http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090314/ap_on_hi_te/tec_death_online I wonder what people here (On the internet) would do if they heard that I kicked the bucket? Nothing. No memorial, no ritual, no counseling service, no candle vigil, no nothing. The world will keep turning and turning and turning. I guess what I'm trying to say is is that if you died (unless you were someone close to me) I'll feel some pity, but the news of your death (thought terrible none-the-less) will be gone with the wind by the time I hit the bed at the of the day. Sleeping soundly. Ok here's two questions (Don't have to answer both), how would you feel if someone in the internet died? Also, do any of you guys happen have a plan like this for your death? Pardon my half-assed thinking. Discuss.
Something that bugs me about the internet is when people post stuff about peoples deaths that are just heartless, like they think they have the right to judge it or something. You probably know what I mean. Someone posts something stupid that causes a death and you just see a bunch of posts about how they deserved it or etc. I think that the internet has made people a little more callous since they have an online identity to uphold or something.
As ever, spoken like a true Christian. :clap: There was a thread on another website I saw this morning about a guy who was a member of an arcade site. He wasn't a regular member or anything, but he was going off on a World trip with his fiancee and decided to keep in touch with people as he went around the globe. He posted to the site when he could, then nothing. Sadly, he had been killed in a freak accident. When this became known, a member of the site organised flowers, a memorial and condolence messages. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article341311.ece I have no plan, but I have a wife who knows most, if not all of my passwords and the sites I visit. I'm pretty sure she'd just show up one day after I'm gone and inform people I'd pegged it!
Hmm. I feel bad when I hear about someone dying on the internet, unless its over something retarded. I mean, its not funny when someone loses their life, but I did chuckle a bit at a certain article on Encylcopedia dramatica about the "So cash" guy. It wasn't really the death, it was the irony of how he called a certain group of people a bunch of no life losers, and then he smeared his brains on the road in a stupid drag racing accident. EDIT: Oh yeah, and there was also this creepy fat guy who shot himself because Bjork (sp?) wouldn't go out with him. Stupid stuff like that.
That's a really sad story Parris. :-( To answer your questions... I would be pretty shook up if I found out someone I regularly spoke with online had died. If it was just someone who I'd maybe seen around a forum or had a couple conversations with... I probably wouldn't be affected as much, but I would still feel bad for that persons family and friends. To answer your second question; no, I don't have any plan like that in place. But I have considered asking someone to go to places I frequent and mentioning it to at least the people I talk to the most.
Having been sick so many times, I have an irrational fear of death. Not mine, but of others. Coughs become cancers in my mind, aches are aneurisms,and feeling tired leukemia.... I enjoy my life, and those around me. However I am full of fear. I have seen the full power of death... You must remember that all of usa are dying right now, together. It is up to us to find people and bring more joy and love into the world by having children, making good friendships and doing things that make the world a better place then when we left. I think of poor old gunpei yokoi, run over by a car and almost forgotten. Life is really that unpredictable. People say I don't go many places or do many things, but my irrational fears of doing things unecessarily risky things seems to pay off each time.
That's why when you die, you should have a piece of paper with all of your log on screen names and passwords for all the websites you go to.
This seemed a little extreme at first, but as I think about it, I would probably die mysteriously because A) I don't write stuff down and B) Due to my circumstances and personality, if possible, I want to know who actually cared after death. Especially if I don't get to take anyone/everyone with me! I certainly wouldn't put money down because no one should profit off of death, pain, or suffering. It was nice that everyone took this seriously :clap:
That's why when you die, a flamethrower should drop from the ceiling and burn all your belongings, like in aeon flux. (Before it sucked)
Honestly, who cares? When you're dead you're dead. People who knew you on "teh interwebs" would either A) know you well enough to think a sudden disappearance is a bit strange and speculate or B) still not give a flying fuck either way. Honestly, if I went, does it matter if I show up at any websites anymore? If someone is part of an online game and just vanishes reference above. Things happen yes, but also LIFE happens at the same time. Just because someone goes doesn't mean they just up and died per se either. Wasn't there someone recently who was selling things on this site but had their internet provider pull the plug suddenly and they went weeks without internet access? Thus pissing off potential or current customers...not their fault but shit happens.
You'd rather all that lovely dev gear went up in smoke than found a good home? :-( I think different people feel differently about people dying. It is sad - we should at least show some compassion. I mean, celebrities die all the time and I often find myself reacting to the news - it's sad and often unexpected. It may even lead to a conversation with my friends - I guess our way of paying our respects and remembering the person. And that's someone who you probably never talked to - so why shouldn't you have some feeling for someone you only spoke to on an Internet forum? OK, unless it was someone you ended up meeting or talking to a lot, you might not be in shock over it and grieve, but you can still be sympathetic - even if, as said, it's out of your mind by the time you go to sleep. If news came that someone on this forum had died, no matter if it was someone who was a complete twat, I would like to think that I would be shocked and at least pay my respects by posting in a thread. These are still people, and other people will have been affected by their death. I have no time for people who come online and act like complete c*nts to others just because "it's not real life". You're toying with real people who have real emotions, and you don't know how they'll react. As for a plan, I used to have info written down, but not any more. I really should, as for me there are people all over the country and indeed the World that I consider very good friends. Unless someone told them, they wouldn't find out.
Make me the executor of your will or at least give me Power of Attorney in case you have a trust, instead.
