Though it probably also greatly decreases the odds of anyone knowing your last word.

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    Roald Dahl, trying to have nice last words, to his family: “You know, I’m not frightened. It’s just that I will miss you all so much."

    Actual last words, getting hit with a needle of morphine: “ow, fuck!”

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    One of the super hazy vague memories of the crash that broke my neck and back when 2 SUVs played bumper cars in front of me on a bicycle commute was me saying: “Well that sucks.” – Very VERY nearly my last words.

    So, from my experience, “Whoops!” is the statement of your murderer. Most people with a kill to death ratio greater than zero probably share this feature.

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      I have also been in a lot of accidents and it’s kinda surprising how often it’s just “oh no, not again”

      After getting hit by a car one time enough to roll up it and off the side my words were “not the worst day I’ve had” before going to the hospital.

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        ‘Oh no, not again’ is something a bowl of petunias would say at the time of reincarnation.