Famous Last Words (in 140 characters or less)
March 11, 2013 8:23 PM Subscribe
The Tweet Hereafter compiles the final posts of well-known people (for some value of well-known). Mundane or monumental, it displays the fleeting tweets of the deceased.
#mementomori #rip (Via The Order of Good Death, previously.)
#mementomori #rip (Via The Order of Good Death, previously.)
The only person I recognize is Hugo Chavez. A lot of suicides.
posted by Redfield at 8:35 PM on March 11, 2013
posted by Redfield at 8:35 PM on March 11, 2013
How many of you copied and pasted Chavez' tweet to Google Translate?
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 8:42 PM on March 11, 2013
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 8:42 PM on March 11, 2013
(All of these are sad, including, to me, surprisingly, Chavez's.)
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 8:43 PM on March 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 8:43 PM on March 11, 2013 [1 favorite]
This, in part, is why I do not tweet. Also, all the thoughts I have that are worth disseminating are longer than 140 characters. Screw Flanders.
posted by The White Hat at 8:46 PM on March 11, 2013
posted by The White Hat at 8:46 PM on March 11, 2013
Paul Bearer
Not at his own funeral, I suppose.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:46 PM on March 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
Not at his own funeral, I suppose.
posted by Sticherbeast at 8:46 PM on March 11, 2013 [2 favorites]
Kind of surprised at how nicely this is done, with the bio and all. I was expecting something ghastly.
posted by troika at 8:52 PM on March 11, 2013
posted by troika at 8:52 PM on March 11, 2013
"The end" and especially "I'm sorry" minutes before ending it is just...
On the other hand, Whitney Houston tweeted her last tweet two years before she died. The tweet doesn't really have anything to do with anything.
posted by subdee at 8:56 PM on March 11, 2013
On the other hand, Whitney Houston tweeted her last tweet two years before she died. The tweet doesn't really have anything to do with anything.
posted by subdee at 8:56 PM on March 11, 2013
the fleeting tweets of the deceased
their laundry done, their trousers creased
their lunches bought, apartments leased
the fleeting tweets of the deceased
while still alive, the things they said
are here forever, though they're dead
what time they ate, or went to bed
and now they're gone, their tweets still read
those little tweets, all quite mundane
'bout something stuck down in the drain
or having missed their evening train
or getting caught in sudden rain
and we still here, out on the street
we ain't got that grim reaper beat
we, too, will go down to defeat
reflect on that, next time you tweet
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:58 PM on March 11, 2013 [15 favorites]
their laundry done, their trousers creased
their lunches bought, apartments leased
the fleeting tweets of the deceased
while still alive, the things they said
are here forever, though they're dead
what time they ate, or went to bed
and now they're gone, their tweets still read
those little tweets, all quite mundane
'bout something stuck down in the drain
or having missed their evening train
or getting caught in sudden rain
and we still here, out on the street
we ain't got that grim reaper beat
we, too, will go down to defeat
reflect on that, next time you tweet
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:58 PM on March 11, 2013 [15 favorites]
The Gregory Rodriguez one is equal parts comical and horrible, terrible, ghastly.
posted by KokuRyu at 9:02 PM on March 11, 2013
posted by KokuRyu at 9:02 PM on March 11, 2013
Holy fuck, Jessica Redfield's last tweet is completely fucking chilling:
MOVIE DOESN'T START FOR 20 MINUTES
Forty minutes into that movie, she was shot dead.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:08 PM on March 11, 2013
MOVIE DOESN'T START FOR 20 MINUTES
Forty minutes into that movie, she was shot dead.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:08 PM on March 11, 2013
KokuRyu: "The Gregory Rodriguez one is equal parts comical and horrible, terrible, ghastly."
Comical in that that guy's ghastly sneer won't be photographed over "trophy game" any more? *shudder*
posted by notsnot at 9:20 PM on March 11, 2013
Comical in that that guy's ghastly sneer won't be photographed over "trophy game" any more? *shudder*
posted by notsnot at 9:20 PM on March 11, 2013
What a perfectly depressing end to an unusually depressing day.
Especially:
Freddy E
@Freddy_E
I'm sorry. ∞
Tweeted:Jan. 5, 2013, 2:34 p.m. PST
Died:Jan. 5, 2013, 2:35 p.m. PST
Suicide
posted by DoubleLune at 9:57 PM on March 11, 2013
Especially:
Freddy E
@Freddy_E
I'm sorry. ∞
Tweeted:Jan. 5, 2013, 2:34 p.m. PST
Died:Jan. 5, 2013, 2:35 p.m. PST
Suicide
posted by DoubleLune at 9:57 PM on March 11, 2013
My dad's, from 2007 when Twitter wasn't so much of a Thing:
"an egg sandwich goes fine with most things. Jalapenos, pickles, catsup any cheese, and, of course, spicy mustard."
I guess up until now I'm probably the only one who ever saw it.
posted by valrus at 10:05 PM on March 11, 2013 [7 favorites]
"an egg sandwich goes fine with most things. Jalapenos, pickles, catsup any cheese, and, of course, spicy mustard."
I guess up until now I'm probably the only one who ever saw it.
posted by valrus at 10:05 PM on March 11, 2013 [7 favorites]
@reevasteenkamp What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow??? #getexcited #ValentinesDay ∞
Shot by her boyfriend the following day.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 11:16 PM on March 11, 2013
Shot by her boyfriend the following day.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 11:16 PM on March 11, 2013
Yeah, Freddy E's tweet really got to me.
Also Reeva Steenkamp's:
What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow??? #getexcited #ValentinesDay
Her boyfriend shot her on Valentine's Day.
What a sad site, but it's done in a more tasteful way than I expected.
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posted by k8lin at 11:18 PM on March 11, 2013
Also Reeva Steenkamp's:
What do you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow??? #getexcited #ValentinesDay
Her boyfriend shot her on Valentine's Day.
What a sad site, but it's done in a more tasteful way than I expected.
.
posted by k8lin at 11:18 PM on March 11, 2013
Each of us will utter a final word.
Some of them will be on Twitter.
The tagline seems a little bit glib.
posted by Going To Maine at 6:19 AM on March 12, 2013
Some of them will be on Twitter.
The tagline seems a little bit glib.
posted by Going To Maine at 6:19 AM on March 12, 2013
This really, really brings home the very sad number of suicides by young people. What a shock. What a state so many of us get into.
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posted by colie at 6:32 AM on March 12, 2013
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posted by colie at 6:32 AM on March 12, 2013
This is something peculiar to our age, isn't it? I think Larissa MacFarquhar said in her profile of Aaron Swartz that we still assume that people who post things to the Internet are alive, leaving us with this uncanny feeling when we read tweets, posts, etc. by the deceased. And we haven't really done much to take into account what our presence will be online after we die. I know there are a few services that will shut down your social media profiles once you're confirmed to be dead, but what we really need is this:
an invention that monitors my heartbeat, and when it beats its last, automatically sends the following tweets:
posted by Cash4Lead at 6:49 AM on March 12, 2013
an invention that monitors my heartbeat, and when it beats its last, automatically sends the following tweets:
Lucky to have people in my life who show me more kindness than I deserve; I’m so lucky to live in this time and place in history. #thankfulOr something to this effect.
Everyone: Watch Friday Night Lights and read the Harry Potter series. They make us better human beings
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One day, the dead will outnumber the living on social websites, and there will be more twitter accounts held by the dead than the living.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:34 PM on March 12, 2013
One day, the dead will outnumber the living on social websites, and there will be more twitter accounts held by the dead than the living.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:34 PM on March 12, 2013
WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?
— DEATH (@THE_ORIGINAL_DEATH) ∞
posted by filthy light thief at 12:42 PM on March 12, 2013
— DEATH (@THE_ORIGINAL_DEATH) ∞
posted by filthy light thief at 12:42 PM on March 12, 2013
One day, the dead will outnumber the living on social websites,
... and under that headline it says '7,360 people have Liked this'. How many of them are now dead?
posted by colie at 12:10 PM on March 13, 2013
... and under that headline it says '7,360 people have Liked this'. How many of them are now dead?
posted by colie at 12:10 PM on March 13, 2013
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