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Death, Dying, and Being Dead
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My entire life it has felt like one day I will wake up and be 50. “Life is short” has been a saying repeated from all angles. From my perspective - the perspective of a 24-year-old who intellectually knows he is young but feels old - to call life short has only recently began to ring true.
When people look back on 10 years ago and utter the words “time flies” it is often due to an apparent recognition of who you previously were and what you were doing. To be able to relate to that person separated by a 10-year-span must be sickening. However, in your early 20s, you only just begin to understand that nausea.
Being 24 years old, 10 years ago does feel like 10 years ago because at 14-years-old I had not even grown into my body yet. A lot happened in those 10 years. By 34 I am sure to be different in many ways, but the basic buildings of my character and physicality - despite some added lines on the face, improved maturity, aches from the back, and maybe some receding hairline as well - will be a lot more recognisable to the 24-year-old me, than the 24-year-old me was to the 14-year-old me.
Therefore, in order to truly relate to the idea of life being short, I will need a few more years added on. But I know it’s coming and there is nothing I can do to stop it. And before I know it - and just as I have been anticipating - I’ll be 50.
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SOURCES:
1. www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/books/review/mortality-by-christopher-hitchens.html
2. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/may/17/montaigne-philosophy-death
3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570697/#fn1
4. www.nhs.uk/conditions/brain-death/
5. dspace.njstatelib.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/05f25789-33aa-4d48-8fc9-620f0837b0a1/content#:~:text=The%20NJDDA%20provides%20that%20an,standards%2C%20shall%20be%20declared%20dead
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8. sebastianjunger/status/1762958151559577848
9. www.britannica.com/topic/reincarnation
10. www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/02/new-science-of-death-brain-activity-consciousness-near-death-experience#:~:text=As%20more%20and%20more%20people,in%20the%20brain%20gets%20disrupted.
11. www.themarginalian.org/2012/12/12/montaigne-on-death-and-the-art-of-living/
12. lithub.com/finding-joy/
13. www.mississippimatters.info/single-post/c-s-lewis-s-wife-their-marriage-were-amazing
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CHAPTERS:
1. Introduction (0:00)
2. Death: Defining Death (4:26)
3. Death: Memento Mori (9:56)
4. Death: Near-Death Experience (14:21)
5. Focusing on Dying (20:24)
6. Dying: An Old Age Death (21:34)
7. Dying: When The Old Die Young (25:06)
8. Dying: Mortality and Christopher Hitchens (29:45)
9. Dying: In Denying Death, You Deny Life (35:13)
10. Being Dead: A Death In The Family (37:37)
11. Being Dead: A Grief Observed (39:01)
12. Being Dead: Crazy With Grief (43:14)
13. Being Dead: The Issue of Self-Pity (46:21)
14. Being Dead: Why Do We Have To Go? (48:12)
15. Death, Dying, and Being Dead (49:43)
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All criticism and comments are welcome. Thanks for watching.
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Komentáře

  • @ibsnafu1
    @ibsnafu1 Před 19 hodinami

    This is actually my favorite Stephen King story.

  • @leahcimolrac1477
    @leahcimolrac1477 Před dnem

    15:53 you mean “synonymous” not “autonomous.”

  • @Sean-dx4tp
    @Sean-dx4tp Před dnem

    I was just talking to my mom about this, I went over to her house. She is a huge fan of Stephen King, has every book ever, I didn't know she actually meant every single one, including Rage. She just up and told me it, the four-piece Bachman collection. I'm currently reading it.

  • @Alltoofinite
    @Alltoofinite Před 2 dny

    Oh, right… Bukowski… And who were the others? Exactly

  • @Jack-yq6ui
    @Jack-yq6ui Před 3 dny

    I have seen people tortured in the most horrific ways. Seen their skin being peeled off their faces, their teeth pulled with pliers and their arms and legs cut off while they were verymuch alive. Mostly for reasons that seem utterly off balance with respect to the absurd amount of violence being inflicted on their mind and bodies. No book can ever contain the horrors I have actually seen happen.

  • @echoskirmish5203
    @echoskirmish5203 Před 5 dny

    p00

  • @peoplethesedaysberetarded

    Shame that Stephen King turned out to be a low-rent reactionary know-nothing idiot. I liked the world far better before social media let us see what people thought.

  • @ClaireSunshine
    @ClaireSunshine Před 5 dny

    "Bachman died of exposure" is such a clever line

  • @JustinUnger-ve6qy
    @JustinUnger-ve6qy Před 7 dny

    Sounds like a way dark version of breakfast club

  • @Dizzo-rizzo
    @Dizzo-rizzo Před 8 dny

    My school is mentioned in this video

  • @MatChew75
    @MatChew75 Před 8 dny

    The great shark hunt might be his best book ever

  • @HeWhoShams
    @HeWhoShams Před 9 dny

    Too bad King went off the rocker this last decade

  • @WalldoTheWInner
    @WalldoTheWInner Před 10 dny

    He kept it real. You gotta give him that

  • @gartfilms1655
    @gartfilms1655 Před 10 dny

    banger video

  • @joshuaburris6805
    @joshuaburris6805 Před 10 dny

    "The strongest of the strange", love his short stories especially "the devil was hot" they don't make them like Chuck anymore

  • @EckheartTurtolle
    @EckheartTurtolle Před 10 dny

    Hey you know you suck

  • @blahblahgdp
    @blahblahgdp Před 10 dny

    Streisand in full effect

  • @JustM2024
    @JustM2024 Před 11 dny

    Stephen King is a national treasure

  • @swansonjoe7121
    @swansonjoe7121 Před 11 dny

    To be fair: fuck the catcher in the rye

  • @omnamahshivaya6299
    @omnamahshivaya6299 Před 11 dny

    Cringe. This guy is just like Alan Watts, just a drunkard trying to tell people how to live and think.

  • @cinematicsterling6897

    i read this book in sixth grade and…is it bad i found this book to be unintentionally funny?

  • @loontil
    @loontil Před 12 dny

    legend

  • @jamesshiflett1618
    @jamesshiflett1618 Před 13 dny

    Ok. I won't read it. In fact, I won't even watch this video. "Don't Recommend this Channel".

  • @patrickbyrne9631
    @patrickbyrne9631 Před 13 dny

    How the fuck do you not have more subscribers? This is genuinely one of the best channels I’ve watched in a while. I really hope you can find a following and continue making these videos because I love them.

  • @andrewlol9095
    @andrewlol9095 Před 15 dny

    “He watched the Shining that’s why he’s violent” “he plays those call of duty games that’s why he did it” “he read 50 shades of gray that’s why he’s a rapist”

  • @dallasgrey4247
    @dallasgrey4247 Před 16 dny

    In my opinion it’s hard to say whether or not Rage deserved to be taken off of shelves. Yes, it caused shootings (as did many other books), but it also helped people come to terms with certain things.

  • @warboats
    @warboats Před 16 dny

    really good presentation

  • @JHadsfsad
    @JHadsfsad Před 16 dny

    so like i just watched a description of a thing instead of seeing the thing

  • @warboats
    @warboats Před 16 dny

    Juliette is much more depraved. truly gross. and long. so fucking long.

  • @zookiethune4772
    @zookiethune4772 Před 17 dny

    Parts unknown was a constant companion to me in some dark times. It's hard to believe it's been almost six years, it feels like a lot less. Another round of cobra hearts for the whole algorhythm. Keep up the good work, this is a hidden gem of a channel.

  • @Microtonal_Cats
    @Microtonal_Cats Před 17 dny

    When my band Bomb (fave of Kurt's) played Lawrence KS at "The Outhouse" all ages club (one-story windowless concrete bunker in the middle of a corn field) in early 90s, the promoter gave us a tour around town the next day. It included ".....and that's the pharmacy where William S. Burroughs gets his methadone."

  • @MaCabaret
    @MaCabaret Před 18 dny

    School shooting: (happens years after this books is published) Stephen King: how can I make this about me

  • @Scapegrace74
    @Scapegrace74 Před 18 dny

    "Cain's Book," by Alexander Trocchi, is an underground classic. If this genre interests you, do not fail to read Trocchi's book.

  • @evanraasch2203
    @evanraasch2203 Před 18 dny

    Sounds like he’s an arrogant asshole

  • @beantownbushcraft
    @beantownbushcraft Před 18 dny

    I Respect Hunter, But You NEVER call another Man a Punk, Unless your ready to Fight. End of Story. I just Wished he gave Sonny, Terry, George & Skip their 2 cases of Beer, Spending a year with a Group of People day in day out , Bikers or Not, He should have Been a Man and Went back and Apologized for Not minding his Business, He Was NOT a Member of the HELLS ANGELS. He was an Outsider and should have showed class to the Club. #syl🔴⚪world 🇺🇲🤝🏻☘️

  • @darnes12
    @darnes12 Před 19 dny

    if no one knows what they talked about, how can you say they never talked about drugs?

  • @caodanadu
    @caodanadu Před 20 dny

    I’ve just finished The Road to Los Angeles. Been saving the last pages for a proper time that ended up being tonight. Tomorrow I will dive into Dreams of Bunker Hill, passing from the first novel to the last one (and final book of the Bandini quartet). It’s been a while since I had this type of gripping fascination with an author to the point of reading everything that I can find. That first paragraph of Ask the Dust is something that will stay with me forever. Guess that’s some sort of love

  • @jacobishii6121
    @jacobishii6121 Před 20 dny

    Truly one of the greatest minds of our times

  • @scruffy191
    @scruffy191 Před 21 dnem

    You want to screw up the Works? You want to blow my book sales in Europe?

  • @pixel_sprite_milaa
    @pixel_sprite_milaa Před 21 dnem

    i searched up henry miller in hopes to find dsaf content but then end up at this video 😭

  • @Akstergrind
    @Akstergrind Před 22 dny

    You lost me at Asterix

  • @clarkbrown4542
    @clarkbrown4542 Před 22 dny

    You can’t blame the violent actions of school shooters and other dangerous people on books or video games or anything. They were the ones who decided to do something bad. There’s also the people who read the book or play the game and don’t become violent. It’s all dependent on the person. It is their actions that are violent and it is them that told themselves violent behavior is acceptable. They are to blame not whatever it is that you inspired them. Same logic applies to books with racist or other flawed ideas imbedded in the book such as To Kill a Mockingbird or Uncle Tom’s Cabin. It is ultimately the reader or viewer that indulges to flawed behavior.

  • @waywardsonsgamerclan
    @waywardsonsgamerclan Před 22 dny

    I read this in highschool detention. It was my introduction to King

  • @chicagogyrl4846
    @chicagogyrl4846 Před 22 dny

    Thank you for not having the background music loud! It’s too distracting! 😊

  • @MrDeadbweast
    @MrDeadbweast Před 22 dny

    My boi myy boiiii

  • @johnham8824
    @johnham8824 Před 24 dny

    most artist are useless motherfuckers and the ones that are good you don't see, these men are good for what ? nirvana is some of my favorite music but its all gone quickly. our CREATOR and our family is what matters.

  • @celestialhylos7028
    @celestialhylos7028 Před 24 dny

    😂 His story is Mid. as mid as a regular Isekai fantasy and hentai shit. I would rather read Blood Meridian and Berserk

  • @dominiquerola5652
    @dominiquerola5652 Před 25 dny

    He was bored shitless with their divagations. They talk about literature, he does it.

  • @rogere5585
    @rogere5585 Před 25 dny

    He removes his book while guns are easy to get as ever

  • @braudhadoch3432
    @braudhadoch3432 Před 25 dny

    What boroughs did to his own son was criminal

    • @xXxeuthanasiaxXx
      @xXxeuthanasiaxXx Před 19 dny

      What happened

    • @johnryan3913
      @johnryan3913 Před 2 dny

      ​​@@xXxeuthanasiaxXx Let's say he was a great writer, not a great father. Mostly he was absent, living in London, Paris, Tangier, etc. And his addictions led Billy Jr to try to outdo Dad. He did write two books, and an unfinished third, of his own, before dying at 33, from liver failure. He'd had a transplant but continued to drink, miserable from the grueling recovery process.