[JohnE]

So a HS teacher of mine recently commented regarding a FB post of mine that he remembers me throwing frisbees around and kicking hackey sacs...I replied that I think thats a pretty good way to be remembered. So the question of the day is-

How do you want to be remembered?

 

[baca262]

this reminds me of 4loko and similar stuff.

 

[norbar]

I was an asshole as a kid. Though I don't really care how I'm remembered as longs as I'm feeling good and are good to the people around me in the present.

 

[insanitylevel9]

i honestly and truly dont care what people think of me or how they will remember me, i do what i wanna 90% of the time. but ill probably be remembered as that kid with no fingers no matter what i do .

 

[skibunny24]

i honestly and truly dont care what people think of me or how they will remember me, i do what i wanna 90% of the time. but ill probably be remembered as that kid with no fingers no matter what i do .

Warning: Cheesy Mushy Reply.

I just want people to remember me as a loving caring person. I have been involved in so many different sports/circles of people that there would be so many different versions of me that people will remember. The only thing that hope remains constant between all of my different interests and friends is that I truly care about others and want them to be comfortable and happy. Maybe I'm a giant cheese ball, but whatever. Even on the interwebs, I feel like you all are a bunch of brothers from other mothers, and I love getting to talk with you guys and a couple gals every day.

 

[eric strt6]

I'd like to be remembered as the guy who tried to make a difference, someone who whether in uniform or not would always stop to render aid or lend a hand.

 

[JohnE]

Interesting that the younger types(!) still dont care. I didnt care when I was younger (And I really still dont) but I think 20 years down the road it is cool to remembered in a nice, mellow way as I was, especially because he was one of the cool teachers at my school.

 

[jdcamb]

That my failures in Porn are eclipsed by my success in the Rodeo. Even though I flunked out of Clown school, I still managed to be a success. The size of your clown shoes are not always an indicator of the size of Mr. Happy. Size 18 sounds good on paper but in actuality it should be considered a disability.

 

[norbar]

Interesting that the younger types(!) still dont care. I didnt care when I was younger (And I really still dont) but I think 20 years down the road it is cool to remembered in a nice, mellow way as I was, especially because he was one of the cool teachers at my school.

In my case I just remember I was a stupid contrarian and and asshole to many of the teachers I liked. I really want to track one teacher and express how grateful I am but she moved out of town.

As for remembering me - it goes with the fact that I'm really tired right now and slowly learn to not give a crap what other people think of me. Wasted a ton of great opportunities because of that.

 

[OGRipper]

As a personal growth exercise, try drafting your own obituary. It is less about what others think, more about what you hope to accomplish before you kick it. If you don't like what you come up with, make some changes.

 

[mandown]

I already know, and I'm pretty happy about it.

 

[Pesqueeb]

I already know, and I'm pretty happy about it.

Though surviving has put on a lot of pressure to maintain it.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

Whether I am remembered or not, my work (jewelry) will be around for a long time after I'm gone, scattered across the country and a few even making it across the pond. Some pieces will become family heirlooms, others symbols of love and commitment.





I guess this is what I'll have to settle for since World Cup DH racer is a little past my reach.

 

[ultraNoob]

I want to be remembered as the guy who lived up to his epitaph ....

"A good grandfather, father, son, husband, brother, and friend."

 

[gonefirefightin]

All I know is I want people to be laughing at my funeral about how it all happened.

It should be a first at arlington.

 

[baca262]

then your last words will be: Watch this!

 

[Silver]

Hopefully not accurately...

 

[JohnE]

All I know is I want people to be laughing at my funeral about how it all happened.

It should be a first at arlington.

Not if I go first...already made the wife promise my funeral will be more like a roast. A cross between a Don Rickles show and a New Orleans funeral. With some cross over fromthe National Lampoon. My obit first goes to the Onion...

 

[sstalder5]

A lot of people hated my group of friends in high school. We always got away with whatever we did, threw the best parties, hung out with the hottest girls, and everyone knew who we were. I'm sure my reputation wasn't too good outside of my group of friends, but I actually had fun in high school and skated through with barely any effort. So I'm not too worried about how people from my high school remember me. And when I go back to my hometown I get to see a lot of the kids that hated us in high school still working the same minimum wage jobs looking pissed that me and most of my friends are still doing really well.

 

[CBJ]

 

[eaterofdog]

I want to be remembered for being shot by a jealous husband at age 94.

 

[DirtyMike]

I want to be remembered simply, just the way I am.

Like GFF though, I don't want people all crying and sad at my funeral, I want them laughing, drinking, and having a good time.

 

[Repack Rider]

I didn't have to die first.

I was virtually unnoticed in HS, never played a sport, never got an academic honor, never ran for an office.

At my 40th year reunion one of my classmates wrote a song about me and performed it, with the rest of my class joining in on the chorus. My picture now hangs in the gym even though I was the wimpiest kid in the school BITD.

Works for me.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Me........ for being HOPEful

 

[insanitylevel9]

I didn't have to die first.

I was virtually unnoticed in HS, never played a sport, never got an academic honor, never ran for an office.

At my 40th year reunion one of my classmates wrote a song about me and performed it, with the rest of my class joining in on the chorus. My picture now hangs in the gym even though I was the wimpiest kid in the school BITD.

Works for me.

if your the same repack rider as on mtbr you dont really have to worry about being forgotten you where one of the founding fathers of mountain biking.

 

[DirtyMike]

if your the same repack rider as on mtbr you dont really have to worry about being forgotten you where one of the founding fathers of mountain biking.

That's definitely better than being remembered as the guy who cannot work on garage doors.

 

[mantispf2000]

As mentioned earlier, don't cry at my service, party it up, tell jokes/stories/reminders of what I did, and if it made you laugh, that's great.

To be remembered as someone that never cared about getting knocked down, as long as I got back up and learned from it for the future. In other words...... didn't all those left hooks hurt at any time???

 

[sanjuro]

By my 17,000+ posts.

 

[Quo Fan]

I'm already remember as a teacher and mentor. Those I've taught have "paid it up", by referring to me as the one who gave them the insight.

 

[kickstand]

When my grandfather died 3 years ago everyone said things like "everyone liked george", "george was so smart", "he was such a good father, grandfather, etc", "remember when george was in the service and he did this?", "or how about the time he helped do this?"

I wouldn't mind being remembered like that.

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

I'm halfway through my life at this age, you know, and I've been an angry son of a bitch, and I've got to turn this around, man. I'm embarrassed with my--i don't want to be that guy. You die as the angry guy. That's the worst dude to die as, because then people have got to try to think of happy sh1t to say about you at your funeral. They're just sitting there like...."You know, he always paid his bills on time, you know. You've got to give him that, you know. God damn it, you gave this guy a bill, he paid it. This guy was a bill-paying son of a bitch, ironed his shirts. I....I got nothing. I don't know what else to say about the guy."

 

[local717]

I'm halfway through my life at this age, you know, and I've been an angry son of a bitch, and I've got to turn this around, man. I'm embarrassed with my--i don't want to be that guy. You die as the angry guy. That's the worst dude to die as, because then people have got to try to think of happy sh1t to say about you at your funeral. They're just sitting there like...."You know, he always paid his bills on time, you know. You've got to give him that, you know. God damn it, you gave this guy a bill, he paid it. This guy was a bill-paying son of a bitch, ironed his shirts. I....I got nothing. I don't know what else to say about the guy."

That seriously made me laugh out loud!

 

[Colonel Angus]

I'm halfway through my life at this age, you know, and I've been an angry son of a bitch, [/I]

well that doesn't come out in your posts at all....

 

[jonKranked]

A lot of people hated my group of friends in high school. We always got away with whatever we did, threw the best parties, hung out with the hottest girls, and everyone knew who we were. I'm sure my reputation wasn't too good outside of my group of friends, but I actually had fun in high school and skated through with barely any effort. So I'm not too worried about how people from my high school remember me. And when I go back to my hometown I get to see a lot of the kids that hated us in high school still working the same minimum wage jobs looking pissed that me and most of my friends are still doing really well.

i DGAF how my high school friends remember me. most of them were eligible for such ground breaking reality television such as "teen mom" and "cops". The number of high school friend's i keep in touch with can be counted on one of insanitylevel9's hands.

 

[jonKranked]

bear grylls will be remember for always drinking his own piss

 

[DirtMcGirk]

I'm hoping someone will memorialize me with Hunter S Thompson's memorial to Oscar Zeta:
“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”

I'd also like it if there was a great deal of speculation surrounding my death. Sightings of me in remote lands, rumors that I've started a cult and had faked my own death, maybe some jealous husband offering up a bounty on my head.

 

[JRogers]

I'm halfway through my life at this age...[/I]

What do you plan on doing that will kill you by, what, 54?

 

[DirtyMike]

i DGAF how my high school friends remember me. most of them were eligible for such ground breaking reality television such as "teen mom" and "cops". The number of high school friend's i keep in touch with can be counted on one of insanitylevel9's hands.

So you have 2.75 friends left from high school?

 

[CrabJoe StretchPants]

That seriously made me laugh out loud!

well that doesn't come out in your posts at all....

What do you plan on doing that will kill you by, what, 54?

That was from a Bill Burr standup, folks. Not me........though somewhat striking resemblance.

 

[JRogers]

That was from a Bill Burr standup, folks. Not me........though somewhat striking resemblance.

I thought that sounded familiar. I even threw a sentence or two of it into Google to see if it was from somewhere, but nothing came up.

I'd like to be remembered for doing things against my better judgment and instincts.