Comments on: 96% don’t want to know expiration date http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/ strategist / researcher & developer / Asian American Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:13:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Big John Scott http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2229 Big John Scott Tue, 06 May 2008 18:59:59 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/#comment-2229 Reminds me of Dan Merchant in Lord Save Me from Your Followers...in response to his question about where we go when we die, an interviewee said, "Well that's the million dollar question isn't it. I believe in life after death. What it is I do not know, and I'll probably be wondering that until I find out", then Dan said, "There's only one way to find it out." Reminds me of Dan Merchant in Lord Save Me from Your Followers…in response to his question about where we go when we die, an interviewee said, “Well that’s the million dollar question isn’t it. I believe in life after death. What it is I do not know, and I’ll probably be wondering that until I find out”, then Dan said, “There’s only one way to find it out.”

]]> By: t http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 t Mon, 05 May 2008 03:18:59 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/#comment-2226 here's some hints. pretty much everything i remember from high school japanese: arigato gozaimasu. (thank you very much) watashi wa desu. (i'm dj) namae desu ka? (what's your name?) o genki desu ka? (how are you?) genki desu (good) chotto matte kudasai (excuse me please) kudasai (please) shimbun (newspaper) gaban (bag) here’s some hints. pretty much everything i remember from high school japanese:
arigato gozaimasu. (thank you very much)
watashi wa desu. (i’m dj)
namae desu ka? (what’s your name?)
o genki desu ka? (how are you?)
genki desu (good)
chotto matte kudasai (excuse me please)
kudasai (please)
shimbun (newspaper)
gaban (bag)

]]> By: david http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 david Mon, 05 May 2008 00:29:17 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/#comment-2225 that's interesting that the trend is moving back somewhat toward wanting to know rather than not. i wonder why that is? I also wonder why it is that we had recently stopped fearing sudden unexpected death and actually preferred it? geez.. maybe i'll stop pondering for now.. that bony hand on my shoulder is creeping me out. that’s interesting that the trend is moving back somewhat toward wanting to know rather than not. i wonder why that is? I also wonder why it is that we had recently stopped fearing sudden unexpected death and actually preferred it?

geez.. maybe i’ll stop pondering for now.. that bony hand on my shoulder is creeping me out.

]]> By: djchuang http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2227 djchuang Sat, 03 May 2008 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/#comment-2227 David, thanks for the comment. I did some Googling, and you're right, there are a couple of surveys with higher %ages of those who want to know:: (1) as high as 23% of college students wanted to know (cf. <a href="http://www.trinity.edu/~mKearl/deathsur.html" rel="nofollow">Survey of Death Attitudes at Trinity</a>) and 35% of adults wanted to know (cf. <a href=http://www.prlog.org/10065043-we-re-all-going-to-kick-the-bucket-someday-but-apparently-only-some-of-us-want-to-know-when.html rel="nofollow">April 2008 press release</a> by Sensors Quality Management about its recent survey of 4,000 North American adults who were asked, "Would you want to know the exact date that you were going to die?") For the minority who'd like to know, there's online calculators at www.deathclock.com and www.deathdate.info that estimates death date. David, thanks for the comment. I did some Googling, and you’re right, there are a couple of surveys with higher %ages of those who want to know:: (1) as high as 23% of college students wanted to know (cf. Survey of Death Attitudes at Trinity) and 35% of adults wanted to know (cf. April 2008 press release by Sensors Quality Management about its recent survey of 4,000 North American adults who were asked, “Would you want to know the exact date that you were going to die?”)

For the minority who’d like to know, there’s online calculators at http://www.deathclock.com and http://www.deathdate.info that estimates death date.

]]> By: david http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 david Fri, 02 May 2008 21:29:54 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2008/96-dont-want-to-know-expiration-date/#comment-2228 i've heard that those stats have virtually flipped in the past few generations apparently knowing ahead of time that you had x days left used to be preferable so you could plan family stuff, tie up loose ends and make sure you were in good standing with whichever deity. people used to be more fearful of unexpected or sudden death than a known date. interesting stuff. i’ve heard that those stats have virtually flipped in the past few generations
apparently knowing ahead of time that you had x days left used to be preferable so you could plan family stuff, tie up loose ends and make sure you were in good standing with whichever deity. people used to be more fearful of unexpected or sudden death than a known date.

interesting stuff.

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