If you were able to choose your form of death, what would it be?

[~Brian~]

It is finals week at my school and for the last few days, I have been working on a paper for my English II class. The 25 page paper's requirement's are to read and write a detailed analysis on several poets and their work. To make it more interesting, our professor gave specific questions that he wanted answered for each poem.

While trying to complete this mind-numbingly boring assignment, I stumbled across an interesting poem. It is entitled "If We Must Die" and is written by Claude McKay. It reads:

If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!
O kinsmen we must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!


Instead of requiring us to write a detailed analysis of this work, our professor asked just to answer one simple question: "If you could choose your form of death, what would it be?"

At this point in the semester, I am completely burnt out, and to be honest, a little bit resentful that I have to write a paper this large and not even have it count as my final exam.
For these reasons, I decided to f*ck with him a little bit and will be submitting this as my answer:

After reading the poem, I began to think about how I wanted to die. If I had a choice,the best way would have to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head just after my best friend and I finally ran out of ammunition because we just spent the last several days mowing down waves and waves of zombies with AK-47’s, Gatling guns, M-16’s, hand grenades and rocket launchers. We would each finish off our bottles of Patron and after shaking hands for the last time, do ourselves in just as the zombies broke through our defenses and burst into our hide out room.

lol

So I guess what I am asking here is if you guys had a choice as to how it would end, what would be your decision?

[martang]

That is the best answer ever lol. But I would probably want it to be in my sleep. I don't want to know about it at all lol

[Got Insulin?]

Everybody really dies of the same thing: their heart stops.

For the sake of playing along, spontaneous combustion. Definately not by zombie horde.

[blkZ06]

Originally Posted by Got Insulin?

Everybody really dies of the same thing: their heart stops.

Not if your head gets lobbed off

[Kerplunk105]

Originally Posted by ~Brian~

For these reasons, I decided to f*ck with him a little bit and will be submitting this as my answer:

After reading the poem, I began to think about how I wanted to die. If I had a choice,the best way would have to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head just after my best friend and I finally ran out of ammunition because we just spent the last several days mowing down waves and waves of zombies with AK-47’s, Gatling guns, M-16’s, hand grenades and rocket launchers. We would each finish off our bottles of Patron and after shaking hands for the last time, do ourselves in just as the zombies broke through our defenses and burst into our hide out room.

So I guess what I am asking here is if you guys had a choice as to how it would end, what would be your decision?

Ha ha. That's a great answer!

The less pain the better...so in my sleep or something simple like that.

[ASIAN JUL]

Originally Posted by Got Insulin?

Everybody really dies of the same thing: their heart stops.

For the sake of playing along, spontaneous combustion. Definately not by zombie horde.

Technically it's really not the cause of everyone's death...

And if I had to die, I'd choose sudden arrhythmia while asleep.

[blkZ06]

iPod, Slipknot, Painkillers, Beltfed Weapon


...get some

[3rdGenMr2Girl]

definitely in my sleep. on the other hand, i would prefer not to die by drowning or burning. those sound awful.

[ASIAN JUL]

Originally Posted by blkZ06

iPod, Slipknot, Painkillers, Beltfed Weapon


...get some

Sounds like a good deal I'll watch

[Snoozie]

Originally Posted by 3rdGenMr2Girl

definitely in my sleep. on the other hand, i would prefer not to die by drowning or burning. those sound awful.

Honestly, I think that everyone would want that. It seems like it would hurt the least. lol

I would definitely not want to die of asphyxiation. That scares me.

[igo4bmx]

death from excitement

[blkZ06]

well if there I can offer a small amount of comfort on dying from trauma I'll share a cliffs notes version of my on deaths doorstep story

I was crushed and bleeding to death with multiple compound fractures in both legs after a drunk driver hit me, you are very calm when it's about that time to check out, I was freaking out trying to get out of what was left of the car when it first happend but towards what was going to be the end unless the medics hadn't saved my ass I was completely calm

All the good senses were super heightend and all the bad ones went away, it didn't hurt anymore I wasn't thinking I'm going to die anymore. I just leaned back in the seat looking at the stars and it was the most amazing clear night sky I have ever seen, I was taking calm deep breaths and the air almost had a sweet smell, I knew I was dying and I knew I had done everything I could to get myself out of the car and it was up to the guys trying to save me so my body wasn't letting me focus on the bad.

Going through that experience I have no reason to fear death no matter how it comes

[Got Insulin?]

Originally Posted by blkZ06

well if there I can offer a small amount of comfort on dying from trauma I'll share a cliffs notes version of my on deaths doorstep story....

Going through that experience I have no reason to fear death no matter how it comes

Wow, I'm glad you're still with us, bud. Every time you post about your experience, I think of the photos of that car all crushed up and how you managed to make it out somehow alive, abeit with some help from the EMTs. Hearing people talk about NDEs always makes me take a step back and re-evaluate my life and goings on. Definately puts things into perspective.

Working in the deathcare and funeral industry has given me a similar position on death and dying. It's part of life, and hardly anything to fear. Although it sounds cliche, you've got to live it up day to day, and definately stop to smell those roses before you're only choice is to push up daisies.

[ASIAN JUL]

Jordan, all I'm gonna say is... I'm very happy you're still here today to be able to tell that story.

[jpalamar]

I would give you an A for that one.

[c0nfl1kt]

Death by heavy metal.

[Scapegoat]

death by snu snu!

[215ek]

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Death by heavy metal.

like FSU heads murdering you at a show?
or just in general. cause that sounds good to me hahahah

[FLINTSTONESKID]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

death by snu snu!

SONofabitch.................you beat me to it

[c0nfl1kt]

Originally Posted by 215ek

like FSU heads murdering you at a show?
or just in general. cause that sounds good to me hahahah

just death by heavy metal.