I was thinking about Wally the other day…then I came to this conclusion:
If something happened to me, who would tell the SDMB?
I don’t know any Dopers IRL and I really don’t have anyone to tell “If something bad ever happens to me, post the news about it on the SDMB.” I guess, I’d just vanish into oblivion and no one here would ever know why or how. I’d certainly prefer for my Dope buddies to know.
How many of you have “made arrangements” for someone to post news of you if something bad happened to you?
I’ve not really made arrangments per se but my girlfriend who reads alot on the dope and posts very little would probably inform ya’ll off my tragic untimely accident.
Well, I guess my sister would tell my boyfriend who would tell evilbeth who would tell y’all.
Actually, I’ve already discussed this with bethie and in the event of my tragic death she gets to be chief mourner and y’all have to give her lots and lots of attention and presents.
Hmmm. Good question. I don’t think I know anyone that would post about me in that situation. I’ve mentioned the board to my wife a few times, but I don’t think it would occur to her post here.
I haven’t made arrangements with anyone to let you all know about my death, but I fully intend to haunt people after I die. I’m quite looking forward to being a ghost. So, if I suddenly stop posting and weird things start happening on the boards, you all can come to the natural conclusion that I’ve kicked the bucket.
no one… my husband and daughter know I read and post to this board, but neither one understands the community aspect. Then again, based on the miniscule response to my blantant “Did anyone miss me?” thread, I figure few, if any, will note my absence.
But life goes on and I’d hate to think that anyone would have their future seriously disrupted if I were to poof…
Interesting. I’ve thought of including an instruction to post something to the Board in my Living Will, but haven’t yet.
More than the Boards, I’ve wondered how all my RL friends would find out, being scattered to the winds as they are. The problem with moving all over the damn place and having friends in the military is that numbers change so often, a paper filing system becomes useless/cluttered and an electronic system, while easy to update and transfer to new machines and whatnot, might be totally inaccessable to those who need to get the word out.
For instance, my address book, as it were, is on my laptop (and Handspring Visor.) If something happened to me, I doubt my parents would know to open it up, go to Outlook and check my Contacts for names of people unless I specifically instructed them to. They’d almost surely have less of a clue what to do with my PalmPilot/Visor! If something happened to me and my laptop was disabled or lost…SOL, I guess.
Documented instructions, I suppose, are the way to go. Not really a fun topic for a healthy 28 year old, but practical.
Yo, Shayna!!! Would you do that for me? You are the closest doper to me that I know of and one of only two who have my phone number, and whose number I have!
I’d like to think I’ve got the whole cadre of B.A.D.'s working for me there … zyzyva, Rasa, Zenster, Demo, psycat90, woodstockbirdybird and others I’m probably flaking on as I usually do.
Then there is Mrs. Batty (Alice). She actually signed up here a few months ago. I think she posted a test post and a response to something about gay rights and then got too busy with work to keep it up. But she knows what this board means to me, so I’m sure she’d think of it.
I like to think that if I do kick the bucket prematurely, my demise would be spectacular enough to make the local (if not national) media. I have faith that someone would notice and say “Wait a minnit, isn’t that the guy who was at NYC with us?” and would call someone else to double check.
But then I wouldn’t expect much else from the boards except “Jeezus, I thought he’d never leave.” or the occasional “Dumbass. I told him not to play with matches. . .”.
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I would assume that zyzzyva would be able to overcome his grief for a few brief moments to inform you all of my demise. What I worry about is who would tell my family? Though zyzz would probably think to do that too, as he’s known me for a long time and knows where to find them.
Feynn, my SO, posts here so I’m sure he would post about it, and send an e-mail to everyone in my address book and ICQ list. Now, if Feynn went with me, my sister may or may not think to let our online friends and acquaintences know. I suppose if we both went, it would make the paper, and I think that Canadian Sue, Smug, Silly Rabbit or Havok would notice. Hopefully.
I’d certainly prefer for my Dope buddies to know.