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> I don’t expect it to bother me after I’m gone.

Yep, it didn't bother me for ~eternity before I existed. I think it'll be the same after.

Approaching death does scare me though. I thought Christopher Hitchens captured that feeling well:

"It will happen to all of us, that at some point you get tapped on the shoulder and told, not just that the party’s over, but slightly worse: the party’s going on — but you have to leave. And it’s going on without you. That’s the reflection that I think most upsets people about their demise."



Hitchens sure had a way with words. Yeah, I think that would bother me as well. It's easier if death just kind of sneaks up on you and takes you out. It's a lot harder when the doctor tells you he's coming sometime in 2-5 years.




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