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Morrissey has cancer vs dealing with your own demise

skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
edited October 2014 in Strut Central
He's all 'if I die, I die; and if I dont, I don't.

Good for him,
He's 55, I'm not far off and can relate to the sentiment.

Who else is at ease with the inevitable?

Apologies for the downer vibe.
Three pints and the onset of winter can do that to a man.
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  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Crossed that bridge a while back when I embraced Taoism. There's no way of knowing what if anything happens after death, so there's no reason to think of it as being negative or positive. Death is a part of life, teh end.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    And if a double-decker bus
    Crashes into us
    To die by your side
    Is such a heavenly way to die
    And if a ten-ton truck
    Kills the both of us
    To die by your side
    Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    :killin_it:
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    I wonder if Morrissey looks down on his cancer for eating him. Meat is murder, no?
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    The Smiths ÔÇô I Know It's Over

    "I Know It's Over" as written by and Steven Patrick/marr Morrissey....


    Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    And as I climb into an empty bed
    Oh well. Enough said.
    I know it's over - still I cling
    I don't know where else I can go
    Oh...

    Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    See, the sea wants to take me
    The knife wants to slit me
    Do you think you can help me?
  • JectWonJectWon (@_@) 1,654 Posts
    skel said:

    ...winter can do that to a man.

    I hear that. Every fall, like clockwork, I get all nostalgic about the days when shit wasn't so real...

    It's not MY death that scares me. Perhaps, it scares me a little but it ultimately pales in comparison to the fear I get when I think about my family getting older...also being married with no intention to have children is something that makes me worry for my wife in the event of my demise...

    I watched my Mom and Aunt take care of my grandfather while alzheimer's totally erased him and that was some heavy heavy shit. I don't know how I'm going to cope with that; if needed.

    My father is a disabled vet (legs blown off in 'nam) and he lives alone. I see him as much as I can but not enough. Alzheimer's and cancer run deep on his side of the family. I'm also fairly certain he's being cat fished by someone but thats a whole different bag of shit.

    Oddly enough, I can feel better when I just tell myself "literally everyone in the history of forever has had to deal with this so stop thinking your situation is special and just be ready for life when it kicks you in the dick".

    EDIT: Also living in the present helps big time. If you spend time worrying about inevitable stuff on the horizon you neglect to notice things aren't half bad in the here and now.
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    Well, it suddenly struck me
    I just might die with a smile on my face after all
  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    I'm not ready for death.

    I have a 2 year old daughter that I love and would like to see grow up, move out, and live her life.

    Sometime after that, death wouldn't bum me out much.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    parallax said:
    I'm not ready for death.

    I have a 2 year old daughter that I love and would like to see grow up, move out, and live her life.

    Sometime after that, death wouldn't bum me out much.

    same
  • santanicsantanic 69 Posts
    oh mother I can feel the soil falling over my head....... also the song that will be playing at my funeral ad nauseum....
  • JimsterJimster Cruffiton.etsy.com 6,960 Posts

    Lord please, murda my enemies (Yeah)
    Burn em at a thousand degrees
    And lord please let me make mo cheese
    Cuz I aint quite ready to leave (No)
    [repeat 2X]

    Srs doe, get busy living or get busy dying.

    Yo.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    :hijack:

    Morrisey in a coma? I know, I know... it's serious.

    Can we turn this in a Smith's appreciation thread?

  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    I love the Smiths. Seriously.
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    I love the Smiths. Seriously.

    Same.

    b/w

  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    You are sleeping, you do not want to believe

    You are sleeping, you do not want to believe

    You are sleeping, you do not want to believe

    You are sleeping, you do not want to believe

    You are sleeping, you do not want to believe
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    I gave away all of my Smiths records to a 17-year-old who loved the group more than I ever could #lifegoeson
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    Jonny_Paycheck said:
    parallax said:
    I'm not ready for death.

    I have a 2 year old daughter that I love and would like to see grow up, move out, and live her life.

    Sometime after that, death wouldn't bum me out much.

    same

    same here but twins

    their grandma has cancer and she probably wont see them go to school
    its tough but could happen to all of us
  • GuzzoGuzzo 8,611 Posts
    I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley area of Southern California, the home base for the whole Latino Morrissey crazy. As a young hip-hop kid I had no idea who Morrissey was, I saw his name on a bunch of T-shirts and figured he was just some emo version of Karl Kani. Eventually I was let in on who Morrissey and The Smiths were and thought it would be funny to spread a "Morrissey has cancer" rumor (I was a dick).

    15 years later I feel guilty

    VIVA HATE!
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,538 Posts
  • RishanRishan 454 Posts
    In a particularly dark mood one winter's day a few years ago, and not really knowing The Smith's catalogue, I walked into a record shop and Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now came on. You know those raer times when a song just fucking hits you, and not in a nice way, but you still love the song regardless? Everything about it aligns with your thoughts and emotions at that particular time and just fucks you over. The Smiths are great.



    Sorry, don't know how to embed...

    Not worried at all about my own death, just hope it's not painful and drawn out. I'm sure as I can be that there is nothing after we're gone. We're just animals anyway...
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,794 Posts
    ...dealing with your own demise



    Bring it motherfucker!
  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    Mozzer's been singing his life for a minute now...

  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    What's that, you ask? What does Henry Rollins think of the Mozzer?

  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    Bon Vivant said:
    What's that, you ask? What does Henry Rollins think of the Mozzer?


    Sheesh. Fuck that guy.
  • gazgaz 232 Posts
    parallax said:
    I'm not ready for death.

    I have a 2 year old daughter that I love and would like to see grow up, move out, and live her life.

    Sometime after that, death wouldn't bum me out much.

    Your never ready for death, no matter how old you are , there's always something you want to live for
  • DJ_WubWubDJ_WubWub 874 Posts
    Even though I think mozza is a complete twat I feel for anyone dealing with their mortality (like my step mother ATM). Mozzas quote 'if i die then i die" does sound a lot like a Smiths song title. Heaven knows he's miserable now.
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