On: The people hosting their own 'living funerals'

[awestroke]

> What kind of a maniacal ego maniac asks everyone close to them to all gather together and talk about how wonderful they are so they can watch?

This, as currently worded, is a criticism of birthday parties as well

[robertlagrant → awestroke]

I've never been to a birthday party where the birthday boy/girl gathers people to do that. What's the point in subtracting value from a conversation with this distraction?

[ThrowawayTestr → robertlagrant]

What's the point of judging the actions of people about to die?

[sgu999 → ThrowawayTestr]

Everyone is about to die, nothing special about it

[ThrowawayTestr → sgu999]

That simply is not true. Terminal patients have a deadline, you have a nebulous time somewhere in the future.

If you knew for a fact you were gonna die tomorrow, would you still go into work?

[robertlagrant → ThrowawayTestr]

You need to define judging? Do you mean "voicing an opinion"?

[ThrowawayTestr → robertlagrant]

I don't know how I would handle a terminal diagnosis so I refrain from "voicing an opinion" on the actions of those about to die.