# What's after death? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349 "2013-02-15T00:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/21 "2013-02-15T01:48:27Z")
[Death adder,](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/death+adder?qsrc=2446) if the dictionary is to be believed. **ETA:** Dammit, Thudlow, you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/22 "2013-02-15T03:21:39Z")
“and taxes” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/23 "2013-02-15T03:54:46Z")
Nothing is after death. Death lasts forever. ---
**Author:** ![Cumberdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/24 "2013-02-15T04:00:56Z")
You will receive total consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/25 "2013-02-15T04:11:18Z")
> [@Tollhouse](#): > > Like the title of the thread, what’s after death? What’s after death for the salad you had at lunch, or the burger you had last week? The ant you stepped on years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/26 "2013-02-15T04:16:30Z")
> [@Cumberdale](#): > > You will receive total consciousness. Well that’s nice. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/27 "2013-02-15T04:20:56Z")
I honestly find it difficult to understand anyone who thinks that there’s anything at all after death, Sure, it’s a nice fantasy, but there’s no scientific explanation, nor is there any verifiable proof for any kind of existence post-death. I like to take it to extremes: Do ants exist after death? No. Do Crickets exist after death? No. Do frogs exist after death? No. Do cats exist after death? No. Do chimpanzees exist after death? No. Do humans exist after death? No. We’re only animals like the rest of the animals. We have the ability to reason and communicate and it’s really been great for us. But we’re animals. That’s all we are. We’re animals who can reason and communicate. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/28 "2013-02-15T04:23:57Z")
Once you’ve killed your enemy, there’s not much more you can do to them. Move on to the next enemy. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/29 "2013-02-15T04:24:13Z")
Kinda stepped on my point there, LF. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/30 "2013-02-15T04:48:49Z")
Afterdeath is like afterbirth, only messier. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/31 "2013-02-15T05:02:08Z")
Pie. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/32 "2013-02-15T05:13:56Z")
Also, appropriately enough, an anagram of FATE THREAD. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/33 "2013-02-15T05:14:07Z")
I _could_ tell you, but then I’d have to kill you… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/34 "2013-02-15T05:18:52Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > I _could_ tell you, but then I’d have to kill you… :dubious: Technically speaking, wouldn’t it be simpler to just combine the two? Show, not tell. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/35 "2013-02-15T06:09:21Z")
There is no after death. The last moment of life lasts an etermity. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/36 "2013-02-15T06:11:34Z")
After death there comes the mourning. After the morning comes the night. By the knight stands the bishop. Beyond the bishop is the Pope. The Pope has very serious convictions. After a serious conviction, you can get life. Therefore, life after death is possible. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![IaMoDiNaRy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@IaMoDiNaRy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IaMoDiNaRy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/37 "2013-02-15T06:42:15Z")
I don’t know what comes after our body dies but I’ve always found it very difficult to believe that all that we are ends when our body ceases to function. Who we are, our spirit?, our essence? Or whatever you want to call it is a wondrous thing. I refuse to believe that this is it for us… Nope, this isn’t it for me! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/38 "2013-02-15T06:48:07Z")
> [@IaMoDiNaRy](#): > > I don’t know what comes after our body dies but I’ve always found it very difficult to believe that all that we are ends when our body ceases to function. Well too bad, that’s what all evidence and logic say happens. Where do the programs on a computer go if you melt it to slag? Do they have magic program souls too like people say our brain’s software has? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/39 "2013-02-15T06:59:02Z")
> [@IaMoDiNaRy](#): > > Who we are, our spirit?, our essence? Or whatever you want to call it is a wondrous thing. True. And all that’s in our brain. And once the brain switches off, it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Pacific420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Pacific420](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pacific420)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349/40 "2013-02-15T07:37:44Z")
> [@Mr.Accident](#): > > A shallow grave behind an abandoned house, at the end of seldom used dirt road, on the outskirts of a deserted town, near an old, leaking nuclear reactor. You’ve given this some thought…good…GOOOOOOD! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-after-death/650349.md?page=3)