What are your thoughts on that saying ?
EvisceratedJester
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WTF does that even mean? Sounds like total bs to me.
It's a saying that i heard while on vacation - very popular at funerals
EvisceratedJester
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Why is it popular? It's such a dumb saying.
"Sorry, Timmy but you suck because you are going to die old. As we all know, the best of us die in infancy"
Don't know - but if you think about life being a prison - then yes
Demi-Fiend
Watered the Flowers with Gasoline
- Aug 12, 2024
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Chester Bennington and Robin Williams were known for being famously good, yet they weren't biologically young; not even speaking on the countless others. I'm not a fan on such a saying.
nattys5thtoenail
goofball
- Oct 6, 2024
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I lowkey agree, why did all the iconic singers and rappers (Aaliyah, Left Eye, Tupac, Selena, etc.) just randomly die??
divinemistress36
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EvisceratedJester
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I mean, the saying wouldn't make much sense under that assumption. What does life being a prison have to do with the idea that only the good die young? It doesn't make any sense.
Not necessarily true, but I have definitely heard of the saying. Also, I think it's the name of a Billy Joel song.
yxmux
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Youth is associated with innocence. Innocence is associated with good -- or at least, "not bad." There are also thoughts along the lines of, "They had their whole life ahead of them," and, "Don't speak ill of the dead."
Younger people have had less opportunities to do bad things or to prove themselves "bad" (if we want to run with such labels).
The longer we live, the more we compromise our virtues. The younger we die, the more those virtues have remained intact.
This, as far as looking at the meaning behind the saying. (I wouldn't speak it, myself.)
Younger people have had less opportunities to do bad things or to prove themselves "bad" (if we want to run with such labels).
The longer we live, the more we compromise our virtues. The younger we die, the more those virtues have remained intact.
This, as far as looking at the meaning behind the saying. (I wouldn't speak it, myself.)
EvisceratedJester
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You mean the amazing singer Billy Joel, most well-known for his amazing songs with lyrics like
My Mum died relatively young at 40 and by all accounts I've heard, she was very good. I don't think that's just people being polite/ respectful either. I think she genuinely was a lovely person.
Overall though, I doubt it's true. I'm sure both 'good' and 'bad' die young and old. Really truthfully though, I think most people are a mixture of good and bad. Maybe only a few stand out as exceptionally good and exceptionally bad.
I was curious though, so looked on other platforms. People said stuff like- it's because the 'good' are more self sacrificing. The 'bad' will exploit everyone around them to live longer. Maybe the more empathetic out there let life's stresses get to them more.
Also that you can be older but still young or- innocent in your mind. So- 'good' and young in terms of purity of mind- no matter their age. Obviously- these are value judgements not everyone will hold. Some people might call purity naivity or immaturity and not see it as a particularly good quality to have.
There's something appealing to me about the idea though. Like in the song: 'Vincent' (Van Gogh- below): It's my cynical view of the world coming through but I think some people are too good for it in a way and they suffer and get taken advantage of as a result. I've known other people's kindness just be abused. Maybe they are better off out of it!
'For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you'
Overall though, I doubt it's true. I'm sure both 'good' and 'bad' die young and old. Really truthfully though, I think most people are a mixture of good and bad. Maybe only a few stand out as exceptionally good and exceptionally bad.
I was curious though, so looked on other platforms. People said stuff like- it's because the 'good' are more self sacrificing. The 'bad' will exploit everyone around them to live longer. Maybe the more empathetic out there let life's stresses get to them more.
Also that you can be older but still young or- innocent in your mind. So- 'good' and young in terms of purity of mind- no matter their age. Obviously- these are value judgements not everyone will hold. Some people might call purity naivity or immaturity and not see it as a particularly good quality to have.
There's something appealing to me about the idea though. Like in the song: 'Vincent' (Van Gogh- below): It's my cynical view of the world coming through but I think some people are too good for it in a way and they suffer and get taken advantage of as a result. I've known other people's kindness just be abused. Maybe they are better off out of it!
'For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you'
Well I'm evil and dying fairly young hopefully 
Adûnâi
Little Russian in-cel
- Apr 25, 2020
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Wait Tupac is no more??
On the topic - the Führer died at 56, so that's not absolutely true xd
nattys5thtoenail
goofball
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NegevChina
Student
- Sep 5, 2024
- 191
Perhaps only the young die good can make a little sense. But Iv known good people that died at old age.
Leiot
Coming back as a cat
- Oct 2, 2024
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My daughter died young. She was a good person.
Unknown21
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nattys5thtoenail
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Twiceler
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JoysoftheEmptiness
Student
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alltoomuch2
Wizard
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No not hopefully. Damn your system :-(Well I'm evil and dying fairly young hopefully
iloveyouihateyou
probably die before it hurts
- Oct 23, 2024
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i'm so sorry for your loss, life is so so cruel and i hope you can somehow find some peace regarding it. but frankly i wouldn't have any idea on how to do so, i'm so sorry to hear this
If I'm referencing a Billy Joel song , I can't be that young lol.
I'm 44. I consider myself old because I can't believe I'm still here.but not other people.
ijustwishtodie
death will be my ultimate bliss
- Oct 29, 2023
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I don't know what the quote means when they use the word "good" but I think that the earlier the death, the better as then less suffering were to happen overall
Z-A
Let me go
- Mar 3, 2024
- 340
Absolute bs. But people always need to make sense out of something. They can't accept coincidences.
Yall heard it, everybody who is old and alive, you are all bad and that's why you didn't die young because only the good ones do. Makes zero sense if you look at the reality.
The meaning of the saying is simple, no need to explain yourself anything else. It's just another phrase that's been spreading around by a chain reaction, to cope with the fact that people can die at any time.
It's just that some people need to unburden their souls, and this is what gives them the relief.
Yall heard it, everybody who is old and alive, you are all bad and that's why you didn't die young because only the good ones do. Makes zero sense if you look at the reality.
The meaning of the saying is simple, no need to explain yourself anything else. It's just another phrase that's been spreading around by a chain reaction, to cope with the fact that people can die at any time.
It's just that some people need to unburden their souls, and this is what gives them the relief.
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