At which point did I state the opposite of any of that, or even imply it? You're agreeing with me. "No one dying from a disease ever thinks that..." is precisely my point, instead people look for things with meaning.

Like contributing to community projects.

My point is more that people go all hero-worshipy when someone does something cool when they are dying, and take everything out of context and set them on a pedestal and it's ludicrous. All rationality goes out the window. "... they all suddenly seem pretty lame" is a flawed way of looking at the world, a loss of context, and it helps nobody.