Comments on: Thanatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/ The Neat Side of the Web Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:49:49 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ally http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-276466 Ally Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:59:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-276466 I couldn't get it to run the subtitles either... I couldn't get it to run the subtitles either...

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-274794 ted Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:19:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-274794 Oh brother. My second comment wasn't about the Thanatorium web site. That was just boring. My comment (11) was directed to Carl Huber's reaction (10) to Von Skippy's comment (6) after John J's comment (1). I said "apparent attitude", L. Some people could over-react to John's comment in the same way that Carl over-reacted to Von Skippy's comment. And you don't have to look up "smugly superior" in the dictionary. Sounds like you've got that one well in hand. The only thing on the web site that even came close to "spirit" was the cursor as a tiny glowing ball that you could pretend you were putting up the bums of the people in the pictures. Oh brother. My second comment wasn't about the Thanatorium web site. That was just boring.

My comment (11) was directed to Carl Huber's reaction (10) to Von Skippy's comment (6) after John J's comment (1).

I said "apparent attitude", L. Some people could over-react to John's comment in the same way that Carl over-reacted to Von Skippy's comment. And you don't have to look up "smugly superior" in the dictionary. Sounds like you've got that one well in hand.

The only thing on the web site that even came close to "spirit" was the cursor as a tiny glowing ball that you could pretend you were putting up the bums of the people in the pictures.

]]> By: Chris http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-274055 Chris Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:08:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-274055 Slow but interesting. I guess the 'spirit' is a translaton glitch : I watched it in French and there was no mention of it. But maybe I could have dozed 2 mn... ;) Slow but interesting.
I guess the 'spirit' is a translaton glitch : I watched it in French and there was no mention of it.
But maybe I could have dozed 2 mn... ;)

]]> By: L http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-273412 L Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:32:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-273412 I found it too slow. I got bored and left. And if ted finds John J.'s attitude to be one of "smug superiority"... I guess I need to go look up those words again. And maybe take some lessons on how to be easily offended online. Because, you know, everybody's doin' it nowadays... I found it too slow. I got bored and left.

And if ted finds John J.'s attitude to be one of "smug superiority"... I guess I need to go look up those words again. And maybe take some lessons on how to be easily offended online. Because, you know, everybody's doin' it nowadays...

]]> By: winslow http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-273376 winslow Sat, 03 Nov 2007 06:10:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-273376 i'm a firm atheist. i wasn't offended, and i don't suppose that anybody should be that easily offended unless they enjoy causing a sensation. it didn't occur to me that the site was trying to be definitive, either. they chose to tell the story with a spiritual edge, and it was a nice narrative and provided a good amount of factual content as well. i didn't feel preached to at all. i'm a firm atheist. i wasn't offended, and i don't suppose that anybody should be that easily offended unless they enjoy causing a sensation. it didn't occur to me that the site was trying to be definitive, either. they chose to tell the story with a spiritual edge, and it was a nice narrative and provided a good amount of factual content as well. i didn't feel preached to at all.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-273134 ted Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:38:54 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-273134 Well... The original commenter didn`t discuss the POSSIBILITY of an afterlife - he asserted the fact that YOU are a spirit - an assertion that could be offensive to some people, not necessarily for its content, but for the commenter`s apparent attitude of smug superiority. Well...
The original commenter didn`t discuss the POSSIBILITY of an afterlife - he asserted the fact that YOU are a spirit - an assertion that could be offensive to some people, not necessarily for its content, but for the commenter`s apparent attitude of smug superiority.

]]> By: Carl Huber http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-273066 Carl Huber Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:30:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-273066 Since everybody's going to die, even you (yes you), I'm surprised at how immediately it is that people (especially those hiding behind the internet) devolve into shameful insults when it comes to talking about death, the possibility and path of an afterlife, faith systems, etc. Since everybody's going to die, even you (yes you), I'm surprised at how immediately it is that people (especially those hiding behind the internet) devolve into shameful insults when it comes to talking about death, the possibility and path of an afterlife, faith systems, etc.

]]> By: Britt http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272957 Britt Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:43:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272957 Sometimes I lost the subtitles, but I just re-loaded the chapter. Having had a death in the family this year, that was immensely creepy. I reckon it'd be creepy anyway. Good show! Sometimes I lost the subtitles, but I just re-loaded the chapter.

Having had a death in the family this year, that was immensely creepy. I reckon it'd be creepy anyway. Good show!

]]> By: Ari http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272944 Ari Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:10:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272944 I can't get the subtitles to work either! I click on the right and click control and nothin'... I can't get the subtitles to work either!

I click on the right and click control

and nothin'...

]]> By: MrPumpernickel http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272924 MrPumpernickel Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:37:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272924 ^word! Couldn't have said it better myself. I recently got a first hand look into the whole mortuary/undertaker business when my father died. It's quite a facinating business though, and all respect to the people who perform those services. ^word! Couldn't have said it better myself.

I recently got a first hand look into the whole mortuary/undertaker business when my father died. It's quite a facinating business though, and all respect to the people who perform those services.

]]> By: Vonskippy http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272778 Vonskippy Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:49:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272778 After I'm dead, that pretty much ends any interest or care I might have to what's happening after that point. As to being a "spirit", except for fairy tales and conjecture, there is NO proof to that fantasy, so I'll stick to reality and make sure I get all my living done while I'm alive. After I'm dead, that pretty much ends any interest or care I might have to what's happening after that point.

As to being a "spirit", except for fairy tales and conjecture, there is NO proof to that fantasy, so I'll stick to reality and make sure I get all my living done while I'm alive.

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272717 Miss Cellania Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:11:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272717 Elana, when you first click the link, select English from the right hand side. Elana, when you first click the link, select English from the right hand side.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272692 ted Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:44:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272692 Wow, that was indescribably boring. Wow, that was indescribably boring.

]]> By: Elana http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272669 Elana Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:30:06 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272669 i cant get the english subtitles to show!! i cant get the english subtitles to show!!

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272605 Miss Cellania Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:33:08 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272605 John, that's why I didn't say "what happens to you after you die," just "what happens." John, that's why I didn't say "what happens to you after you die," just "what happens."

]]> By: John J. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/comment-page-1/#comment-272555 John J. Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:49:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/11/02/thanatorama/#comment-272555 "You" are a spirit - which kinda makes it hard to die... Your body takes a dirt nap eventually though. "You" are a spirit - which kinda makes it hard to die... Your body takes a dirt nap eventually though.

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