Eskimos used to take their elderly, put them on an ice floe and let the polar bears get them. They felt that grandma or grandpa would then be food for their children when they killed the bear! Whew.
Now, that’s the way I want to go- with dignity. Working out the logistics might be a tad bit difficult, though. Know any Eskimos?
I remember in my psychology textbook there was a cartoon of an elderly Eskimo on an ice floe being pushed off into the ocean. The elderly person was saying, “Are you sure this will take me past the retirement home?” I usually like morbid cartoons but that one really got to me.