I never really gave death much thought until a couple years ago. I was given the prognosis that I had a genetic disorder that would ultimately incapacitate me, then kill me well below the average life expectancy among first-world nations.

Hospital employee here. For God’s sake, your family will all die some day. Don’t try to keep their body alive artificially forever while you pray for a miracle that isn’t coming. It’s CRUEL! If you wouldn’t want to live that way, don’t force your parents to “live” that way. Allow them to die with dignity.

Much like Dr. Tyson, I can think of no greater honor than releasing my energy (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, etc. not spiritual energy) back into the universe. My body can be used to continue this thing, giving back after taking for a whole lifetime, however long that may be.

I might be in the minority then that I actually look forward to the uninterrupted vacation time.

Sherwin Nuland’s beautiful How We Die is a fantastic book for understanding all this stuff. In my case, and hopefully lots of others, it also helped me understand that while death itself isn’t a choice, the way we die is, and as we age (I’m 58 but read the book at about 35 when it came out) we can make choices about…

There’s another company that will turn your remains into a tree. Being a willow sounds nice, especially if I end up with grandkids. ;)

And for crying out loud, if you own a house, give it to a trusted family member, or set up a trust; otherwise, as soon as Medicaid kicks in, you’re likely to lose it. I’ve had two family members lose houses this way, and a third is about to.

There are already several U.S. states (including Oregon, California and Vermont) where “death with dignity” is legal. I’m all for it!

Might not be for everyone, but it’s worth pointing out that psychedelics, especially psilocybin, can do a lot to help people get over existential dread and fear of death. There is active promising research into the therapeutic use of psilocybin in terminal cancer patients, to address exactly this.

I find that introspecting about death on a regular basis helps me live in the moment, and appreciate the ‘now’, what I currently have.

Good advice. I have it in my will that my ashes be sent to Life Gem to make me into a man-made diamond. This way I will literally be a Crystal after death. The pun makes me giggle and helps me deal with the whole death thing.

““I don’t know of too many men who haven’t expressed some sort of similar sexual terms toward women, especially in their younger years,” said Voight, going on to call on Trump supporters to express their “outrage and anger” at De Niro and “all of the Republican turncoats”. Voight has long been an outspoken supporter…

There’s a huge amount of trust given when you let someone in to your home to care for your children. It’s super fucked to break that trust and I hope Morel feels terrible about herself.

But to agree with her, you’d have to know for sure that Angelina has been demonizing Brad to her kids. Do you know that? Do you know he’s not done the damage to the kids himself?

It’s also odd that the nanny was taking care of Angelina during her “formative years,” which ended at three years old when the nanny left. Not exactly a long observation period for the nanny to be opining on.

Exactly. This is a private conversation and if you aren’t close enough to gain access to speak privately you don’t know enough about the situation to mouth off

The article says she quit being Angie’s nanny when she was 3. How likely is it that she knows anything about the parents much less Angie and Brad?

I hope Morel goes on a lovely vacation with the gajillion dollars she probably got for this interview!

You know what would have been really sweet of Angelina’s own ex-nanny? For her not to weaponize Angelina’s own childhood against her. Ugh.

I disagree with someone who was once held in a position of trust by a child using them to make a buck via tabloids.