Dead Buddies
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Don’t be scared ;). It’s not that a friend of mine just died or something… I did come across a memorandum a few days ago though of an apparently very active p2p file sharer on fucktheinter.net. Apparently he had died in a car accident, so lots of people from the community were posting ‘Rest In Peace’ messages.
That made me wonder… How many of our friends in online communities disappeared because they got very sick or died without us knowing? From some we would be notified by friends or relatives, but I’m sure my mom doesn’t know every forum I frequent. Who would tell my online buddies that I died or got sick? Who would send funeral cards to my friends?
I’m sure I’m making it seem worse than it is and I doubt there are that many cases, but it does make you wonder… There might be a buddy out there somewhere of which you just thought he had gotten other interests, while actually something else happened… Maybe I should print out some sites and names and addresses to give to my mom in case something would actually happen? Or am I being morbid now? :D
Tijl Kindt
Are you really interested in all kinds of comments from strangers you met and maybe even didn’t meet online? :P
I feel really bad adressing it to you now, lets talk about imaginable person!
Ok, in fact, I was wondering about it as well. But then… ok… maybe I miss the greatness of your character :), but what I want to say is: “How many would really care?”. Ok, I still have my internal dialog on this issue unfinished :P. Because, I actually believe that many would care :P, but then…
All right, my point of view isn’t finished really, but you know what I’m thinking about :P.
After these questions in my head will be solved then I guess I could decide to make a list of sites, or e-mails or smth. So far I think that there is so many sad things in the world, why would I make another good people upset even for a short moment with my silly death? Why would I make people to write something about me, when sorrow is not just the words. Even not the ones said in person, and definitely not written in the net.
Oh well, take care Tijl!
(P.S. Today I first time fell from the… no, with the bike. So, I remembered you saying about autumn leaves and now, I’m trying to figure if we shouldn’t invite you for a bike ride one winter ;)). Though, to say the truth I remembered it first and then fell, :D.)
February 8th, 2006 at 16:22
Hmm… you have a point there.
P.S. I hope you’re alright? ;)
February 8th, 2006 at 18:58
Just a comment: when I had my bad car accident, I disappeared from online. However, my brothers are very into computers, and they talked to one or two people they knew I talked to and spread the word about what had happened. So for me it’s not a hypothetical question as it actually did happen :P
I’m sure a few people I know who disappeared have probably passed on, especially an older man I know. *sigh* It makes me sad.. I wish I could do more,but some things I suppose it’s better not to know.
February 9th, 2006 at 10:04