Wittgenstein, Parmenides, or Parmesan

...on death!

Three <blockquote>s walk into a bar:

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
– Wittgenstein

Death is not an event in life
– Wittgenstein

What is, is. What is not, is not
– Parmenides

I'd go with Wittgenstein. He was right about the hotdog.

Having said that, we're not creatures of reason, and perhaps this is not a question about the limitations of human language, but the boundaries of our understanding. I don't see an indisputable reason to be afraid of death: I'm scared of dying and others being impacted by my death. I can only miss myself when I'm alive, but I am alive. I am very intelligent. Also, I'm a cheese. I am cheese. A cheese is a cheese is a cheese.
– Parmesan

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