Ask Lemmy

I don't want to be remembered. I want to outlive every single one of you motherfuckers!

I want my kids to remember me as a dad who loved them and did his best.

"I don't want to be remembered, I want to be alive"

-CGP Grey, in denial about death

I directly saved a kid's life once, so while I wouldn't expect him to remember my name decades for now, it would kinda be nice if he shares positive stories of my daring rescue with his kids and grandkids someday.

My name is on patents from several jobs ago. Some nerd reading obscure patents decades from now may note the only lady on the patents is always last in the list despite all the men's names being in alphabetical order and will wonder if it was sexism. It was.

I still get hits and comments to a travel blog I wrote in the 00's. It doesn't have my real name but will probably last longer than most of my other online presences. I appreciate the comments that indicate the reader found valuable travel info in my posts or the comments that say I'm funny.

I'm not going to have kids so I expect to be forgotten from most live humans' memories within a generation.

As someone who added more good than bad to the world.

For being kind.

I say the best way to leave a legacy is to essentially create a new gene in another living organism that gene can probably go on for thousands of years and be a testimony to you. Or even combining genes that haven't been combined.

Other than that I would like to be remembered for everything I've done and so future generations can improved on it. I don't think everything I do is groundbreaking or epic but I do want to give idea that the boring shit needs to get done. Lots of small things do make a medium size impact.

Right now I'm basically finding the "the next step to take". Like I do want a bunch of grass roots movements to organize the American populace and the world at large form a "coalitions of coalitions" and combat adversarial forces like the Epstien class and even government agencies, but I'm just helping DSA chapter and I'm trying to get them to "do more". That "do more" is a big step that requires smaller steps like finding people that are interested and expressing support. So I'd say how I did/didn't get to "do more" I would want it to be remembered so that it can be improved on

Well, I'd be dead, so what's the point in being remembered?

I hope I'm remembered as a good parent by my kids. I don't really care what anyone else thinks.

My music, and hopefully by as many people as possible.

I want people to remember me as smart, creative and hard-working. I hope the fact that i was kinder and more diligent than so many other people I've met counted for something.

Aspirationally, maybe people will also see just how much trauma I've overcome and be impressed that i made it as far as I did. But largely I don't talk about it.

I don't want to die.

An ok person. And my great comments on social media.