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I love the movies, love 'em. Now, I'm watching Terminator 2 the other day, and I'm thinking to myself: They cannot top the stunts in this film, they cannot top this shit, unless : they start using terminally ill people as stunt people in feature films : well, hear me out, 'cause I know to a lot of you this may seem a little cruel. 'Aww, Bill, terminally ill stunt people? That's cruel!' You know what I think's cruel? Leaving your loved ones to die in a hospital room surrounded by strangers. Fuck that! Put 'em in the movies! What, you wanna let your grandmother live out her last days in a sterile hospital room, with translucent skin so thin you can see her last heartbeat work its way down her blue veins? Or do you want her to meet... Chuck Norris?

Bill Hicks#9

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About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker compares the cruelty of terminally ill people being used in movies to the cruelty of dying in a hospital.
In plain terms
Dying with excitement is better than dying in a hospital.
What can you take from it?
Choose how you want to remember your loved ones.

Where it applies

  • end-of-life discussions
  • film criticism
  • family decisions

Putting it to work

  • reimagine how we say goodbye
  • prioritize joy in final days

Questions to consider

  • What is a dignified death?
  • How do we honor the end of life?

Another view

Medical settings provide necessary care and safety.

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