Discussion Are we all going to be forgotten?

[ForgiveMeFriends]

I read this other thread regarding something similar, and it's bugging me...

Now, this isn't the case for everyone, some might want to be forgotten.

But the idea that some, if not many people will view our death as a normal ordeal, an everyday casualty and a simple number for suicide statistics...
It hurts, because I know damn well l want to be memorialized and remembered longer than a week, and I'm certain many of you can agree. We didn't ask for this, why bear the bane of being lost to time too?

Although, l can certainly acknowledge the apathy route of 'if you're dead, it simply doesn't matter after that.'

But the cruelty of humanity... l finally get why people hate, in a lack of better words, people themselves.

 

[TheHolySword]

Eventually most people are forgotten, but this could take generations. If you were close with your family and friends you can be remembered for their lifetimes and beyond. I still think of my friend every day after 5 years.

 

[diy-event]

I am just curious how we will be remembered - most likely I will be remembered as " oh that guy, you remember him - he killed himself"

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

in a thousand years who will be remembered? in 10,000 years? in a trillion years? nothing will matter then.....

even black holes and protons will decay.... the universe will keep expanding forever into nothingness

what is outside the edge of the universe ? nothing.

Future of an expanding universe - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hollowman]

Yes

 

[SomewhereAlongThe]

in a thousand years who will be remembered? in 10,000 years? a trillion years? nothing will matter then.....

even black holes and protons will decay.... the universe will keep expanding forever into nothingness

This helps me think about it, because on the grand scheme of things nothing really matters.

 

[33-vertebrae]

I've already been long forgotten by anyone I could have possibly known throughout my life.

But in the event of my death, whether natural or otherwise, the saddest part is the only one who would keep my memory alive out of love is the one I hurt the most.

 

[ForgiveMeFriends]

Eventually most people are forgotten, but this could take generations. If you were close with your family and friends you can be remembered for their lifetimes and beyond. I still think of my friend every day after 5 years.

That last sentence rejuvenated my hope. Thank you.

 

[depthss]

i get that a lot of people find this thought scary, but i just want to be forgotten. i wish i never existed at all

 

[dust-in-the-wind]

We are all eventually forgotten and it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. That's just your ego talking.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

Not to sound too emo but I feel like most people have already forgotten me tbh.

 

[RoyalBengalAutistic]

Yes. But does not matter

 

[CutToRelease]

I agree with the sentiment of eventually it will all be gone any ways so what dose it matter. Its comforting we are all equal, because we will all fade into nothing sooner or later.

But for u personal u can chose how other will remember u. So idk do something to make your life memorable or note worthy. Or don't and just disappear from this world so that your existence fades with u. Its all for u to choose.

 

[FuneralCry]

The fact that all will be forgotten about in death is exactly why it's a relief for me, I only hope to be permanently unconscious with this existence no longer my problem, I just want to forget about this torturous, futile existence that just causes pointless suffering with no limit as to how much agony one can feel, to me human existence truly does feel like the most terrible mistake, I'd be so relieved to permanently cease existing and never suffer ever again. Of course I wish I could erase my existence so it's like I never suffered, I want it to be like I never existed at all as I truly never should have been forced into this existence, I find it a tragedy how this existence was even imposed at all.

 

[EternalLight]

Sure, we'll all be forgotten one day. Just imagine all the billions who came before us, all those experiences from birth to death that will forever be lost to time. Personally, I'll probably be forgotten pretty quickly. For some years already, I've been "whatever happened to that guy" for most people, or at least I assume so if they haven't already forgotten about me. I've made far too many mistakes in my life.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Yes, we will all be forgotten eventually. That's just how time works. It may take a few generations for us to actually be forgotten but we will be forgotten one day regardless of whether you like it or not. I doubt that any of us know the names of those who existed 3+ generations ago so how would 3 generations ahead of us be able to remember us? People act like they are significant and will be remembered for a long time but, honestly, we won't. We are all insignificant in the cosmic sense

 

[Lost Magic]

I was thinking about making one of those time capsules and burying it with a reminder to future generations to stop fucking things up but I am sure they would just forget about it the next day and watch a cool netflix show instead!

 

[soonnotkoei]

I read this other thread regarding something similar, and it's bugging me...

Now, this isn't the case for everyone, some might want to be forgotten.

But the idea that some, if not many people will view our death as a normal ordeal, an everyday casualty and a simple number for suicide statistics...
It hurts, because I know damn well l want to be memorialized and remembered longer than a week, and I'm certain many of you can agree. We didn't ask for this, why bear the bane of being lost to time too?

Although, l can certainly acknowledge the apathy route of 'if you're dead, it simply doesn't matter after that.'

But the cruelty of humanity... l finally get why people hate, in a lack of better words, people themselves.

all i wish for is i get forgotten as soon as possible. i wouldnt want myself to be remembered after I'm gone.

 

[The_Hunter]

Not to sound too emo but I feel like most people have already forgotten me tbh.

I personally remember you from the thread of "incels should not be tolerated"! I must say, your comments on that thread were quite insightful and fair. Nice to see you.

 

[Valhala]

Yes.

 

[logi3535]

this post hit on a deeper note for me, i've always wanted to do something that gets everyone to remember me, but it isn't easy, its definitely a journey to commit to.

I think it mostly depends on the kind of impact you have, your family will probably remember, or grieve, for you their entire lives, same for close friends. I still think about people i've only met once, whom i haven't seen in years, some people miss others more than they'd like to admit, i think.

 

[ham and potatoes]

In 100 years, unless your a meaningful politician, mass murderer, or a billionaire, you will be forgotten, regardless of what you do. You'll just be a name on a tombstone

 

[thinkingofdeath]

A convenient thing about dying is that we'd literally cease to care. This is the last thing in the world that would bother us. That's actually kind of a nice thought, to me. No more jealousy, no more rage, no more yearning. Not even an issue.

 

[bananaolympus]

Highly likely most people will be forgotten do you know who you great great great great grandparent was? only the most famous and historical figures will be remembered

 

[yousaidimsweet]

there's that saying that people die twice. once representing a physical death and again when someone says your name for the last time.

 

[Depressive_Thoughts]

I've also lost a friend and I still think of my dead friend, every day, even after 10 years

 

[wiggy]

Check out the poem "Ozymandias". I think you'll like it

 

[L'absent]

The world is not violent and without purpose, it is a failure in every manifestation, an uncorrected mistake, a tragedy without reason that repeats itself without cause. We are here by chance, in a cruel and indifferent universe that cares nothing for us and has nothing to offer except suffering and despair. Our existence is nothing but a long, exhausting wait for the end, a relentless search for meaning that does not exist, an acceptance of pain as the only constant, as the only truth. Beauty, love, happiness—these words are just futile distractions to hide the nothingness that surrounds us, to make us forget the awareness that we are nothing but dust, destined to vanish into darkness. Every breath we take is a step towards the end, every heartbeat is merely a reminder that death is inevitable, that our time expired before it even began. Suffering is the true essence of our life, and it is the only thing that never abandons us. There is no escape, no refuge, we are trapped in a body that decays, in a mind that implodes, and the world around us is only the reflection of this decay. There is no redemption, no salvation, nothing good in this damned universe. The search for meaning is nothing but a lie we tell ourselves to survive, but there is nothing to save, nothing to discover. Death is the only certainty, the only escape from a game that has no rules, from a vicious cycle that condemns us to watch the nothingness as we slowly burn away. To be forgotten, to disappear into the dark, is the only act of liberation, the only way out of an existence that has no value, from a world that has no purpose. Life is nothing but an incomplete chapter, a story with no ending, a journey without a destination that leads to nothing. And while we struggle in our pain, in our emptiness, the universe remains indifferent, humanity only perpetuates its cycle of violence and misery, and the world keeps moving on, as if nothing happened, as if nothing matters. There is no hope, no redemption, only the darkness drawing near that will swallow us, with or without our consent.

 

[LukaParrot]

Sure... in this physical plane.

No.... in psychic plane, I hate this part of spiritism, but we all going to remember your pass lifes... well... some will be good memories, other will be like a lot of karma.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

On a long enough timescale everyone, or almost everyone, will be forgotten. There are exceptions such as largely-known historical figures, but even they are only vaguely preserved through worn texts, and crumbling statues.

It is true that the deceased live on in the memories of those around them, but this does not take into consideration that not every person has anybody else in their lives who will remember them; even if a person does have loved ones they will eventually cease to exist completely once those who hold them in memory pass away too.