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Witchcitybitch t1_je81yte wrote

Reply to Death with dignity by Avocadoexpresss

I highly recommend people checking out the death positivity movements which ties into the assisted suicide movements.

Death shouldn’t be such a hushed topic. It should be talked about more openly. If people actually knew how a prolonged dying process can affect the people who are going through it and the family, I think many would change their minds.

We show compassion for animals, we should for the suffering of humans too. Death and dying is hard, scary, sad, painful and so much more but it doesn’t have to be like this by having conversations about it.

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progressnerd t1_je81bc6 wrote

Reply to comment by dew2459 in I live on the south shore and had no idea self service was illegal in Weymouth. by noble_29

Arlington has another vote on it this year, and it will probably pass this time, because some of the concerns with the prior legislation were addressed. There were some (IMHO) legitimate concerns about whether the elderly and disabled would be able to have adequate access in a self-service environment.

That said, I'm curious why there's so much love for self serve? The prices in Arlington aren't any higher than surrounding communities. It's an opportunity for the station to make some extra money by providing less to customers ... it's not like some magical experience to get out of the car to pump gas.

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SLEEyawnPY t1_je803q8 wrote

Reply to comment by mehkindaok in Unfair housing practices, need advice. by billiepw

The scenario of "landlords are banned" seems so unlikely to happen in the forseeable future that what happens after hardly seems worth fretting over. Is this a possibility that regularly concerns you?

But the thrust of my observation (and it was just an observation) was more along the lines that some aspects landlording seem like their own worst punishment - not exactly a Mao-inspired call to arms.

Anyway, not sure what it is you do/did in life but I'm glad I didn't do whatever it is, you seem unhappy.

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narkybark t1_je7xhb7 wrote

Reply to Death with dignity by Avocadoexpresss

It looks like Oregon's requirements are that the patient be 18+, diagnosed terminal with six months, and able to communicate themselves that this is what they want. I've seen other states that must have two doctors sign off on the decision. I feel like no one deserves to suffer and if they want out, we should give them a dignified and painless way to do so, and guidelines like these are a good start.

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SeaJay1187 t1_je7wz5x wrote

Reply to Death with dignity by Avocadoexpresss

As someone who deals with people keeping their family members alive much past their expiration and completely disregarding the patient’s wishes, we need to allow this. It’s so ethically wrong and is a big reason healthcare is so expensive.

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Undecidedbutsure t1_je7vo27 wrote

Reply to Death with dignity by Avocadoexpresss

I watched my mom die an incredibly painful death over the course of 18 months. She wanted to die MONTHS before she did, at one point she asked me to do whatever I could to “make it stop”. She had brain cancer. She couldn’t eat, talk or move on her own towards the end. She was skin and bones. People had to wash her, dress her, assist with bathroom. She couldn’t swallow water. She was on hospice, the nurse kept saying every day might be “the day”….her organs were shutting down…etc. I asked for her to be given as much morphine as possible so she couldn’t feel anything. “She isn’t in any pain.” She ended up dying at 2:30am one morning because the phlegm that we would remove for her was stuck in her throat and she choked to death. She felt that. I know she did. She didn’t just drift away on morphine.

If anyone in their right mind thinks they want to die like this that’s their choice, but I sure as hell don’t and neither did my mom. Ppl should be able to choose.

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