I'd rather be forgotten because then my relatives and friends wouldn't have to death the grieving a loved one. Also it would be better to have less hate in the world

flowSthead

1065 Posts

August 15 2011 00:11 GMT

#184

Hated, but not because I necessarily want to be remembered. I just assume from the choices that the hated one is the one that made an impact. If that is not the case, and either choice can make an impact, then it really does not matter to me.

As a good call back, in a Babylon 5 episode Sheridan and Delenn are asked whether they are willing to die alone and forgotten, and they choose yes:

But the point of it is not that they die forgotten, but they choose to die for something they believe in. They choose something in which they have an impact, for example sacrificing their lives for something. I would make the same choice. In the end, I want to have an impact, whether I remembered or not, whether I be hated or loved.

The reason hated appeals to me more at first is because if I am hated and remembered, then I definitely made an impact, whereas if I am forgotten, it is unclear.

Blasterion

China10272 Posts

August 15 2011 00:51 GMT

#185

being hated sucks. but much than being forgotten

lowkontrast

United States855 Posts

August 15 2011 01:02 GMT

#186

i want to be forgotten because if u are hated for all time it means u did something really bad and that means that regardless of if u believe in an afterlief or not it is a bad thing becus:

if you believe if an afterlife:
you are going to go to hell or suffer; alternatively, if you believ in reincarnation you will be a littel shit bug.

if you do not believe in an afterlife:
this means that that once you are dead you are unaffected and you do not remember if you did something bad or good. but if you are hated throughout history it means during ur life u probly lived with a guilty conscience and didnt actually enjoy lief to the fullest becus you were constantlynlt doing bad things (the only way you would be hated in history)

whoever chooses to be hated over forgotten, regardless of belief post-life, is clearly an idiet.

Kuja

United States1759 Posts

August 15 2011 01:08 GMT

#187

forgotten, i really dont care enough about what people think to say hated

RaLakedaimon

United States1564 Posts

August 15 2011 01:15 GMT

#188

I voted to be forgotten but that's only because there's not a "I wouldn't know anyways since I'm deceased" answer. I wouldn't like the thought of that while I'm alive but after I don't mind the hate or nobody knowing.

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

August 15 2011 01:23 GMT

#189

Well if I hade unlimited power I would do things that would get me really hated by ALOT of people so the choice is simple. Also I'm quite used to being hated in my everyday life so wont really hurt to still be hated when I'm dead since you cant notice it when you dont exist.

antelope591

Canada820 Posts

August 15 2011 01:28 GMT

#190

Its an interesting question. People say forgotten because if you were hated then your family would suffer. But is this always the case? Sure if you were hitler's kids you would be fucked because he lost the war but then you have people like stalin and mao zedong who caused millions of deaths but are still well respected in their own countries. Doesnt mao's son have some high ranking govt son simply because of his relation?

Earll

Norway847 Posts

August 15 2011 01:42 GMT

#191

Why would anyone say hated? You are dead, so you gain\lose nothing, and if nobody remembers you it doesnt matter. If you are hated along the likes of hitler though, you have pretty much ruined the life of your entire family for the next 5 generations.

maryelizbethwinstead

Mexico223 Posts

August 15 2011 02:28 GMT

#192

On August 15 2011 10:42 Earll wrote:
Why would anyone say hated? You are dead, so you gain\lose nothing, and if nobody remembers you it doesnt matter. If you are hated along the likes of hitler though, you have pretty much ruined the life of your entire family for the next 5 generations.

Well, if i'm going to be universally hated, then my fam will probably passionately hate me too, so screw them

Earll

Norway847 Posts

August 15 2011 02:30 GMT

#193

On August 15 2011 11:28 maryelizbethwinstead wrote:

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Well, if i'm going to be universally hated, then my fam will probably passionately hate me too, so screw them

They would hate you for ruining their lives, as you would have done =p

3FFA

United States3931 Posts

August 15 2011 02:35 GMT

#194

I choose forgotten. Which I might end up being

mcc

Czech Republic4646 Posts

August 15 2011 02:44 GMT

#195

People saying they want to be hated should think about what that means. To be hated on the level of Hitler you would have to do things on the level of Nazi atrocities. Are you really such a monster to do that just so people do not forget about you? If after people think it through and still want to be hated like that I have to say that it is troubling that some 40 percent of people responding to this thread are psychopaths.

darthfoley

United States8003 Posts

August 15 2011 02:59 GMT

#196

Forgotten...because i'm a decent human being. Why the fuck would you ever do something atrocious enough to get millions to hate you?

BradwMD

United States43 Posts

August 15 2011 04:46 GMT

#197

Forgotten, I wouldn't want to go out knowing a bunch of people would hate me. Plus, many of the things that people do to get them to be hated tends to be very controversial, and could spark an age of people wanting to "follow" in your footsteps the wrong way (i.e neo-nazis in America today).

On a second note, I love the PKA podcast, I'm glad I'm not the only one here to listens to it.

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

August 15 2011 04:54 GMT

#198

On August 14 2011 10:02 n00b3rt wrote:
I don't care, I'm dead you know ...

Thank you sir.