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#1 2008-01-21 3:08 am
- soulcrusher
- Banned
- From: Princetown, Jamaica
- Registered: 2000-10-21
- Posts: 3816
What happens when you die?
This is not a metaphysical question.
What I mean is what happens when a MAF poster dies? Do we ever get to find out?
How could I go about notifying you guys in the case that I die unexpectedly?
Think about it, some of the people that don't post anymore might just be dead, isn't that scary?
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#2 2008-01-21 3:16 am
- dv
- Negusa Negest
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- From: Minneapolis, MN
- Registered: 1999-08-30
- Posts: 18026
Re: What happens when you die?
I have a list of people to be notified in the event of my death. It includes email addresses.
I can only hope one of them will go to the trouble of starting a thread.
"Now commences the process of cutting off the head, which generally takes from an hour to an hour and a half by an expert workman with a sharp blade." -Reuben Delano, Wanderings and Adventures
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#3 2008-01-21 3:24 am
Re: What happens when you die?
I've had that thought before.
I assume that since you and I have been posting here for so long that at least a few of the posters with whom we were familiar must have died.
I suppose the only way others would know would be if your absence would trigger some event.
For example, while I don't expect to die any time soon, if I did, I'm pretty sure some people would know within the next two years, due to some sites I host not being renewed.
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Stack it!#5 2008-01-21 4:02 am
- FutureDreamz
- 1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
- From: カナダ
- Registered: 2007-01-07
- Posts: 4511
Re: What happens when you die?
Somebody would recognize my name in the headlines.
Thanks for clicking.
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#7 2008-01-21 4:06 am
- FutureDreamz
- 1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
- From: カナダ
- Registered: 2007-01-07
- Posts: 4511
Re: What happens when you die?
resedit wrote:
Don't worry - I've prepaid my colo-facility to keep the server that runs my posting bot for 50 years.
so when your posts lose there, er...
eh, we'll know.
Thanks for clicking.
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#8 2008-01-21 4:34 am
- Gurlugon
- I'm feeling lucky
- From: PBR Street Gang
- Registered: 2003-07-07
- Posts: 1216
Re: What happens when you die?
I hired an illegal immigrant to be my Internet assistant. She manages trolling on my spare eMac, downloads my torrents for me, and is prepared to give my posthumous farewells to everyone. I would recommend this system to anyone who can afford pennies - pennies! - a day for luxury.
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#9 2008-01-21 4:38 am
- knobtwirler
- Anthropocentric Temporal Chauvinist
- From: NYC
- Registered: 2003-07-28
- Posts: 3227
Re: What happens when you die?
None of you would know if I was dead. But it's ok to assume so.
If you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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#10 2008-01-21 6:10 am
- Arc
- Oh my God.
- Registered: 2000-12-19
- Posts: 2240
Re: What happens when you die?
I believe a MAF person did die before, and a friend/relative posted to inform us.
Make a will, and stipulate that if anyone wants your stuff, they need to register and post here to inform the community of the loss.
Admins! I've been waiting for you!
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#11 2008-01-21 6:29 am
Re: What happens when you die?
did you guys forget about me ?
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#12 2008-01-21 6:30 am
- DukeofNuke
- Free Radical
- From: Hazard
- Registered: 2003-05-02
- Posts: 2558
Re: What happens when you die?
Worms eat you.
Oh, wait. Maybe I should read the OP
"If you want to kick a tiger in the ass, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth."
- Tom Clancy
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#13 2008-01-21 9:01 am
- user
- Your plastic pal who's fun to be with
- From: I'm not getting you down, am I
- Registered: 2001-10-15
- Posts: 15971
Re: What happens when you die?
It's getting to be a common problem. The relics of people's lives have always tended to hang around (I still get mail at my house addressed to my Grandfather, who died in 1982), but the immediacy and general access of internet sites makes it more apparent to more people.
Eventually, the server crashes or an admin deletes the files, usually oblivious to the fact that they are removing the final digital remnants of a person's life.
Last edited by user (2008-01-21 9:01 am)
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#14 2008-01-21 9:10 am
Re: What happens when you die?
I'll have to let my wife know to post the details of my eventual death for all you to enjoy.
"I'd rather be told, 'Have a nice day.' by someone who doesn't mean it, than 'F*** you!' by someone who does." - Lewis Black
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#15 2008-01-21 12:22 pm
- DukeofNuke
- Free Radical
- From: Hazard
- Registered: 2003-05-02
- Posts: 2558
Re: What happens when you die?
I think Macnuke is dead. Also Phydeaux, and Vegas.
But I really don't miss Vegas, 'cept that he was a SEC fan.
"If you want to kick a tiger in the ass, you better have a plan for dealing with his teeth."
- Tom Clancy
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#16 2008-01-21 12:24 pm
- C. Ives
- We're All Mad Here
- From: Wonderland
- Registered: 2001-03-05
- Posts: 2063
Re: What happens when you die?
I've been dead for 2 years and no one's noticed.
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#17 2008-01-21 12:48 pm
- 333imacman
- Disappointed
- From: Minnesota
- Registered: 2002-05-26
- Posts: 2171
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Re: What happens when you die?
No one really knows I post here. I guess I'll just fade away...or whatever.
i don't understand most things
i don't really want to
i just want the strength
to keep fighting it
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#18 2008-01-21 1:14 pm
- D'Eyncourt
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- Registered: 2001-12-27
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Re: What happens when you die?
On the Internet no one knows that you're dead.
BOYCOTT SONY
"I think the question now is not whether you went to Vietnam or whether you didn't, whether you fought in the war or fought against the war. I think the only question is whether we can find a president smart enough never to make a mistake like that again"--Molly Ivins, way back in 1992
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#19 2008-01-21 1:29 pm
Re: What happens when you die?
C. Ives wrote:
I've been dead for 2 years and no one's noticed.
I was wondering who would say it. 
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#20 2008-01-21 1:35 pm
- Robert B.
- Reality Deficient
- From: The pit of despair
- Registered: 1999-03-09
- Posts: 10268
Re: What happens when you die?
Arc wrote:
I believe a MAF person did die before, and a friend/relative posted to inform us.
We'll never forget you, cheebaweeba.
"Evil will always triumph because Good is dumb."
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#21 2008-01-21 3:27 pm
- user
- Your plastic pal who's fun to be with
- From: I'm not getting you down, am I
- Registered: 2001-10-15
- Posts: 15971
Re: What happens when you die?
oatmeal wrote:
C. Ives wrote:
I've been dead for 2 years and no one's noticed.
I was wondering who would say it.
Well, there was this smell, but I didn't want to say anything.....
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#22 2008-01-21 3:43 pm
Re: What happens when you die?
Personally, I never develop personal relationships with people on line, so when I kick the bucket, I'll just fade away. I've stopped posting on various boards in the past, and am under no illusion that anyone is concerned about what happened to me.
"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'"
-- Bob Newhart
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#24 2008-01-21 4:13 pm
- Mercury52
- Card Guy
- From: NY
- Registered: 2004-08-24
- Posts: 787
Re: What happens when you die?
Zander wrote:
Wasn't there a long thread about this a while back?
It died.
Why isn't anything raisin-flavored?
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#25 2008-01-21 4:57 pm
- SpacemanSpiff
- Stupendous Man
- From: Transmogrifier
- Registered: 2001-07-31
- Posts: 5536
Re: What happens when you die?
Mercury52 wrote:
Zander wrote:
Wasn't there a long thread about this a while back?
It died.
And it is clear that nobody noticed.
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