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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Stark on July 04, 2011, 06:50:21 AM
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my parents told me about an exhibition that shows black and white pictures of people that have agreed to have their picture taken a short time before they died.
99% of these people were already living in hospice which are places were people like you and me can die with dignity without the crap that comes with hospitals etc.
The pictures are extremely peaceful, the one with the boy at the beginning however nearly broke my heart.
IMPORTANT READ THE TEXT: it gives a brief overview what these people have thought about themself while standing on the door to the next world.
http://www.noch-mal-leben.de/h/exhibits_4_en.php
Note these are only snippets - the book has all images and text.
Few experiences are likely to affect us as profoundly as an encounter with death. Yet most deaths occur almost covertly, at one remove from our everyday lives. Death and dying are arguably our last taboos – the topics our society finds most difficult. We certainly fear them more than our ancestors did. Opportunities to learn more about them are rare indeed. Photographer Walter Schels and journalist Beate Lakotta asked terminally ill people if they could accompany them during their last weeks and days. This exhibition explores the experiences, hopes and fears of the dying, and gives them one more opportunity to be heard. All of them agreed to be photographed shortly before and immediately after death. The majority of the 26 subjects portrayed spent their last days in hospices. All those who come to such places realise that their lives are drawing to a close. They know there is not much time left to settle their personal affairs. Yet hardly anyone here is devoid of hope: they hope for a few more days; they hope that a dignified death awaits them or that death will not be the end of everything. In preparing this exhibition, Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta spent over a year in hospices in Germany.
Our thanks are extended to all those who participated in the exhibition and their relatives.
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Come on fellas I am dying to her what you think *sorry for the pun.
Seriously I think its fascinating
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Cant read it, its in Deutsch
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You're being impolite... >:(
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Click on the English link if the link I provided gives you the german page:
Heiner Schmitz saw the affected area on the MRI scan of his brain. He realised immediately that he didn’t have much time left. Schmitz is a fast talker, highly articulate, quick-witted, but not without depth. He works in advertising. Everyone has to be on top form, on the ball. Normally. Heiner’s friends don’t want him to be sad. They try to take his mind off things. At the hospice, they watch football with him just like they used to do. Beers, cigarettes, a bit of a party in the room. The girls from the agency bring him flowers. Many of them come in twos, because they don’t want to be alone with him. What do you talk about with someone who’s been sentenced to death? Some of them even say ‘get well soon’ as they’re leaving. ‘Hope you’re soon back on track, mate!’
“No one asks me how I feel”, says Heiner Schmitz. “Because they’re all shit scared. I find it really upsetting the way they desperately avoid the subject, talking about all sorts of other things. Don’t they get it? I’m going to die! That’s all I think about, every second when I’m on my own.”
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Walter Wegner
age: 81
born: 18th December 1923
first portrait taken: 1st December 2003
died: 13th March 2005,
at Helenenstift Hospice, Hamburg
In November 2003 Walter Wegner moved into the hospice. He no longer wanted to be a burden to his lady friend at home. He has brought his electric organ with him, ‘but it’s hardly worth me practicing any Christmas carols: I’ll be dead by Christmas.’ But things turn out differently. He’s still there on New Year’s Eve. ‘I came here to die’, he says morosely. ‘So why aren’t I dead yet?’
Wegner lives to see the spring, as well as the following autumn. His partner’s visits become increasingly rare. On Christmas Eve 2004 he plays ‘Silent Night’ for the others. On a Monday in March 2005 one of the nurses says to him: ‘You’ve been with us for over a year now. You’ve recovered so well, this is no longer the right place for you. We’re going to have to ask you to move out soon.’ Wegner flourished in the hospice, he is afraid of the residential care home. He asks his partner: ‘Can I come home?’ She refuses.
Walter Wegner dies five days after the conversation with the nurse.
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:D
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I am waiting for the autopsy pic of Muntzer.
But seriously: these people look tranquille, all their facial muscles are relaxed.
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Was ist der Grund für all die ernsten Themen? Ich mein ausser deiner Menopause?
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:D
OMG! That was funny! ;D
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Yet another morbid thread from our resident ghoul!
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dying is fun :o :o
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damn this is depressing thanks
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has anyone here had a near death experience they can share?
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has anyone here had a near death experience they can share?
2nd hand, but i met someone once who died when they were a kid. was swimming in a river, drowned, and was recusitated 10 minutes or so later. he said all that happened was that everything in his vision and mind disappeared, went into a small white dot, like what you'd see when you'd turn off an old tv, and that was it til he woke up with someone banging his chest on the riverbank.
no god/his grandma waiting/elves etc, just fukk all...
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2nd hand, but i met someone once who died when they were a kid. was swimming in a river, drowned, and was recusitated 10 minutes or so later. he said all that happened was that everything in his vision and mind disappeared, went into a small white dot, like what you'd see when you'd turn off an old tv, and that was it til he woke up with someone banging his chest on the riverbank.
no god/his grandma waiting/elves etc, just fukk all...
(http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/15c/265/f3d/resized/asfdfadsadfsafdsfsdsf-meme-generator-cool-story-bro-dcfbb6.jpg)
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Yet another morbid thread from our resident ghoul!
Your in that age were you should be more open to the aspect that you will without a doubt die one day - no matter how much you up the dose.
I am faszinated by death, not the horrible vulgar death which is displayed on theync and other webpages, that is cheap and to be honest if you
have seen one unlucky bloke getting his head squashed by a truck you have seen them all but in a more spiritualistic way.
People don't treat death right these days, with all the plastic surgery and trying to look younger we are obsessed by the aspect that deat will not
happen to us, I be you people in the past were much better prepared.
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Your in that age were you should be more open to the aspect that you will without a doubt die one day - no matter how much you up the dose.
I am faszinated by death, not the horrible vulgar death which is displayed on theync and other webpages, that is cheap and to be honest if you
have seen one unlucky bloke getting his head squashed by a truck you have seen them all but in a more spiritualistic way.
sites like say, apache clips? ;D
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sites like say, apache clips? ;D
I struggled many times if what I display is the right thing, I tend to lean to the side that I want to show a side of the conflicts that the media so desperatly try to avoid.
These days war is extremely clinical, nintedo pilots on the button of an Predator shooting hellfire missiles at targets that are little dots on the screen, its all very distant
and as I said clinical, I personally think the more we give war a humane face the more dangerous it gets.
Many of my members understand that mostly the once that have servered and or have seen war of some sort, the once that give the fucking shit stupid comments are
just a byproduct.
But you are right overall I don't feel 100% happy with the page.
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makes you think
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But you are right overall I don't feel 100% happy with the page.
possibly your gut instinct trying to tell you something then...
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I struggled many times if what I display is the right thing, I tend to lean to the side that I want to show a side of the conflicts that the media so desperatly try to avoid.
These days war is extremely clinical, nintedo pilots on the button of an Predator shooting hellfire missiles at targets that are little dots on the screen, its all very distant
and as I said clinical, I personally think the more we give war a humane face the more dangerous it gets.
Many of my members understand that mostly the once that have servered and or have seen war of some sort, the once that give the fucking shit stupid comments are
just a byproduct.
But you are right overall I don't feel 100% happy with the page.
I wonder how many "heroes" would still be up for it if they took it back to medievil times
200 people in one side, 200 on the other side. No guns, But knifes swords and whatever else you wanted to bring.
and on 3 everyone rushes everyone and fight. Until one side is dead.
...Can you imagine that kids that were up for that shit back in the day. nuts.
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I wonder how many "heroes" would still be up for it if they took it back to medievil times
200 people in one side, 200 on the other side. No guns, But knifes swords and whatever else you wanted to bring.
and on 3 everyone rushes everyone and fight. Until one side is dead.
...Can you imagine that kids that were up for that shit back in the day. nuts.
Movies and books make it seem like these wars were epic, but in reality they were probably hit and run skirmishes that went on and off for hours. Honestly, how can you show off your skill/bravery when you are surrounded on all sides and could be stabbed in the back at any time. Sure there was some skilled involved, but if you survived war back then it was mostly luck.
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Movies and books make it seem like these wars were epic, but in reality they were probably hit and run skirmishes that went on and off for hours. Honestly, how can you show off your skill/bravery when you are surrounded on all sides and could be stabbed in the back at any time. Sure there was some skilled involved, but if you survived war back then it was mostly luck.
which makes it all even worse.
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Click on the English link if the link I provided gives you the german page:
fuck man thats sad, i think like him when im alone aswell. but people wanna talk about protien and bodybuilding when reality pictures of young hoes and space travel and the ancient vedic knowledges are much more interesting
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which makes it all even worse.
Obviously things were different back then. Sure they were scared, but it was an honorable death to die in battle. Roman soldiers would take pride in showing off their scars. It was a show of bravery and skill if all of your scars were on the front of your body. This meant that you kept the enemy in front of you, and you never ran like a coward. Pure Alpha!
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fuck man just look at his eyes and facial expression a sad broken hearted man, people like that i wish they would talk to johnnhy falcon and become friends seriously we would look at fine young hoes together
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Obviously things were different back then. Sure they were scared, but it was an honorable death to die in battle. Roman soldiers would take pride in showing off their scars. It was a show of bravery and skill if all of your scars were on the front of your body. This meant that you kept the enemy in front of you, and you never ran like a coward. Pure Alpha!
Yes. Balls of steel. And heroes since they were ok with dying every damn time lol.
How many of todays "heroes" would be up for it you think?
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Yes. Balls of steel. And heroes since they were ok with dying every damn time lol.
How many of todays "heroes" would be up for it you think?
In a way dudes have it just as hard today. If you are part of a ground force, you could die in a second from a sniper you didnt see from 1000 yards away. Technology makes things more distant, but also 1000x more lethal. War takes balls no matter what century your in!
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In a way dudes have it just as hard today. If you are part of a ground force, you could die in a second from a sniper you didnt see from 1000 yards away. Technology makes things more distant, but also 1000x more lethal. War takes balls no matter what century your in!
Sure. But I would assume it takes more balls to run straight towards people holding a damn sword and Knowing you Will get fucked up lol.
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Sure. But I would assume it takes more balls to run straight towards people holding a damn sword and Knowing you Will get fucked up lol.
I love ancient history, and I have read many books on the subject. Many wars were avoided due to one on one challenges between the two best soldiers from each army (like the Troy movie) The best Roman soldier (or the one with the most balls on that day) would call out the best Gaul, Celt etc... and they would fight one on one to the death. Sometimes the winner would cut off the loser's head and hold it up to the opposing army. So in the movie Troy when they ask Achilles to fight that huge guy and spare everyone else, there is some truth to it.
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I love ancient history, and I have read many books on the subject. Many wars were avoided due to one on one challenges between the two best soldiers from each army (like the Troy movie) The best Roman soldier (or the one with the most balls on that day) would call out the best Gaul, Celt etc... and they would fight one on one to the death. Sometimes the winner would cut off the loser's head and hold it up to the opposing army. So in the movie Troy when they ask Achilles to fight that huge guy and spare everyone else, there is some truth to it.
not too fucking long ago either. We're one massive comet away from going through that shit again lol.
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you are a sad individual stark
to think that a young father and family man is fascinated with gore death and military is quite disturbing
you little one would be delighted to realize his dar looks at death faces and finds it fascinating while missing the life growing in front of him
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you are a sad individual stark
to think that a young father and family man is fascinated with gore death and military is quite disturbing
you little one would be delighted to realize his dar looks at death faces and finds it fascinating while missing the life growing in front of him
It saddens me that you cannot see beyond your envy
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I have this book. It is both confronting and beautiful. As a society we tend to run from death instead of accepting it as an inevitable part of our lives, and media like this really puts it back in front of you as a reality.
If I'm ever having a "what the fuck" kind of day, I open the book for a few minutes and I appreciate what I have all the more.
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I have this book. It is both confronting and beautiful. As a society we tend to run from death instead of accepting it as an inevitable part of our lives, and media like this really puts it back in front of you as a reality.
If I'm ever having a "what the fuck" kind of day, I open the book for a few minutes and I appreciate what I have all the more.
I am very close buying the book, I am not sure what kind of an effect it will have on me and I am a little bit "sensitive" atm due to some things that have happened in my life.
I feel sorry that there are people here that think I'm a gore freak, I can assure you I am not, I think at the beginning I was just fascinated with the aspect that I can see stuff that is being so much brushed under the carpet - I think its fair to say that I am a very curious person, but I get no pleasure out of it - its complicated - I think I want to confront myself and see how I feel - like testing yourself, I do believe that way over 99% of the people that comment on some nasty image with - DAMN look at that fuckers brain - its just false bravado.
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You are fascinated by the diff because your mind can "feel" the energetic imprints in the photos. In the live one you feel it and in the dead one it's not there. That's where the fascination comes from. When you look at a picture of anyone you "feel" that person whether you realize this or not.
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In a way dudes have it just as hard today. If you are part of a ground force, you could die in a second from a sniper you didnt see from 1000 yards away. Technology makes things more distant, but also 1000x more lethal. War takes balls no matter what century your in!
I don't think too many Roman soldiers suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and decided to beat the daylights out of their wives and kids...
There was and is a diff attitude to war back then than now...war was expected, it was a part of life. And when the public couldn't see it, they had gladiator fights...blood, and death was a part of their culture. Entertainment, simulated death, nation building---that's a part of ours. More Roman soldiers died in one battle, back in the Roman's day than Americans died in our 10 yr 2 front war.
You are correct about technology...it's not the same when you have the enemy in front of you with a spear or knife---and you have deal with it yourself, but if you have a gun from hundreds of yards out...it's a diff feeling...
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Movies and books make it seem like these wars were epic, but in reality they were probably hit and run skirmishes that went on and off for hours. Honestly, how can you show off your skill/bravery when you are surrounded on all sides and could be stabbed in the back at any time. Sure there was some skilled involved, but if you survived war back then it was mostly luck.
Maybe you should read more about the eyewitness accounts, fighting styles, and men that were lost...I mena damn, we have horse now that are recents of the War horses of Europe---only heavy draft horses could carry knights in full armor or pull the heavy loads.
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dying is fun :o :o
Yea, one should be allowed to do it more often..