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    sybann: The drugs, drinking and sleeping around (like one of the guys) was a way of proving I was as badass and an equal to the men in my profession - but who... more »
    ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥: i can attest to this. i've never done any drugs, but i engaged in some otherwise risky behaviors as a teenager. now, that i'm a great sage on the mou... more »
    PaintedTrollop: This is hardly a newsflash. There have always been kids who said stuff like this. I was one of 'em. I engaged in all kinds of risky behaviors - unprot... more »
    applejuice: A kid I went to grade school, jr high and high school with was a real bad-ass and always said he wasn't going to live to be an old man. One day not lo... more »
    alouette: Maybe they're saying they'll die young because of their bad behavior. As in, they are aware of cause-and-effect? more »
    Rare Affinity: For some reason, I always assumed I would die at the age of 33. That was MANY years ago. Last night a woman on UK television felt she had hit her phys... more »
    LaComtesse: If you think you're going to die young, you probably are either depressed or have been taught to think you're not worthy of life. It doesn't shock me ... more »
    kaiwhakamarie: I had a lot of friends who felt/talked the same way when I was a teenager. I remember the big quote that all my friends had on their backpack in sharp... more »
    MissyMcCLung: I remember a surprising number of kids in high school thinking that they wouldn't, and didn't want to, live to see 40. They felt that was SO old, and... more »
    curiousgeorgiana: "Those who were already fighting, using drugs, having unsafe sex, or who had attempted suicide were more likely to say in later interviews that they'd... more »
    krismry: Whatever happened to that nice feature where if you click on someone's avatar picture on their activity page it would open a little box with the av pi... more »
    Ultraprison!: I distinctly remember my grandma' best friend telling me that her & her husband were going that weekend to have their "obituary photos" taken. She... more »
    hydrogen_jukebox: What if I just use my avatar? That should work, right? more »
    Mrs. Stephen Fry: My favorite epitaph is Clement Freud's request: "Best before 15 April 2009." That, of course, is the day he died. more »
    hatepaperdoll: This is the one I'm going to use: more »
  • #livefastdieyoung

    Risky Behavior More Likely In Teens Who Believe They'll Die Young

    Why do teenagers do drugs, have unsafe sex, or engage in other dangerous behaviors? Not necessarily because they think they're invulnerable: researchers report a link between teens' risky behavior and self-predictions that they'll die before the age of 35. More »
  • #dyingyoung

    Death Becomes Her

    A new study finds that the obituary photographs people choose are getting progressively younger - even as we're dying older. The number of outdated obit pics more than doubled between 1967 and 1997. [UPI, Obit]