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NSFW NSFW Archived [nsfw] What's the darkest fact you've ever heard? (AskVoat)
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[–] Danbear 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
You are going to die, and when you do you will cease to be.
There won't be any eternal anything. Your brain will release all the neurotransmitters it can, you'll see lights, hear voices, see people, as each part of your brain slowly dies your perception of things will shift and flow. You'll likely feel peace, but you might feel terror. Time won't matter anymore but things won't last long. And then just like that, you'll be gone.
There isn't anything you can do to change this fact. Its coming, its happened to every single living thing that's come before you, it'll happen to every single living thing that is here now. For every want, every desire, every goal, and every plan you have, it'll all be gone and so will you.
[–] haveallthebananas [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Interestingly enough this doesn't bother me. I almost died in a car wreck, but once I came out of it I realized that "Yeah you're going to die one day, might as well make peace now." - so the realization that I'll cease to be one day, doesn't really faze me any more.
[–] Danbear 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Its something I've always struggled with. Call it the Atheist's Burden if you want. As much as I want there to be an alternative to death, I don't honestly see one, so I can't believe in one. And yeah, that scares me.
Its changed my view on a lot of things. Like I'm pretty anti-death penalty now days. Not because of some peace loving hippy reason, but because I have come to decide that ending a person's existence is on a level of crime that is so horrible and vast that it should never be institutionalized. "what if they are Super Hitler?!" Still. Revenge should never be the goal of Justice and I can't condone ending someone else's existence, institutionalized or not. The only exception would be if it would directly save the life of someone else. (Plus its just wasteful, use the person somehow, ether in science or in physical labor. Don't just throw them away.)
But over time I might come to terms with it. As my daughter grows up and becomes more self reliant its seemed easier to cope with my own mortality. Maybe there actually is something to be said for living vicariously through your children.
[–] Never_Triggered 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This is my solace, and a source of happiness for me. This is actually my favorite fact. And Perhaps the most loving description of it. Thank you.
[–] escape ago
How could anyone possibly know this?
[–] Danbear ago
Its a known process when the brain starts to lose oxygen. When we train astronauts we put them in strong centrifuges that simulate 5x the pull of gravity or more. This causes the blood in the brain to stop circulating and temporarily starve out the brain. The subjects pass out and experience all the claimed effects of a "near death experience" including a tunnel of light, hearing family members, seeing people they know, talking to them, etc. Its an effect of the brain firing off everything it can to try and save itself. Allegedly the feeling is euphoric as the brain dumps all kinds of neurotransmitters like dopamine.
Its the process that happens as the brain shuts down. Its been studied pretty well.