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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 07 2007 21:32 GMT
#1
I just found out a few minutes ago that my mother's boss of 1-2 months just dropped dead today. Apparently he was in the gym this morning (69 year old guy) and died. I told this to a few people on bnet and they all responded with 'haha.' I'm not personally upset or anything but that's strange/interesting.

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ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
December 07 2007 21:36 GMT
#2
He was 69 years old, what do you expect? :o

On a more serious note, I can understand why you got those responses. I remember when a guy I know (not close, but knew him well enough) committed suicide, but it didn't really affect me. I mean, I did feel a bit shocked when I heard the news of his death, but for some reason, I couldn't really lament for the loss of his life. Strange to note, that when I went to visit my Grandma after she suffered from a stroke the same morning as his funeral, I nearly broke down in tears.
Folca
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
2235 Posts
December 07 2007 21:59 GMT
#3
so, why would you have the title of your blog post, Minus Minus ( - - = + )
omg, happy for his death wtf?
Dea : one time when he was playing vs the comps he asked me "how do I make that flying unit that makes the other stuff invisible" and I reply "ur playing terran zomg"
DeadVessel
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States6269 Posts
December 07 2007 22:00 GMT
#4
69 lol
dronebabo
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
10866 Posts
December 07 2007 22:04 GMT
#5
--- Nuked ---
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32157 Posts
December 07 2007 22:06 GMT
#6
are you surprised that people really dont car etoo much about the death of a random person who didn't impact their life?
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gokai
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
United States812 Posts
December 07 2007 22:09 GMT
#7
On December 08 2007 06:59 Folca wrote:
so, why would you have the title of your blog post, Minus Minus ( - - = + )
omg, happy for his death wtf?


He's referring to the C++ programming language by using Minus Minus Semicolon. Like 22--; would make the statement evaluate to 21. So he's saying that there's on less person in the human population, hence Human Population Minus Minus Simicolon.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
December 07 2007 22:32 GMT
#8
69 isn't particularly old anymore and I assume if he was going to the gym and had a job, he wasn't completely decrepit.

I think it's pretty out of line to laugh at a stranger dying. I have no problem laughing at skaters taking ridiculous falls though.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 07 2007 22:37 GMT
#9
On December 08 2007 07:09 gokai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2007 06:59 Folca wrote:
so, why would you have the title of your blog post, Minus Minus ( - - = + )
omg, happy for his death wtf?


He's referring to the C++ programming language by using Minus Minus Semicolon. Like 22--; would make the statement evaluate to 21. So he's saying that there's on less person in the human population, hence Human Population Minus Minus Simicolon.
I don't think that would evaluate to 21. Putting the minus minus first might? I don't remember that well. Anyway yeah you got it.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
December 07 2007 22:51 GMT
#10
he was probably lifting more then I can
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 07 2007 23:11 GMT
#11
On December 08 2007 07:51 Snet wrote:
he was probably lifting more then I can
Probably. And I'm pretty damn sure his grammar was better also :p
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
obloquy
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States265 Posts
December 07 2007 23:14 GMT
#12
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.
That was an unknown unknown.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 07 2007 23:38 GMT
#13
On December 08 2007 08:14 obloquy wrote:
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.

On December 08 2007 07:04 dronebabo wrote:
haha

Hmm.. I wonder.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
new_construct
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Canada1041 Posts
December 07 2007 23:39 GMT
#14
On December 08 2007 08:14 obloquy wrote:
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.

so which one is the real side?
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 07 2007 23:47 GMT
#15
On December 08 2007 08:39 new_construct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2007 08:14 obloquy wrote:
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.

so which one is the real side?
That's deep...!
No seriously... the way people act in real life is the important one, for the most part. Most of us are much more rude on the internet than we would ever be IRL... If you are asking for which one is 'real' I assume you mean, which one best expresses our personality overall... and I'm tempted to say it's a combination but ~90% the IRL counterpart and <10% the internet persona.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
obloquy
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States265 Posts
December 07 2007 23:58 GMT
#16
On December 08 2007 08:39 new_construct wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2007 08:14 obloquy wrote:
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.

so which one is the real side?


I think the asshole is the real side. Even though saying 'i'm sorry' is the normal social response, I think most people are just saying that because it's expected. They probably don't know what to say because they didn't know the dead person, so they just say what is expected and move on.
That was an unknown unknown.
ilovezil
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States4143 Posts
December 08 2007 00:02 GMT
#17
On December 08 2007 08:58 obloquy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2007 08:39 new_construct wrote:
On December 08 2007 08:14 obloquy wrote:
People just tend to act like assholes over the internet. But if you told the same people that in real life, they would respond in a normal way, like saying 'im sorry'.

so which one is the real side?


I think the asshole is the real side. Even though saying 'i'm sorry' is the normal social response, I think most people are just saying that because it's expected. They probably don't know what to say because they didn't know the dead person, so they just say what is expected and move on.


I think that was meant to be rhetorical.
{ToT}Strafe
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Thailand7026 Posts
December 08 2007 00:05 GMT
#18
LOL
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24788 Posts
December 08 2007 00:12 GMT
#19
On December 08 2007 09:05 {ToT}Strafe wrote:
LOL
That's what she said! Then I cried...
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
intrigue
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
December 08 2007 04:37 GMT
#20
i thought --; was just a face
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