# So You Die Tomorrow, What do People Remember About You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 4, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789 "2012-02-04T20:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/21 "2012-02-05T12:35:08Z")
Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/22 "2012-02-05T14:49:03Z")
Good in bed. I wish. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/23 "2012-02-05T17:19:23Z")
The shirts. Definitely the shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/24 "2012-02-05T17:28:31Z")
“Remember that guy, the one who was around here for a while, that guy that some people knew…?” “No” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/25 "2012-02-05T17:33:43Z")
Other than my husband, I doubt anyone would even notice. Starting as a child, I’ve always thought that I was completely forgotten the moment I left anyone sight. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/26 "2012-02-05T17:39:46Z")
I think that I was mildly troubled. That in death I might be “in peace”… I’m an atheist, and any services would be for the living not for me. That I was trying to be a good guy when I lived. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/27 "2012-02-05T17:51:32Z")
“He was good with the Adobe.” “That he was. Kinda weird, though.” “Yeh, but not like Michael Jackson weird.” “No, no. More like Gary Busey weird.” “Really? I don’t know if I’d go that far.” “Hmm, maybe you’re right… His teeth weren’t nearly as big.” “yeh, what’s with Busey’s teeth anyway? They’re like the size of Scrabble tiles.” “I know, right? Is there such thing as teeth reduction?” “You mean like breast reduction? But for your teeth?” “Yeh.” “I doubt it. Big teeth doesn’t cause back pain.” “Huh?” “What?” “Never mind. What were we talking about before?” “Photoshop?” “Right. He was good with the Adobe.” “That he was. That he was.” a beat. “Taco Bell?” “Sure.” ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/28 "2012-02-05T18:00:38Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Nothing. If someone posted on here that you died, I’d think “Oh, that was the guy from TN who liked anime and seemed very close to his mom.” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/29 "2012-02-05T19:17:12Z")
I… don’t know. I don’t think I have a good sense of what people think about me. I hope it would be something nice. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/30 "2012-02-05T20:13:21Z")
“He liked to draw.” “But did he ever do anything with it?” “Not for a long time. Then it looked like he was finally getting his act together… and then, the accident.” “Sad.” “Embarrassing, too. The whole back of the car fell off when they hooked up the towtruck.” “I’m glad I wasn’t there.” “Yeah, some of those towtruck operators are sharks.” “I know, I’ve seen them laying in wait along the 401. Wait… who were we talking about again?” “Um… just a minute, let me think…” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/31 "2012-02-05T20:56:06Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > If someone posted on here that you died, I’d think “Oh, that was the guy from TN who liked anime and seemed very close to his mom.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789/32 "2012-02-05T22:44:38Z")
Now, if I were fantasizing… "His prose was Gaimanesque, his ideas Hawking-quality, his doodles Thurberesque, his banter Ferguson-ish. “And his posts were _ **Sampiro** _esque.” “That’s all, folks. Open bar in the church narthex.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-die-tomorrow-what-do-people-remember-about-you/611789.md?page=1)