Is Death really too much of a morbid topic for conversation?

Asked By: SynysterGates510 22-25, M 1 year ago

I have Asperger's Syndrome, and my dad worked at a cemetery for most of my life, so Death has been a casual normal topic, yet people seem to react to it as if I slapped their grandmother or humped their dog. Is that a normal human reaction? Why is death so taboo?

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Posted by B3lla01 Jul 29th, 2011 at 9:52AM

Not to me it isn't but a lot of people fear Death.

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Reply by BamPow Jul 29th, 2011 at 9:55AM

I agree. It's the fear of death that makes some people run from the topic.
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Posted by AlyAnonymous Jul 29th, 2011 at 9:56AM

Death is a natural part of life! So I don't see what the big deal is... But like B3IIa01 said "A lot of people fear death"

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Posted by Brainyblonde Jul 29th, 2011 at 1:34PM

There is a good joke about this. On a long air flight, a good natured talkative young hippie dude winds up sitting next to an old, conservative minister. As the flight gets underway, the hippie guy tells the minister that he had a really weird, but cool, out of body experience and it convinced him that we can live outside our bodies. It made him think that death might be the gateway to a whole new life. The hippie goes on discussing death and the minister, who has tried to avoid the conversation, becomes more and more uncomfortable. Finally, the hippie dude asks him, "So, reverend, what do YOU think happens to people when they die?" The nervous minister clears his throat and says, "Well, I suppose to go to join the Lord....but why discuss such unpleasant subjects?"

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Posted by bohemiangroove Jul 29th, 2011 at 11:06AM

never...

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Posted by Fluffypanda Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:47AM

Nope
we all die so we might want to think about it

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Reply by Zenny123 Jul 29th, 2011 at 11:03AM

not that i share this view, but I have heard it said that there is no use in thinking or talking about death. It does not change when it happenes to you. It focuses on how little control we have and this can be unhelpful to some. I do agree that we should not have an agenda to MAKE someone discuss it when they do not wish to.
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Reply by Fluffypanda Jul 29th, 2011 at 12:25PM

true, but we can always talk about the unnecessary fear to die.
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Posted by Peter384 Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:22AM

some people what to injoy life and only think of death as theend of everything it,s a depressing subject.take to people who like to talk about ghost storys.

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Posted by azaliea Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:07AM

Death is our end result. We should not see it as taboo.

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Posted by SelangorNight Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:07AM

Nah

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Posted by Zenny123 Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:04AM

There is a general fear of death, people are uncomfortable with it generally.

I am not uncomfortable wtih it and had to come to terms with this when diagnosed with cancer at age 18, but for most it is something they prefer to avoid.,

It is likely best to first identify those who are comfortable to talk about it before you do.

I do get the AS approach to life. My sister has AS and often misses the social norms.

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Posted by everton13 Jul 29th, 2011 at 9:58AM

No I don't think it is too morbid to talk about death. One should never fear death.

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