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krismry
05/15/09

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Whatever happened to that nice feature where if you click on someone's avatar picture on their activity page it would open a little box with the av pic showing up larger? Can we have that back? Because I definitely want my palomino horse here to be the pic of me, but you can't see the writing above him, this was a postcard from socorro new mexico where they found the crashed ufo? and the writing is from a motel and the name of the motel on this postcard is, in all caps, WESTWARD HO. Damn I want mine to say that!!!1!!!
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Ultraprison!
05/14/09

In reply to Death Becomes Her
I distinctly remember my grandma' best friend telling me that her & her husband were going that weekend to have their "obituary photos" taken. She said she wanted to make sure they were nice ones.

I think most people, at least ones who die in their old age, choose an obit photo ahead of time. I have no problem with wanting my last appearance in a newspaper to be a good one.
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hydrogen_jukebox
05/14/09

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What if I just use my avatar? That should work, right?
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saintbernadette
05/14/09

@hydrogen_jukebox: Yep. Just stick a picture of a baby hippo up when I die, please.
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
05/14/09

In reply to Death Becomes Her
My favorite epitaph is Clement Freud's request: "Best before 15 April 2009."

That, of course, is the day he died.
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hatepaperdoll
05/14/09

In reply to Death Becomes Her
This is the one I'm going to use:

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DangerMouse
05/14/09

@hatepaperdoll: Classy.
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
05/14/09

In reply to Death Becomes Her
I've noticed this lately. Someone dies in their 80s, and their relatives use a picture from when they were in their 20s or 30s. Maybe they feel this was when they were in their prime?

I think we should celebrate their age and their long (and hopefully fruitful) lives.
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dcdulce
05/14/09

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well I think that Helen Mirren won't mind me using her pic....

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inabook
05/14/09

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Hmmm, maybe its because they figure people who haven't been in touch recently will recognize the older photo?
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beatrice2000
05/14/09

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Isn't this similar when a beautiful celebrity dies at an old age (Audrey Hepburn, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando) and pictures of them in their youth are the most prominent?
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badmutha
05/14/09

@beatrice2000: Marlon Brando is dead?
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Samanthrax
05/14/09

@badmutha: Very.
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pantsless economist...access RESTORED
05/14/09

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as long as the naked bathtub pics from when I was 6 don't make it in...I'm all good with a young obit pic!
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CurtCole
05/14/09

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Mine is going to have the shit airbrushed out of it. I plan on looking fresh and air-sexed.
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lolacat
05/14/09

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Really? Because I really want my double chin to be a part of people's memory of me. Ooooh. A Glamour shot with a boa. That would be awesome.
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morninggloria
05/14/09

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It's a good thing that fetal imaging is getting so advanced. Soon our ultrasounds will announce our deaths.
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CurtCole
05/14/09

@morninggloria: Makes sense, half of the douches I know on facebook have it as their profile pic.
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morninggloria
05/14/09

@CurtCole: Their poor fetuses. They have a lifetime of unwarranted and embarrassing parental adoration ahead of them.
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
05/14/09

@CurtCole: Seems like all my facebook friends are these days is 3-D ultrasounds or engagement rings. At least, according to their profile pics.
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CurtCole
05/14/09

@the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene: Yeah, it's a bit showy to me. Plus, it looks like there babies are surfing the web in utero.
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CurtCole
05/14/09

@CurtCole: *their not there, damn it.
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saintbernadette
05/14/09

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The other day I was actually thinking about what kind of picture I'd want used if I went missing or got in an accident or something. Is that weird?
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tomatoheart
05/14/09

@saintbernadette: I think about that sorta morbid stuff all the time. I just feel like my parents can't be trusted to do things the way i'd like them.
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Flackette Goes Retro
05/14/09

@saintbernadette: No, my boyfriend and I have noted several times how they always find the most unfortunate pictures of people to show on the news. And if the photo is grainy and obviously 20 years old, you know that the news story is going to be about their death.
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mysterygirl
05/14/09

@saintbernadette: One of my friends and I already told each other which picture we'd want used if we went missing-- we both live alone, so we both somewhat morbidly worry that nobody would ever notice if we went missing, and when and if they did, they'd pick some crazy-looking picture of us to release to the media.
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hydrogen_jukebox
05/14/09

@saintbernadette: This has actually become a running gag for me. Every time I take a good picture, I always tell my mom, "Ooh, use this one if I ever go missing!" And she huffs in exasperated disapproval. It's great.
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oh.geez.
05/14/09

In reply to Death Becomes Her
But, to be fair, isn't it the family left behind doing the choosing? The original writing makes it sound like some narcissist is sitting around picking out an obituary picture while they're still alive. The only time I've heard of someone picking their own picture was in the case of terminal illness. (But, do other people do this, too?)
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Samanthrax
05/14/09

@oh.geez.: I don't think this is implying that anyone is being narcissistic by choosing an older picture of themselves- but it says one thing to me, and that is that whatever you look like when you get old isn't the "real you". Okay, maybe two- younger is better. It's not like that's a new concept or anything.
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oh.geez.
05/14/09

@Samanthrax is Sarcastic: I don't think you understood what I was asking. And I get that sarcasm is your schtick and all, but:
1) I have not been directly involved in any funeral planning, and also:
2) You don't know WHEN you're going to die, unless you have a terminal illness, or you're about to commit suicide.
Soooo, ANY picture the dead person picks out would probably be older (you pick it out BEFORE your death date, take care of the paperwork/ arrangements, put papers in drawer, & forget about it. I just don't see where a question of "the real you" comes into it. (If other people pick it out in a hurry after your dead, then it still says nothing about the dead person. It says more about the people that did the picking- and then, it may say nothing at all,...maybe you never had a lot of photos of yourself).
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Samanthrax
05/14/09

@oh.geez.: Uh... huh? I wasn't being sarcastic.

Before my grandparents died they picked out their obit pictures, and they picked old ones because they thought they best represented what they really looked like, underneath the wrinkles. I was responding to your question, and yes, I understood what you were saying. But hey, thanks for getting that sarcasm is my schtick and all.
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