People die from the dumbest shit imaginable, like tripping, hitting their head the wrong way, or getting clipped by something completely stupid.

Then someone else survives an earthquake, a 100-foot fall, a horrific car crash, or multiple gunshots.

Or people jump off bridges that should've killed them instantly... and somehow live.

So what the fuck actually decides when you die?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890001&forum_id=2#50048688)

The tally of your sins against your good deeds. It’s constantly being weighed and the greater the disparity the more you are at risk of slipping this mortal coil.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890001&forum_id=2#50048755)

For humans before the modern era, it was something that was always on their mind. Their awareness of death informed their lives. We've completely lost that and it has led us to a really bad place

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890001&forum_id=2#50048978)

Christianity is a thing because of death. Because it promised eternal life in a world in which common people lived difficult lives in which they could die at any time. Unlike today, people really believed in it, and really believed that they could obtain eternal life via Christianity

Similar death-transcendence myths informed different peoples and cultures. Valhalla, Confucian ancestor worship, etc. It was a big deal, maybe the biggest deal for human culture. All gone today, stomped out by (((reason))) and materialism

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890001&forum_id=2#50049276)

hs friend of mine died at 18 because he fell and hit his head snowboarding.

other high school friend of mine died in college from meningitis. one day you think you've got the flu the next day you're gone.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5890001&forum_id=2#50049014)