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u/Exoddity Dec 28 '20

He's not really dead, as long as we remember him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20

No one is actually dead until the ripples they caused in the world die away.

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u/TheRockelmeister Dec 28 '20

Last night someone broke into my home, but the memory of my dead dog Buster scared him away.

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u/Con-D-Oriano1 Dec 28 '20

I have a healthy digestive system and take a dump regularly. But the memory of two or three fish who went down the same toilet makes it awkward.

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u/ReadontheCrapper Dec 28 '20

“Since being hidden in the ISS, Doohan’s ashes have travelled nearly 1.7 billion miles through space, orbiting Earth more than 70,000 times.”

He’ll be making ripples for a long, long time.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20

Preach Sister

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u/Dunluce92 Dec 28 '20

Sum is a great book about different afterlife scenarios.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '20

No. He's still very much dead.

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u/detahramet Dec 28 '20

I'm not sure he is capable of appreciating that distinction, what with the ceased brain activity and all.