The question
What happens when we die?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
You reach a certain point in life and suddenly know a lot of dead people, and I’ve noticed you don’t stop getting to know people who are dead. Those relationships continue and I like that.
I don’t know and I don’t really care – I’ll be dead.
The contributor to the programme I remember with the most pleasure is the man who said that not existing for thousands and thousands of years before his birth had never worried him for a moment, so why should going back into non-existence at this death cause him dismay? Everyone laughed when he said that and so did I, and as I laughed I thought: “Dead right!”
I don’t know and I don’t really care, because I’ll be dead, so it won’t really matter.
Quietly somewhat funny.
Inability to listen.
Getting even older.
People finding out my greatest fear.
Hasn’t happened yet, it’s coming.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
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