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Re:Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year by actually_a_dog on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:58PM (#27319776)
> Men tend to be ok with dying at work.

This isn't quite what you are referring to, but, back in the days when I had delusions of becoming a college professor, I had always thought I would die in front of a blackboard, with a piece of chalk in my hand.

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Re:Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year by WalterBright on Friday May 28, 2021 @04:43PM (#27320246)
I've often said that I intend to work until they carry me out in a box.
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Re:Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year by throwaway0a5e on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:17PM (#27321180)
I know a guy who said he wouldn't retire because he wanted to die at work and make them clean up his mess for once.
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Re:Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year by Aeolun on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:19PM (#27322767)
Always reminds me of this:

> I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.

From Bertrand Russell. The full text is a bit longer, but I really like the sentiment behind these words.

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