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swirlie · F
Living forever is like staying too long in a career you've had for 40+ years. Eventually, everyone you ever knew at your job has either retired 5 years earlier or is already dead, which means you're the oldest and most senior one sitting at the top of your company's seniority list, but also means that you still remember how things were done the old way and have nothing in common with anyone junior to you who now do things the new way, nor does anyone actually know who you are when you walk into the staff lunch room nor do they understand why you're still there after 40+ years?
Living too long has the same effect, whereby it eventually becomes irrelevant to post an obituary in the newspaper when you finally do in fact kick the bucket and call it a day, because anyone who ever knew you has very likely predeceased you anyway.
When a 105 year old man has his obituary picture in the Saturday newspaper, I've always wondered who is he informing of his death? A good analogy for living too long would be like the guy who's left standing who has no chair to sit in when the music stops.
Living too long has the same effect, whereby it eventually becomes irrelevant to post an obituary in the newspaper when you finally do in fact kick the bucket and call it a day, because anyone who ever knew you has very likely predeceased you anyway.
When a 105 year old man has his obituary picture in the Saturday newspaper, I've always wondered who is he informing of his death? A good analogy for living too long would be like the guy who's left standing who has no chair to sit in when the music stops.