When I'm lying there I'm usually not thinking about my mortality but when I do I think what will my family do without me telling them what to do and my retirement money? They will probably just plant me in the backyard and continue to collect.
Yeah, this isnât about thinking about mortality - itâs about what would you like to have on a playlist at the end (and you canât pick RP)?
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Mar 2, 2023 - 6:26pm
When I'm lying there I'm usually not thinking about my mortality but when I do I think what will my family do without me telling them what to do and my retirement money? They will probably just plant me in the backyard and continue to collect.
Hereâs a morbid topic, although slightly practical. A good friend says, âyou know, when I went to visit my mom in the hospital, she was lying there and the TV was blasting Letâs Make a Deal - which I would hate. Iâd rather have it off and some nice music playing. But what if I werenât able to speak, like if I had a breathing tube? Itâs weird, but I really donât want someone playing a lot of music that I hate while Iâm stuck, and maybe itâs my last days on earth⦠So I made a playlistâ¦â
Assuming that radio like RP isnât an option, what would you put on your âBefore I goâ playlist? Would you assign it to someone? âYou know, if something were to happen to me, can you do me this favorâ¦?â
i have some ideas
a partial list...
just one victory
to be over
hurt - jc version
the great gig in the sky
svefn-g-englar
abandoned flesh -mbe
hit the road jack
tuesdays gone
long and winding road
A public radio fundraiser would make me happy to be leaving.
Are you operating a radio, Sir? - Oh, f... me. Got it now!
Dunno about the laws and regs in your country when it comes to the undertaker, sorry!
Yet, since your country is (was?) supposed to be way more liberally organized than mine, there could be ways for some private creativity involved which is strictly impossible over here? - Just guessing at this point. - For example, burying someone on private grounds is strictly forbidden here in Prussia, natürlich!
I remember my grannie had a "Sterbe-Versicherung", covering for the inescapable undertaker-expenses. Such insurance-policies have latterly been renamed as "life-insurance", ya sure of course! In her days, it was normal to rent a grave for a lifetime-lease that lasted 24, 49, or 99 and more years. Families used to have their places (family graves). Since no-one's gonna pay for the lease anymore, ours has been flattened lately.
Few years ago when a close friend deceased, his brother got him cremated in a neighboring country, just so he could keep his ashes and after smuggling them back across the border (illegally), to spread them to the sea where he'd lived. The way he himself had wanted it... a quite rare occasion.
... what would you put on your âBefore I goâ playlist? ...
When "lying there", I'd much prefer silence, I guess. But for an after-party this should be played for me as I wouldn't want anyone to mourn badly (even if this might be my own selfish, wishful thinking):
Plus:
Hereâs a morbid topic, although slightly practical. A good friend says, âyou know, when I went to visit my mom in the hospital, she was lying there and the TV was blasting Letâs Make a Deal - which I would hate. Iâd rather have it off and some nice music playing. But what if I werenât able to speak, like if I had a breathing tube? Itâs weird, but I really donât want someone playing a lot of music that I hate while Iâm stuck, and maybe itâs my last days on earth⦠So I made a playlistâ¦â
Assuming that radio like RP isnât an option, what would you put on your âBefore I goâ playlist? Would you assign it to someone? âYou know, if something were to happen to me, can you do me this favorâ¦?â
Yep, that is pretty morbid. For me, the biggest problem about being locked in would be the lack of choice. You could put on Beethoven's symphonies (all nine of them) on an endless loop and I'd probably still freak out.
I just hope someone pulls the plug in time. (dang, better get on to that living will thing.. )
Hereâs a morbid topic, although slightly practical. A good friend says, âyou know, when I went to visit my mom in the hospital, she was lying there and the TV was blasting Letâs Make a Deal - which I would hate. Iâd rather have it off and some nice music playing. But what if I werenât able to speak, like if I had a breathing tube? Itâs weird, but I really donât want someone playing a lot of music that I hate while Iâm stuck, and maybe itâs my last days on earth⦠So I made a playlistâ¦â
Assuming that radio like RP isnât an option, what would you put on your âBefore I goâ playlist? Would you assign it to someone? âYou know, if something were to happen to me, can you do me this favorâ¦?â
My boyfriend already has strict instructions about what to put in my earbuds if the day ever comes. Hopefully, it won't come to that, but.....
Hereâs a morbid topic, although slightly practical. A good friend says, âyou know, when I went to visit my mom in the hospital, she was lying there and the TV was blasting Letâs Make a Deal - which I would hate. Iâd rather have it off and some nice music playing. But what if I werenât able to speak, like if I had a breathing tube? Itâs weird, but I really donât want someone playing a lot of music that I hate while Iâm stuck, and maybe itâs my last days on earth⦠So I made a playlistâ¦â
Assuming that radio like RP isnât an option, what would you put on your âBefore I goâ playlist? Would you assign it to someone? âYou know, if something were to happen to me, can you do me this favorâ¦?â
