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How do you deal with the thought of having to work for 40+ years and then when/if you retire, you're too old to do much? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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There has to be a better system than this.

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[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one -3 points 10 months ago

How are you going to pull your own plug if the country you are in suddenly makes a law to prevent you from doing that?

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 12 points 10 months ago

Laws against suicide are notoriously difficult to enforce, for obvious reasons.

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

What are they gonna do about it? Kill me?

[-] aksdb@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Lock you up with suicide watch. So essentially sleep deprivation by keeping the lights on and checking up on you every 15 minutes.

[-] Moghul@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Are they gonna lock everybody up? How are they gonna know ahead of time?

[-] hollyberries@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

It already is illegal, and euthanasia while "tolerated" is also illegal to perform by a medical professional.

What are they going to do, arrest a corpse? Fine by me.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not suicidal, but I have considered how nice it would be to diary in a date where I think "yep, i've had a titsful of life now, time to fuck off to sto'vo'kor" or whatever.

The only thing that stops me taking it seriously is the prospect that it may be subjecting others to criminal investigation or court process.

[-] USSEthernet@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think you need to die in battle if you want to go to Sto'Vo'Kor. Killing yourself would be without honor.

[-] amio@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

A lot of places have those laws already. They aren't stopping anyone. What, someone suicidal is supposed to go "oh, guess that's not allowed" and regain their will to live?

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