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Why do you choose to continue living? (beehaw.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The reason I choose to continue living is that I only have one chance to inhabit a mortal body in this world so I’d like to see it through for as long as I can. What’s yours?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Can't afford to die; it's like $2700 just to dig the fucking hole!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the reminder. I'll make sure they know my body belongs in the trash can (in a few decades).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On this overpopulated planet, burying the dead seems like the biggest, most expensive waste...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Mate you can send my corpse feet first through a wood chipper and fertilise a veggie crop... But it's not legal.

So at some stage my family is going to have to make a choice and fork out a stupid amount of money.