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What if your dead and just dont know it

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-Mugatu
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So, to cut to the chase, I started to re-watch LOST, and in an ep. one of the characters saw a bunch of family members etc. on the island and was telling him that he's in a coma and the only way to get out of it was to jump off the cliff.

This started making me think.. About a year ago I was involved in a serious car accident, (in which I was fully responsible for and was an idiot). According to the doctors and the first on scene I should have died, just to get a picture of it they needed to have 2 tow trucks to get the mazda 3 out of where I wedged the car between hydro poles. ANYWAYS, being in such an accident where dying was a high possibility (and I know a bunch of you have also been in situations where dying was an actual variable) I started to think what if I actually died/was in a coma and that life was just being made up from my brain and that nothing was in fact real..

I had this conversation with a friend tonight and it was actually really fun to talk about. So I obviously, (as always) turn to NS to hear your opinion on this, and what you think/feel.















Contrary to popular belief surrounding this thread, Iam NOT high, although such a topic being brought forth seems as though otherwise haha.
Sep 29 2011 10:28PM
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malonius_funk
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i literally always think about this concept because really, how would one know they died or not? pretty interesting thing to think about
Sep 29 2011 10:30PM
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1337
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well I've never been in that situation, and you and I are in the same dimension, therefore, we can conclude you are in fact, still alive. /thread
Sep 29 2011 10:30PM
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[evan]
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You're not dead man
Sep 29 2011 10:30PM
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Creator
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wtf is wrong with u
Sep 29 2011 10:31PM
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rockyhockey11187
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that's gross
Sep 29 2011 10:32PM
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Bonzalo
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Yeah but thats a response that his coma self is making out, not actually a real life response...
Sep 29 2011 10:34PM
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ORDEAL
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why the fuck are her legs so skinny (in proportion)
Sep 29 2011 10:35PM
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k-fred
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maybe you dont exist and you are just something from my mind?
Sep 29 2011 10:35PM
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malonius_funk
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my hypothesis is that her legs are stronger than everything else because she has to carry her upper body (the size of a blue whale) so she has leaner legs than her other extremities.
Sep 29 2011 10:36PM
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1337
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idk man, I'm feeling awfully tangible today.
Sep 29 2011 10:38PM
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the.cheat
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maybe you're in a coma and this is you testing yourself and trying to bring yourself out of it or something. like that huge pokemon theory in the mind=blown thread about ash being in a coma (good read)
also i saw this and i was like oh man this guys high.
Sep 29 2011 10:38PM
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NinetyFour
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Oh snap Jaba de hut is real! Conversations about being dead and comas and stuff are always interesting. You always wonder what it would be like, but never wanna go there. Same with avalanches.
Sep 29 2011 10:39PM
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Supergyro
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Woooaaaahhhhh. Mind=blown!
Sep 29 2011 10:39PM
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Njens.
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awwwwww yeeeeaahhhh
Sep 29 2011 10:41PM
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-Mugatu
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hahaha exactly!!! And I knew that would be the first thought through everyones mind, thus throwing in the clause lol. I have had a few beers tonight but I dont smoke, just have had this thought on my mind for awhile, and have come to the conclusion that if I was in fact dead and/or in a coma there is nothing I could do and no way I could ever find out so fuck it haha. There was a show like 10 years back I remember where this kid was in a coma, and the show was what he was dreaming about, and how his mind kept trying to test him to snap out of it. +k if someone knows the show or finds out what its called, and +k to everyone already posting in here! I know karma goes a long way in NS haha
Sep 29 2011 10:46PM
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NinetyFour
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Wasnt CR Johnson in a coma in the year before he went? Had to re-learn everything. R.I.P. CR and Shane
Sep 29 2011 10:49PM
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the.cheat
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my philosophy about stuff like this is if i cant tell, i may as well make the most out of my dream/possible real life/whatever. fun to think about it though as long as its not gonna affect your life much. make the most out of whatever the hell it is.
Sep 29 2011 10:50PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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fapping brb
Sep 29 2011 10:52PM
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PopsicleStand
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im always up for some existential talk..but I will say that this mindset can quickly lead to bad decisions in my opinion.

believe in what you want and live it up but I assure you, the carnage left behind from hard living is very real.
Sep 29 2011 10:58PM
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StreetsOfRage
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If you are dead, then we are a figment of imagination, which we arn't. soooooo you arn't dead.
Sep 29 2011 11:02PM
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-Mugatu
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but how do (I) know that? Like if you were dead how would you know if I was a figment of my imagination or not, even more, that could just be my subconscious telling me someone on a website is saying this, other than the actual fact!
Sep 29 2011 11:06PM
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the.cheat
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LIFE IS A GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. THESE THOUGHTS YOU ARE HAVING ARE PROBES TO SEE IF YOU'RE READY FOR A HIGHER EXISTENCE WITH THE REPTILIAN ONES.
Sep 29 2011 11:08PM
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Davy.Crockett
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what if you randomly woke up tomorrow as a hobo living in squalor in the dark seedy underbelly of a utopian space society, and you had just ingested some high power space drugs and what you thought your whole life thus far was a 4 hour long space trip, and everything was false, and a figment of your imagination, and skiing wasn't real.


probably never though of THAT
Sep 29 2011 11:10PM
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FerrisBueller
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this, its a simple, Reinimens paradox, if you think you must be dreaming/dead/in the same dimesnion as no one else and you are just there for yourself no other reason, if someone else thinks the same thing, then two people are in those dimensions and/or planes of time hence breaking the law of you being the secluded person in that state of luminosity.

if that made sense i just totally solved it in my head, but im high so it difficult to say if you guys will understand.
Sep 29 2011 11:11PM
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Creator
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if your dead and you dont know it you probably took to much lsd and are just imagining things
Sep 29 2011 11:11PM
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swagburg
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ive that about this multiple times. also, have you ever thought that maybe everybody sees different colors? Like my blue is blue to me, but your blue is really green to me. But we adjust to all the colors we learn so everything seems correct. if that makes any sense
Sep 29 2011 11:11PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
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Iv been in the same situation and thought the same thing. Its fucked.
Sep 29 2011 11:14PM
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Algebra
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Hahaha wuut?
Sep 29 2011 11:15PM
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Olde_English
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i personally like to think about time dimensions.  its somewhat tied to OP but like think about what if there is another you in a different time space dimension that is currently opening the thread or something. also, if its true, think about if you nearly get in an accident or something and you get those chills. i always wonder if i died in a different dimension or something and its just flipping through different dimensions until you are dead. but then you are still alive in a different dimension...
brain overloading but its what goes on in my noggin
Sep 29 2011 11:16PM
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-Mugatu
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I actually have! Not that exact scenario, but same premise. And the crazy thing is we will never know until it either happens or it doesnt! Its actually unreal. To the guy talking about different colors, thats a whoooole other ball game, I could go on about that for hours haha, Ive had that talk a bunch. Ive concluded that we do see different colors, even if its off by a shade, not everything is the same to all people (so Ive concluded).

I just gave everyone in this thread 10/10 karma simply because I believe this is my most intelligent thread Ive ever made that is actually making people think and discuss, rather than just the "tits or gtfo" response haha.
Sep 29 2011 11:20PM
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emilyiscool
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such a mindfuck
Sep 29 2011 11:23PM
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lineskier53
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So of my acting class I have to do a monologue for my midterm and the one I chose is from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," and existentialist work. Since existentialism is about the nature of death and existence, it got me thinking about the nature of death. It made me think back to when I was in a car accident twelve years ago and how I was in a coma for a couple days. I remember small parts of the events immediately following the crash; waiting for an ambulance on the side of the road with, then nothing, then being given oxygen in the MEDEVAC. After that I apparently slipped into a coma for two days. I vividly remember waking up from it, blackness fading away to a hospital room (two technically because I had double vision from the concussion) with my dad in the chair by my bed and Scooby Doo playing on the TV. Since I have no recollection of any dreams during the coma, it leads me to believe that death is just as empty and that you won't actually know when you're dead. That or I just forgot the dreams, but any time I've been knocked unconscious it's the same. Just empty blackness.

So based on my experience you're just as alive as everyone else on here.
Sep 29 2011 11:29PM
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Z-Juice
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huh
Sep 29 2011 11:47PM
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JRullo
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Yes i think about the color thing all the time! haha i feel like that actually could be the case. I bet it would be nuts to see things through someone else's eyes for a day!

And to the OP, i assure you that i am not a figment of your imagination, and i am concisely typing this right now.
Sep 30 2011 12:01AM
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GnarshoSapian
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tits
Sep 30 2011 12:21AM
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pimpcat
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YOU RUINED THE WHOLE FUCKING THREAD.


On a related note, I read somewhere that when you pass on you get to pick which mythical being you want to be. The choices range from the Paul Bunyon to Mickey Mouse. Once you've decided you go through some intensive training and shit so that you can fill your niche in the "dead society" asap. You need to level up many times before you've mastered a certain being. You level up by jumping on the flag pole but watch out for goombas. Next you go before the elite eight and you have to beat them in checkers while intoxicated. Finally, you'll reach space 100 and you will have just won a game of chutes and ladders while on some sort of hallucinogen.

Or so I've heard. The font size has increased. What's good with that? Nothing much. BYAHHH Tom Harken.
Sep 30 2011 12:36AM
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Raz.
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oh lawdy i just had phsychology club today.
Sep 30 2011 12:40AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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Fuck off. Stop trying to make me think.
Sep 30 2011 12:45AM
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Yung_Steezer
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http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHuIPPQfX8RaGV-tqd4IESWc8kdaB8MfZtLHaST4TA1QX6jgIFWg
Sep 30 2011 1:48AM
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Dustin.
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If that theory were true, every fat person who exclusively did thousands of crunches would have fat legs and nice six packs. Spot training like that is unfortunately a myth.
Sep 30 2011 2:24AM
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DirtYStylE
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so...

I have already died, and I am just having a flashback of my life before I pass on?
Sep 30 2011 2:34AM
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RubberSoul
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ive had that exact thought before when i thought i was lucid dreaming but i was actually just black out drunk. i suggest you rethink that approach
Sep 30 2011 2:36AM
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Kotke
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this whole thread is a mindfuck.

But i remember the show youre talking about! i cant remember what the hell its called though!!

Sep 30 2011 4:25AM
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Morgen.
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I always think that or...

we are all living in a dream and when you die you wake up.....

WTFMAN
Sep 30 2011 4:30AM
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SterlingArcher
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yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... about that....

Sep 30 2011 4:57AM
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no_steeze
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i dreamt about this last night. i had a dream that all the things i was focusing so heavily on like my girlfriend and my college application and being in england were all just projections of my brain and that i was actually lying in a bed somewhere in some form of vegetable state
Sep 30 2011 6:13AM
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Caspaaa
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i always think about the color thing too, the fact is there is no way to prove it

i don't think we are in comas or clinically dead because our hearts are beating and we have physical proof of that, however in a way life could all itself be like one giant dream, if that makes sense..? like think about if we all actually are dead, yet right now were dreaming this up, and once we die we wake up. i think that would make perfect sense...

also we might dream more than once (reincarnated into a different life), but we don't remember the first dream... and that may be why people who believe they were reincarnated have those quick flashes of an earlier life? haha sounds crazy but this whole thread is gonna be a great discussion
Sep 30 2011 8:26AM
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TechnoPotamus
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"hey buddy how you feelin today?"

"tangible. yeahhhh....real tangible man"

"party on jamie"


Sep 30 2011 8:37AM
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Ski_Alot
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Have you ever thought that you might just be a lunatic imagining everything, sitting in a padded room somewhere?
Sep 30 2011 10:40AM
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steezeknees
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I was really drunk and tripping balls and my friends convinced me my name was Kieth Anderon and this isnt even my real life.Like i was crying in a taco bell parking lot and then i beat the shit out of one of my friends.

Sep 30 2011 11:35AM
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