EPTHated for eternity or forgotten - Page 5
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Helios.Star
United States548 Posts
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
Obviously if the hatred were based on actions i've committed, I wouldn't want to have done anything to earn that hatred and would choose "forgotten". But if its just a case of being hated for no reason other than some frequently spread propaganda after I die, I couldn't care less. | ||
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StyLeD
United States2965 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
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merlin101
Switzerland194 Posts
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dBaser
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StinkyBoots
Canada76 Posts
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StarBrift
Sweden1761 Posts
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T.BonePickens
United States50 Posts
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canikizu
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
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Chaoz
United States507 Posts
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Xaerkar
United States230 Posts
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Motivate
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AntiGrav1ty
Germany2310 Posts
Certainly not for something horrible. I don't care much about my name being said in the future... | ||
motbob
United States12546 Posts
After battling all my life with the acceptance of death I feel happy that I'm able to clearly state that the answer to this question 100% does not matter either way. This sort of question would have sent me into deep thought in the past but it's nice that I seem to have finally accepted that what happens after you die does not matter, at all. It's weird to finally say that I don't care about my legacy or what people think of me, posthumously. In years past I would have been obsessed with building a "successful" life and at least some form of legacy. However: the poem Ozymandias can be cited as a succinct explanation of my current feelings in this regard. I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: `My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. Quite a depressing poem, if you fear death, I think. But the poem is also liberating if viewed in the right way: this life is what we have, and there can be no true legacy for any human; all passes away in the end. Certainly there is no one who remembers the deeds of anyone before the year 6000 BC or so. Eventually there will be no one who remembers Hitler and his deeds, or Churchill and his deeds, or Jesus Christ and his deeds. The sands of time wash will wash everything away in the end. But what this means for us is that a completely fulfilling life can be had by simply living it the best you can. Living life "the best you can" differs from person to person, whether it's going out and becoming President, or writing essays on mortality on internet gaming forums. Since one's deeds become meaningless given enough time, and since death inevitably occurs, rendering anything that happens after death meaningless, what happens before death is what is important. | ||
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TheCrimsonReaper
United States167 Posts
Hatred is sometimes a mark of respect, honestly though, you can be hated and still have contributed positively to humanity, helped your country or done something generally good. All hatred means is you might have stepped on some toes in doing so. | ||
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iamahydralisk
United States813 Posts
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frogrubdown
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