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Due to being in a macabre mood having just toasted an anniversary of a relative's death, I wondered why couldn't I celebrate the day of my death in advance?

Then I remembered this (http://www.deathclock.com/) existed, so I could calculate my deathday!

I'm going on August the 5th 2050 giving me a juicy 41-odd years more of existential angst.

How long have you got? Would you celebrate your deathday every year if you knew it? Would it be cool to know exactly when you would die?

March 6, 2067, how old would that make me?

March 6, 2067, how old would that make me?

Errrrr, I need a clue to help.....

May 4th, 2085.

Damn near 100. If only that was scientific and not completely silly.

May 4th, 2085.

Damn near 100. If only that was scientific and not completely silly.

Would you really want to live that long?

damn you and your pesky longevity!

I'm gonna be 74 apparently.

Wednesday, February 27 2058. Yeah fuck that.

January 20th 2035

November 26, 2076. 91 Y.O. Probably because I'm psychotically optimistic.

November 26, 2076. 91 Y.O. Probably because I'm psychotically optimistic.

I think that's probably a good psychosis to have, on balance!


Why is nobody polling ? :(

I have until the day my mind tells me "I told you not to eat all that fast food you stupid prick"
:p

How long have you got? Would you celebrate your deathday every year if you knew it? Would it be cool to know exactly when you would die?

Not telling.

No.

no.

May 28, 2009

Creepy.

May 28, 2009

Creepy.

Better get cracking on that "to do" list!!!

Wednesday, January 17, 2085.

I smoke and I'm going to live to be 97. In fact, it says I would live 9 years fewer if I didn't...maybe that stress relief really does come in handy.

May 28, 2009

Creepy.
whoa

maybe we should have a pre-wake for you. no sense waiting until someone figures out youre gone.

i may have as much as another 30 years.

Monday, February 7, 2067

May 28, 2009

Creepy.

Nooooooooooooo! :eek: :(

May 28, 2009

Creepy.

Whoa. That's rough.

Mine is apparently February 10, 2062. Of course, I have the power to change that... now where did I put revolver...:p

I'm dying on Monday, August 12, 2019.

I'm dying on Monday, August 12, 2019.
that seems pessimistically soon.

Monday, March 26, 2046

Seems rather far away.

May 28, 2009

Creepy.
:eek2:!! Smunk, whatever you are doing, STOP!!

I continue to live in happy ignorance of the future on account of the clock froze while loading.

But a long time ago, I took a different longevity test that some Harvard med students had up for a while. It calculated on a full actuarial health questionnaire that included a lot of details of family medical, lifespan and cause of death info and details of lifestyle (active/sedentary, vegetarian/meateater, etc.). That one calculated that I would live as long as and die pretty much the same as the rest of my family -- excellent health into my late 80s/early 90s, then sudden death from...oh...they guessed cancer, because strokes are too hard to predict and there was nothing else wrong with me or running my family (we die of unpredictable strokes, not bet-worthy cancer). If that holds true, I'm only about halfway to the end of the ride.

Oh, and in reference to the OP's other question: I celebrate my death day a little bit all the time. I consider it profoundly mentally liberating to contemplate one's own death, even visualize it and meditate on it. I make a habit of it to keep me from obsessing over shit that does not matter now. It helps me avoid stress and stay focused on what makes me happy.

Wednesday, May 14, 2064

Oh, and in reference to the OP's other question: I celebrate my death day a little bit all the time. I consider it profoundly mentally liberating to contemplate one's own death, even visualize it and meditate on it. I make a habit of it to keep me from obsessing over shit that does not matter now. It helps me avoid stress and stay focused on what makes me happy.

I do the exact same thing, although less now than I used to. It's an odd feeling when you contemplate non-existence.

It's also the reason I did a bungee jump, it's sort of like a miniature 'facing imminent possible death' situation (as well as nauseating when you've bounced up the 5th time).

Would you really want to live that long?

Yes? There's nothing waiting for me after life, and life has the potential to be full of amazing things. I want to see what happens in the future. I like change, I like progress, and importantly there are a lot of people I like here (on earth, not just NSG you big egoplops) and I am sure to meet a lot more people I like. Sure, it has its miserable component too and I am incredibly familiar with it, but overall I like life more than I don't. Why would I want something that's a net positive to end? Non existance is completely neutral. That's a step down really, even if I won't be aware of it.

Wednesday, January 17, 2085.

I smoke and I'm going to live to be 97. In fact, it says I would live 9 years fewer if I didn't...maybe that stress relief really does come in handy.I have to admit, the notion of using a stimulant to relieve stress seems a bit wonky to me.

August 3, 2068. 74 years old, I think.

that seems pessimistically soon.

I know, and I'm not even a pessimist.

:eek2:!! Smunk, whatever you are doing, STOP!!

I continue to live in happy ignorance of the future on account of the clock froze while loading.

But a long time ago, I took a different longevity test that some Harvard med students had up for a while. It calculated on a full actuarial health questionnaire that included a lot of details of family medical, lifespan and cause of death info and details of lifestyle (active/sedentary, vegetarian/meateater, etc.). That one calculated that I would live as long as and die pretty much the same as the rest of my family -- excellent health into my late 80s/early 90s, then sudden death from...oh...they guessed cancer, because strokes are too hard to predict and there was nothing else wrong with me or running my family (we die of unpredictable strokes, not bet-worthy cancer). If that holds true, I'm only about halfway to the end of the ride.
my husbands work had everyone take one of those evaluations ......20ish years ago...it looked at all sorts of lifestyle variables and it turned out that he could live longer--less than ONE YEAR longer--if he made some changes.

but some of the people who were big time smokers, drinkers or drug abusers were told that they could add many years if they cleaned up their lives.

Sunday, April 26, 2037

So, I'll be 58 and dieing two days short of my sisters birthday. Gosh, I guess the good do die young! *ducks*

July 6 2063

I know, and I'm not even a pessimist.
did you take a different test than i did? age, bmi, smoking/non? how did you get such a scary bad prediction?

March 27, 2037. Nearly 28 more years. I'd be 54 then.
I'm not sure if I'd want to live to be that old, but at least it's not old old.

Me until I'm 220 at least!

I am already dead.

June 24, 2027. :eek:

did you take a different test than i did? age, bmi, smoking/non? how did you get such a scary bad prediction?

Nanatsu here:

I think we took the same test, provided it's the one in Holy Cheese's link. Of course, I put "sadist" on my description and BAM!, that's the date it gave me.

I'm dying on Monday, August 12, 2019.

What? 10 years? You must smoke 50 a day, way 400lbs and be 103 years old.

What? 10 years? You must smoke 50 a day, way 400lbs and be 103 years old.

Nanatsu:

I know. The bleakness of this prediction is not lost on me. *shrugs*

Nanatsu:

I know. The bleakness of this prediction is not lost on me. *shrugs*

I've got 45 years left http://209.85.12.227/11914/116/emo/tongue.gif

I've got 45 years left http://209.85.12.227/11914/116/emo/tongue.gif

And you'll die a slow death, surrounded by smelly cats.:mad:

And you'll die a slow death, surrounded by smelly cats.:mad:

Still, I'll live allot longer than you, smelly cats and all.

Still, I'll live allot longer than you, smelly cats and all.

I despise you. <_<

I despise you. <_<

Not for long.

Friday, August 22, 2087, which would make me 110 years old. Despite the smoking and the drinking.

I'll be here until the end of 2090.

Sunday, June 12, 2044

Roughly 35 years to go, lol...

Despite my being overweight and generally lazy, I'm going to, according to this, live to be 88. I intend beating that by at least 12 years.