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    Facebook Status: Resting In Peace

    Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen

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    Image of Katherine M Cox Katherine M Cox
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    today is the third anniversary of the death of my best friend. i still visit his myspace page and write things on it on his birthday and the anniversary of his death. it's one of the only reasons i still have a myspace account. trust me, this is a really great, important idea. people who use facebook (or myspace) use it to keep in contact with people from distant places, and having a memorial page for a friend can be a very cathartic thing for a group of people spread out all over the world. i wish my friend had hopped on the facebook bandwagon back in 2006, because i would give anything to have another opportunity to look at his face and see what he used to think. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/26/09

    @Katherine M Cox: I still send IMs to someone 2 years after their death. Its actually a great source of comfort to me. Somehow, I think he gets them even in heaven.
    God must have awesome Wifi. #facebookdeath
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    Image of collectiveego collectiveego
    10/27/09

    @Curves: Thats called denial. #facebookdeath
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    Curves promoted this comment collectiveego was starred collectiveego was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    10/27/09

    @collectiveego: It may be denial, but, its what I can bear. Who says denial is a bad thing anyway? Most people operate under at least some form of selective denial. Acceptance isnt always a good thing. If I accepted it, I would simply fall to pieces. #facebookdeath
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    Image of quillaja quillaja
    10/27/09

    @Curves: Everyone dies. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/28/09

    @quillaja: Its not MY death I cant accept. Try reading all the comments before you reply. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    There's already a site for this.

    [thegravebook.com] #facebookdeath
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Kaiser-Machead: is X_X
    Adam Frucci likes this
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/26/09 4:56 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of MaQ MaQ
    10/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Is there any point to write on your wall ?! #facebookdeath
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Kaiser-Machead is a fan of Haunting Gizmodo Commenters from the Great Beyond. #facebookdeath
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Excuse me while I go set up one of these for Abe Vigoda. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    This is utterly absurd IMO. #facebookdeath
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    Image of coughiecup coughiecup
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Really? Do you have any dead friends on Facebook? #facebookdeath
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    10/26/09

    @coughiecup: I don't use Facebook or the like. Do we really need Facebook pages dedicated to people who passed away? #facebookdeath
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius Dr. Evil Genius
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Facebook takes a live person's page that is no longer alive.

    They then take that page created by the newly deceased and kinda "bronze" it for the friends of the fallen.

    Does it make a little more sense to you? #facebookdeath
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    Coolmodo promoted this comment Dr. Evil Genius was starred Dr. Evil Genius was unstarred
    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    10/26/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius: A page created by the "newly deceased" ? :) So the person will be Facebooking from the grave?

    j/k

    I understand the idea, but I don't understand why the pages can't just be deleted? #facebookdeath
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Considering the brouhaha that happened when Facebook users tried to delete their own pages, I assume that page deletion is a hassle that FB would like to avoid as much as humanly possible. #facebookdeath
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: It's merely the modern equivalent of allowing friends and loved ones to memorialize and pay respects to their deceased. I choose to see it as a way for spiritual beliefs and practices to "catch up" to modern social practices.

    A cousin of mine, who passed away several years ago in sudden tragic circumstances, has a memorial myspace page. The thousands of family, friends, California firefighters, and emergency services personnel who knew him contributed to it. It has become a loving tribute to a young man who was deeply loved, and many stll visit it to "tell him" things he would have liked. It is, to me, the next step from visiting a grave to commune with the deceased spiritually. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Captain Nobody Captain Nobody
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Capt Nobody is 6 feet underground ....... and helping his crops grow in Farmville! #facebookdeath
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Q: How do I change the status when I'm dead? #facebookdeath
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    Image of hoocli hoocli
    10/26/09

    @ripfire: A: you get your "friends" to, that is if you have any. #facebookdeath
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/26/09

    @hoocli: Ouch!

    If you were offended by that Twilight comment, then I apologize. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    Well with this in mind, I guess it would be fitting that I should be placed into a Nintendo Entertainment System chassis....and hope no one blows into the cartridge slot.
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    Image of Bodie1550 Bodie1550
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen

    My dad, who was 92 when he died, was cremated and buried in a coffee pot. He loved his coffee.
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    Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea® promoted this comment Edited by Bodie1550 at 09/30/09 12:34 PM Bodie1550 was starred Bodie1550 was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/30/09

    @Bodie1550: Did you bury it atop one of the Himalayas and cross, witness something majestic off his bucket list??
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    Image of Bodie1550 Bodie1550
    09/30/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Bright Idea®: No. Nothing dramatic like that. Just next to my mom. The cemetery said we could put his cremains in anything, just as long as it fit in their special outer container. We found a small coffee pot that just fit. The coffee pot was something we joked about while he was still alive. So my sisters and I made it happen. The humor of it made everything else a little easier.
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    Edited by Bodie1550 at 09/30/09 4:10 PM Bodie1550 was starred Bodie1550 was unstarred
    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    When it comes to funerals and what to do with the deceased's corpse or ashes, I think it gets very personal and it all depends on the relatives and friends experiences and feelings.

    So I'm not the one to judge if this is proper or not.
    And neither should be any of you.

    But I'm not religious, so I'll always think that, if the whole setup brings good memories from the guy, so be it!

    People nowadays are too judgemental and attatched to tradition and rituals... some of them which completely lost it's true meaning to pomposity or ostentation.

    I actually feel more sympathy for this family and the guy because they discarded all the stuff that "they had to do" or "that was expected for them to do" to create something simpler and more meaningful to them.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    What the f... Why does it have my name on it?? I'm not dead.

    Guys...

    Can you hear me? Anyone?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    I actually think this is pretty cool. Spend eternity where you want to.

    (Its not like you guys wouldnt want your ashes scattered around the PlayBoy mansion or over a m@rij#ania field or something.)
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/30/09

    @Curves: Personally, I'd prefer to have my ashes be turned into a potent neurotoxin, and spray it into the TMZ office.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/30/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: As long as I can spray the leftovers into Perez Hilton's face, I'll weaponize it myself.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: Don't limit it to Perez. Use it on everyone with the last name Hilton.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    @Curves: While I haven't yet worked out the logistics, I want to place in my will that burying my body is completely out of the question, then die in such a way that burning my body is too dangerous to be attempted.

    My only regret is not being able to see the looks of confusion on the faces of the people that have to figure out what to do with my corpse. And the clock is ticking.
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    Image of Stitchopoulis Stitchopoulis
    09/30/09

    @OCEntertainment: Depending on how you word the specifics of your request, burial at sea might be the answer.

    Or, push a viking style boat out into the ocean such that a safe radius is maintained, THEN burn you up. If the bikini atoll is remote enough for nuclear testing, I bet that could be your funeral pyre.
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    Image of Unspellable Unspellable
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga - That was Unexpected: "Weaponized Ashes"

    Yeah, THAT phrase won't be mispronounced by an anchor person.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/30/09

    @Stitchopoulis: Your solution to my intentional burial conundrum is a Viking-style funeral pyre at a former nuclear testing site?

    See, that's the kind of off-center funeral planning I like. You're hired.
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    Image of Salvar Salvar
    09/30/09

    @badhatharry: When I die, I want to be in porno films.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/30/09

    @Salvar: That was werid enough that I'm gonna let it pass.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: If you hadnt, I would have.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: "I'll weaponize it myself."

    Weapons of Ash, Destruction....
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 09/30/09 3:13 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: I don't understand why that was a response to me.
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    Image of RicketyCricket RicketyCricket
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen

    So that was their most modest receptacle...?
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    Edited by RicketyCricket at 09/30/09 11:49 AM RicketyCricket was starred RicketyCricket was unstarred
    Image of RicketyCricket RicketyCricket
    09/30/09

    @RicketyCricket: Caption FAIL

    (how do I make sure it doesn't do that next time??)
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    badhatharry promoted this comment Edited by RicketyCricket at 09/30/09 11:49 AM RicketyCricket was starred RicketyCricket was unstarred
    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/30/09

    @RicketyCricket: Maybe try hitting return a few times to get the text below the pic. You still get an A for effort.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/30/09

    @RicketyCricket: The Jesus approves.
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    Image of heisthejordan heisthejordan
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    i still think my family should take my remains to the taxidermist and place me in my oldest child's house as either a standing coat hanger with arms outstretched or sitting on the couch with my hands placed just right to hold a remote in one hand and a cup in the other.
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    09/30/09

    @heisthejordan: I want to be creamated and placed on the doorstep of a complete stranger.
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    Image of STFU_FPU! STFU_FPU!
    09/30/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: LMAO!!!!

    with masking tape on the urn that just says "Mike" ;-)

    they wouldn't know what the hell to think or do!! That would rule!!!!
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warning: Don't Die Around Geeks or This Might Happen
    I want my corpse dumped in a shallow grave in the woods, so a group of youngsters can go on an adventure, learn about life, confront the town bully, and mature in to well adjusted adults (after years of therapy of course).
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/30/09

    @thechansen: And then get stabbed to death in a bar fight.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    09/30/09

    @badhatharry: wasn't it a McDonalds or something to that extent
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    09/30/09

    @thechansen: Possibly. The moral is, if you find a body in the middle of the woods and have to battle Keifer Sutherland, you will either get stabbed to death, marry Rebecca Romijn, lose all your money, or get fired from ST:TNG.
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