>>938766146
> " It means they an heroed " ;
listen up moron : you're evidently a retard and obviously incorrect, since:

[ >>938765728 ]'s question clearly asks:
> " What do people mean when they say they've "checked-out of society"? " ;
wherein the initial phrases:
᲼᲼( a )᲼ " what do people mean ..." ; and :
᲼᲼( b )᲼ "... when they say ..." ;
are both expressed in the "present tense", explicitly emphasising that the interlocutors are currently speaking, with consciously rational intent, rather than having previously become deceased by an heroing.

Had the latter scenario actually been the case, as you imply:
OP would have asked something like :
> " What did these dead people (formerly) mean when they said that they had: 'checked out of society' (before finally topping themselves) ? "

HTH