> What I hate about airports and hospitals is that they now force you to relinquish total control over your own sphincters in order to be there; that, I think, is why so many people die in hospitals. The loss of control.
Well, no.
Well, no.
In speaking about having no control, I was actually just referring to the loss of bodily autonomy at TSA security checkpoints, not the danger of a plane crash.
Also, to your specific question, while correlation between [1. sitting at a bar, smoking a cigarette, 2. imminent death] is low, and correlation between [1. hospital where you can't drink or smoke, 2. dying] is quite high, that was actually the humorous part of my critique.
There just happens to be a weak correlation between people who are fervent readers of HN and those likely to get my sense of humor.
I quite like noduerme‘s writings, because it’s novel, raw, and most of all original. Pedantism for its own sake is not discussion — but noise. And most of all… he’s been here longer than you and still retains the original ethos of this platform (punk, create, disrupt — not curmudgeon, consume, and conform).
FWIW I do appreciate hearing from another perspective. And didn't think this was a forum encouraging punk, cracks, quips, and raw thoughts. Perhaps the commenting guidelines have become to 'square' as the kids say.