the first duluth wildcats game vs rival norcross and when i left after the first quarter, we were losing 0-24.

edit: my sources tell me that at halftime, the score was 0-31

[PaulOakenfold]

giants giants giants giants

[GoldenPlums]

which fate would be less shitty for you

- stay physically competent but lose your mind/get senile
- stay sharp mentally but collapse physically

lets talk about it

It's not really a choice between the two. Phyiscally, everybody fucks up sooner or later. That's a fairly fundamental part of dying. If you can keep your brain to the end then count yourself lucky I reckon. There are some up-sides to losing your brain before you go, but the down-sides probably outway them.

EDIT: btw a more interesting topic may be whether or not it is right to end someone's life at a certain point. I spent today travelling to the coast to spread my grandfarthers ashes on the beach. He had severe dementia and could certainly have done without the last six months of his life.

[Ilya]

so which do you choose?

if you were 80 and had 5 years left to live and in those 5 years you could either be physically capable and stupid or have alzhermer's or something OR be sane and have your mind but physically collapse?

[PaulOakenfold]

I choose you Ilya

[Ilya]

0 to fucking 31. i want to hang myself

[Vykromond]

0 to fucking 31. i want to hang myself

Since when did you care about the outcome?

[DoTheFandango]

physically collaspe is an overexageration. from the choices you gave us i would choose to be mentally sharp, because i would rather know what is going on the world and understand it than to be able to walk.

[Ilya]

Since when did you care about the outcome?

i'll be honest i didnt really know what was going on because i wasn't paying attention at all, but when the score is 0-31 at halftime and i'm sure we lost by like 0-50 by the end of the game, it is embarassing.

i was just staring at this tiny little kid who was dancing on the bleachers. they were soaking wet and he was sliding on them and everything and i was just waiting for him to fall and split his head open, he just kept on dancing.

why is physical collapse an exaggeration? they're both extremes. collapse of your physical body or collapse of you mental state

i think i would choose to be mentally sharp. i dont know how someone could live being stupid

[GoldenPlums]

so which do you choose?

if you were 80 and had 5 years left to live and in those 5 years you could either be physically capable and stupid or have alzhermer's or something OR be sane and have your mind but physically collapse?

Like I said in reality it's not really a choice. If it was a choice it would be fucking tough. Best way would be mentally competant and die suddenly in your sleep. In my experience, there's a lot of shitty physical stuff going on in which case having your mind go is not always a bad thing.

[Vykromond]

which fate would be less shitty for you

- stay physically competent but lose your mind/get senile
- stay sharp mentally but collapse physically

lets talk about it

The first one. You want to be Stephen Hawking when he loses that last bit of muscle control? Go ahead. Closest thing to Hell on Earth possible.

[Ilya]

Like I said in reality it's not really a choice. If it was a choice it would be fucking tough. Best way would be mentally competant and die suddenly in your sleep. In my experience, there's a lot of shitty physical stuff going on in which case having your mind go is not always a bad thing.

IT IS A CHOICE BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR IT TO BE. i understand its not a choice in reality. but just answer it, man.

its not supposed to be an easy question.

the only good thing i see that can come from losing your mind is you can do outrageous things like shit in the middle of the street and no one would look down on you because you lost your mind

[za gophar]

so which do you choose?

if you were 80 and had 5 years left to live and in those 5 years you could either be physically capable and stupid or have alzhermer's or something OR be sane and have your mind but physically collapse?

physical collapse is worse. the problem is that when u collapse physically all u can do is sit around and watch tv through you blurry eyes. passing 5 years like that would drive you insane anyway.