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Okey this is ridiculous!!!! First the guy who patches a software with Morse code and then this guy who would rather have a AMA with strange people before he die

by rick_2047 16y ago

Okey this is ridiculous!!!! First the guy who patches a software with Morse code and then this guy who would rather have a AMA with strange people before he dies. News flash people, there are actual human beings around you who you should talk to rather than computers or an anonymous crowd you do not know.

joezydeco 16y ago
And yet, here we are.
- Mz 16y ago
  Yes, every time I see a comment like this on some email list dismissing the value of internet relationships as not really real, I bite my tongue and resist the temptation to ask "then why are you here?"
  - rick_2047 16y ago
    I am here because I am not going to die in 51 hours and have a lot of time to spare.
    - Mz 16y ago
      Having spent a year at death's door, I can assure you that when you are physically unable to go out and get a life, the internet beats the hell out of laying in bed and staring at a blank wall (which I got so fucking sick of, I bought a screen to cover the damn wall and later put curtains over it so I wouldn't have to stare at the damn blank wall ever again).
      - rick_2047 16y ago
        Phone calls?? Anyone?? There are plethora of people I would like to call.
        Mz 16y ago
        Seriously: A) How are phone calls "more real" than internet conversations? B) Did you read the Reddit discussion you are criticizing? His handle is "Lucidending". He opted to go off medication in his final hours so he could be lucid and spend quality time with family before he checks out, something he was unable to do while completely fucked up on chemo and other drugs. He is spending his last hours with family and on the internet, the internet being a substitute for a physical world tour which he is physically unable to do.
        biot 16y ago
        > A) How are phone calls "more real" than internet conversations? Bandwidth. While both are real -- thus making the phrase "more real" a bit awkward -- verbal communications transmit far more information than the words being spoken and I can't imagine the amount of typing it would take to convey the missing data. In that sense, it's "more" real.
        Mz 16y ago
        Except that in some cases people exchange photos and other info online that you cannot exchange verbally. In the thread in question, the OP stated this was his "world tour" and folks posted links to photos, something you couldn't do by phone. You also couldn't have a phone conversation with multiple people in the same way. So I don't entirely agree. Different kinds of data can be shared. But it isn't necessarily "less" info, just different info.
        biot 16y ago
        Good point. I wasn't thinking of photo sharing and such in regards to "conversation"... in my mind I pictured plain text email/chat vs. phone call. By that measure, Facetime and Chat Roulette are internet conversations and greatly exceed what is possible via a phone call.
        Mz 16y ago
heyitsnick 16y ago
What amazes me about this comment is that you honestly do feel you are better to advise someone _how to best spend their time before they die_. This person has battled with cancer for 6 years, and has probably spent a countless amount of time thinking about this decision and how he chooses to spend his final time in the world. Do you not think he has a better educated and more heightened perspective on this issue? And yet you still have the arrogant audacity to tell the world that what he feels is right is wrong.
- rick_2047 16y ago
  Whats the obsessions with the word audacity?? Anyways, this is my perspective of the issue. And I do feels its ridiculous.
  - heyitsnick 16y ago
    Still well behind the great peak that was the 1900s. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=audacity&year_start=1800&year_end=2010&corpus=0&smoothing=3 http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=audacity&year...
xd 16y ago
Everyone handles death and the idea of it differently .. maybe his ideas are short sighted. But down voting is a pretty evil thing to do in this situation, it doesn't make his opinion any; more or less valid than the next mans.
siddhant 16y ago
You shouldn't really have such strong opinions on something with which you don't have a first hand experience.
olivercameron 16y ago
You, sir, are the ridiculous one.
momotomo 16y ago
Actually, IIRC, he's already spent the time with his family and dismissed them. He wanted the last moments with them to be clear and lucid, this is more of an after activity while he goes through his final hours before dying. It was a lot to do with creating good memories for his relatives, not choosing strangers over family.

joezydeco 16y ago

And yet, here we are.

Mz 16y ago
Yes, every time I see a comment like this on some email list dismissing the value of internet relationships as not really real, I bite my tongue and resist the temptation to ask "then why are you here?"
- rick_2047 16y ago
  I am here because I am not going to die in 51 hours and have a lot of time to spare.
  - Mz 16y ago
    Having spent a year at death's door, I can assure you that when you are physically unable to go out and get a life, the internet beats the hell out of laying in bed and staring at a blank wall (which I got so fucking sick of, I bought a screen to cover the damn wall and later put curtains over it so I wouldn't have to stare at the damn blank wall ever again).
    - rick_2047 16y ago
      Phone calls?? Anyone?? There are plethora of people I would like to call.
      - Mz 16y ago
        Seriously: A) How are phone calls "more real" than internet conversations? B) Did you read the Reddit discussion you are criticizing? His handle is "Lucidending". He opted to go off medication in his final hours so he could be lucid and spend quality time with family before he checks out, something he was unable to do while completely fucked up on chemo and other drugs. He is spending his last hours with family and on the internet, the internet being a substitute for a physical world tour which he is physically unable to do.
        biot 16y ago
        > A) How are phone calls "more real" than internet conversations? Bandwidth. While both are real -- thus making the phrase "more real" a bit awkward -- verbal communications transmit far more information than the words being spoken and I can't imagine the amount of typing it would take to convey the missing data. In that sense, it's "more" real.
        Mz 16y ago
        Except that in some cases people exchange photos and other info online that you cannot exchange verbally. In the thread in question, the OP stated this was his "world tour" and folks posted links to photos, something you couldn't do by phone. You also couldn't have a phone conversation with multiple people in the same way. So I don't entirely agree. Different kinds of data can be shared. But it isn't necessarily "less" info, just different info.
        biot 16y ago
        Good point. I wasn't thinking of photo sharing and such in regards to "conversation"... in my mind I pictured plain text email/chat vs. phone call. By that measure, Facetime and Chat Roulette are internet conversations and greatly exceed what is possible via a phone call.
        Mz 16y ago

heyitsnick 16y ago

What amazes me about this comment is that you honestly do feel you are better to advise someone _how to best spend their time before they die_. This person has battled with cancer for 6 years, and has probably spent a countless amount of time thinking about this decision and how he chooses to spend his final time in the world. Do you not think he has a better educated and more heightened perspective on this issue? And yet you still have the arrogant audacity to tell the world that what he feels is right is wrong.

rick_2047 16y ago
Whats the obsessions with the word audacity?? Anyways, this is my perspective of the issue. And I do feels its ridiculous.
- heyitsnick 16y ago
  Still well behind the great peak that was the 1900s. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=audacity&year_start=1800&year_end=2010&corpus=0&smoothing=3 http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/graph?content=audacity&year...

xd 16y ago

Everyone handles death and the idea of it differently .. maybe his ideas are short sighted. But down voting is a pretty evil thing to do in this situation, it doesn't make his opinion any; more or less valid than the next mans.

siddhant 16y ago

You shouldn't really have such strong opinions on something with which you don't have a first hand experience.

olivercameron 16y ago

You, sir, are the ridiculous one.

momotomo 16y ago

Actually, IIRC, he's already spent the time with his family and dismissed them. He wanted the last moments with them to be clear and lucid, this is more of an after activity while he goes through his final hours before dying. It was a lot to do with creating good memories for his relatives, not choosing strangers over family.