2011-04-06 // 14:01:22
zveliakine
the conclusion to this is : our on-line life is stronger than the real one. The web will be haunted by zillions of ghost members in a century from now.
2011-04-06 // 12:08:03
zveliakine
this on-line life will survive us, that's for sure. Some kind of weird eternity. I often ask myself, here, what happened to these so many profiles with no update since two or more years. Who knows ? Are all these uplaods a trace we want to leave behind us ?
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^ Or a time we'd rather forget... Yes it's a very interesting phenomenon, this online limbo. Especially with data protection etc, where facebook won't ever delete you profile fully- just hides it, and if you decide to come back you can restore with all your friends, photos, etc exactly as they were. I have heard also that Facebook won't delete a dead person's profile because they can only take instruction from the account creator. I hate that all the reminders i get are to reconnect with my friends who are no longer here... |
2011-04-06 // 10:51:35
zveliakine
we often forget that death is ordinary, because it's not for us individually. Unfortunatly, we are not ants, so we suffer.
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^ Yes. It's often worse for those living. I take comfort in knowing it was quick and a seizure means you are not aware. The weirdest thing these days about death in the 21st Century is that there is so much of us still living- facebook profiles, blogs, twitter. i daily get a suggestion box appearing "reconnect with Octavia Morris" because you "haven't spoken in a while". Her page has turned into a tribute page. her blog is still online, people who knew her from long ago and had no idea that she died stumble across her on the internet and find out through other's comments. It's such a public death, though our life isn't snuffed out entirely - things continually appear as reminders. |
2011-04-06 // 09:54:10
zveliakine
sad story, simply and so sincerely told. Death leaves us with no answers
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^ None at all. Tragedy can strike at the most mundane of moments. Death seems to choose those days that are unremarkable, days like any other day. I woke up one day, ate my cereal, went to work and then by the end of the day one of my best friends was gone forever. The cruelty of it is shocking. Her memorial too - the most unlike Octavia it could have been. Religious, formal. She would have laughed at the absurdity of it. |
2011-04-01 // 02:38:32
horatio
Infinitely sad.
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^ Yes indeed. Life (and death) are terribly unfair. my gran is still trotting along close to 90, and yet three people in my life have died under 30 recently...tragic really. Makes you appreciate the little things a whole lot more though... |
2011-03-31 // 23:13:54
geometryetc
I'm so sorry to hear, my sincere condolences.
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^ Thank you very much, yes you get used to these things happening but it doesn't make it any less shocking |
2011-03-29 // 14:57:14
TheGentlemanAmateur
Very moving, and very sad.
Hope you're doing OK....
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^ Yes I am much better now...still awful to think about- so sudden and so shocking...thank you though |