Science Chiefsplanet and communications from beyond.

**Rain Man** · 10-28-2015, 09:48 PM

Okay, let's get the awkward part out of the way first. Other than perhaps this lurker - http://www.chiefsplanet.com/bb/member.php?u=1041 - we're all mortals. Hopefully we'll all live long and happy lives, but at some point all of us are going to make one final bounce on the diving board of life, leap off, and jackknife our way to an ancestry.com entry.

Conventional wisdom says that we'll also stop posting on Chiefsplanet at that point, and probably cease all other communications as well. But is that really necessary? And if not, we could make history by establishing communications.

Of course, we hear occasionally about communications from beyond the grave via seances, ghosts, ouija boards, and that sort of thing. But the thing that strikes me as futile is that we can never be sure if those things are real or a scam or just a figment of our imagination. And the reason we can't be sure is that we don't plan ahead of time. We don't have pre-arranged signals that can't be faked or misunderstood.

I'd like for us to think about the practicalities of communicating from beyond the grave. How can a person do it, and how can a person do it in a way that can't be faked? Then let's all agree to do it when we die, so that still-living Chiefsplanet members can confirm it and perhaps even communicate. It becomes a win-win in that case, because the dead member can still post and the live members can be famous for establishing such a communication.

So let's brainstorm some ways to communicate from beyond the grave, and agree to do it. I would propose the following ground rules.

1. We don't know what the limitations might be, so we'll need multiple options. What if you can't do telekenesis, or you can't write on the fog in mirrors? We need to come up with ways that will work regardless of the dead person's abilities to manipulate objects in the plane of the living. These don't have to Chiefsplanet specific, of course. Maybe it would involve Morse Code using the light on top of the Eiffel Tower, for example.

2. We need to come up with ideas that cannot be faked. Suggestions of posting in a game thread, for example, can easily be faked by a Chiefsplanet member, and as such, could never serve as irrefutable confirmation.

3. We need ideas where we can identify the person sending the message. If, for example, they can't actually communicate but can just send a signal of some sort, how will we know which Chiefsplanet member it is?

4. Ideally, of course, the ideas would involve ways to actively communicate, even if they're non-standard communications. Maybe it involves the direction that a salt shaker is facing, or the frequency with which a shadow falls across the piano player's face on Saturday Night Live. Whatever. The key is to agree beforehand so we aren't going into this blind.

5. The ideas need to be things that living Chiefsplanet members can check, and preferably where multiple Chiefsplanet members can independently check.

Okay, put your thinking caps on. What do we have?

Kman34 · 10-28-2015, 09:50 PM

I'm just wondering why user God doesn't have any friends...

**TimBone** · 10-28-2015, 09:51 PM

God was a shit poster.

**kysirsoze** · 10-28-2015, 09:52 PM

Antifreeze seeping from the walls.

**Rain Man** · 10-28-2015, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kman34

I'm just wondering why user God doesn't have any friends...

Because on the seventh post he rested.

Saccopoo · 10-28-2015, 09:53 PM

Well, since the doc gave me 1 to 4 years left last month, I'll try my best to be the first dead CP'er to communicate with the living.

I think I want to channel through Hootie.

**kysirsoze** · 10-28-2015, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kman34

I'm just wondering why user God doesn't have any friends...

I think he's dead.

**Rain Man** · 10-28-2015, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Well, since the doc gave me 1 to 4 years left last month, I'll try my best to be the first dead CP'er to communicate with the living.

I think I want to channel through Hootie.

I think this could be a good hobby for you in the long run. Let's make this work.

**kysirsoze** · 10-28-2015, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

Well, since the doc gave me 1 to 4 years left last month, I'll try my best to be the first dead CP'er to communicate with the living.

I think I want to channel through Hootie.

Well.... damn.

Kman34 · 10-28-2015, 09:55 PM

Hopefully nobody channels Clay...

Saccopoo · 10-28-2015, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kman34

Hopefully nobody channels Clay...

I don't know...might help him from getting banned all the time.

Kman34 · 10-28-2015, 09:58 PM

If I die tomorrow...watch Kate Upton... If her left boob gets squeezed.....its me

**Dave Lane** · 10-28-2015, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saccopoo

I don't know...might help him from getting banned all the time.

I was going to say how the **** could we tell anything from Hootie but maybe him NOT getting banned would be the sign.

Saccopoo · 10-28-2015, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

I was going to say how the **** could we tell anything from Hootie but maybe him NOT getting banned would be the sign.

I know...I could turn Hootie into a celibate vegan. Who hated Peyton Manning and Russel Wilson.

Then you'd know for sure.

Saccopoo · 10-28-2015, 10:07 PM

Maybe I'll guest appearance through Clay, make him eat Ho-ho's and Cheetoh's and drink Mountain Dew for a month, get him fat as **** and take pics of him hogging after binge drinking with Salina bar skanks.

You know Rain Man, this could be a solid after death hobby.

View Poll Results: Will you follow the agreed-upon system to communicate with CP after death?
Yes. It sounds like a fun way to spend the afterlife.	7	31.82%
No. I'm going to be busy getting reincarnated or flirting with Audrey Hepburn.	3	13.64%
I'm uncertain. I'll need to see what's on my post-death schedule.	8	36.36%
I'm immortal.	4	18.18%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

10-28-2015, 09:48 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-452449 VARSITY	Chiefsplanet and communications from beyond. Okay, let's get the awkward part out of the way first. Other than perhaps this lurker - http://www.chiefsplanet.com/bb/member.php?u=1041 - we're all mortals. Hopefully we'll all live long and happy lives, but at some point all of us are going to make one final bounce on the diving board of life, leap off, and jackknife our way to an ancestry.com entry. Conventional wisdom says that we'll also stop posting on Chiefsplanet at that point, and probably cease all other communications as well. But is that really necessary? And if not, we could make history by establishing communications. Of course, we hear occasionally about communications from beyond the grave via seances, ghosts, ouija boards, and that sort of thing. But the thing that strikes me as futile is that we can never be sure if those things are real or a scam or just a figment of our imagination. And the reason we can't be sure is that we don't plan ahead of time. We don't have pre-arranged signals that can't be faked or misunderstood. I'd like for us to think about the practicalities of communicating from beyond the grave. How can a person do it, and how can a person do it in a way that can't be faked? Then let's all agree to do it when we die, so that still-living Chiefsplanet members can confirm it and perhaps even communicate. It becomes a win-win in that case, because the dead member can still post and the live members can be famous for establishing such a communication. So let's brainstorm some ways to communicate from beyond the grave, and agree to do it. I would propose the following ground rules. 1. We don't know what the limitations might be, so we'll need multiple options. What if you can't do telekenesis, or you can't write on the fog in mirrors? We need to come up with ways that will work regardless of the dead person's abilities to manipulate objects in the plane of the living. These don't have to Chiefsplanet specific, of course. Maybe it would involve Morse Code using the light on top of the Eiffel Tower, for example. 2. We need to come up with ideas that cannot be faked. Suggestions of posting in a game thread, for example, can easily be faked by a Chiefsplanet member, and as such, could never serve as irrefutable confirmation. 3. We need ideas where we can identify the person sending the message. If, for example, they can't actually communicate but can just send a signal of some sort, how will we know which Chiefsplanet member it is? 4. Ideally, of course, the ideas would involve ways to actively communicate, even if they're non-standard communications. Maybe it involves the direction that a salt shaker is facing, or the frequency with which a shadow falls across the piano player's face on Saturday Night Live. Whatever. The key is to agree beforehand so we aren't going into this blind. 5. The ideas need to be things that living Chiefsplanet members can check, and preferably where multiple Chiefsplanet members can independently check. Okay, put your thinking caps on. What do we have?
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10-28-2015, 09:50 PM	#2
Kman34 My Mamma Says Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Glass Cage Of Emotion Casino cash: $-1708214 VARSITY	I'm just wondering why user God doesn't have any friends...
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10-28-2015, 09:51 PM	#3
TimBone Mostly Ignored Join Date: Jul 2013 Casino cash: $8419985	God was a shit poster.
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kysirsoze SNAP THE ****ING BALL!!! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: KCMO Casino cash: $266946	Antifreeze seeping from the walls.
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10-28-2015, 09:53 PM	#6
Saccopoo Kindness in words... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Zion Casino cash: $10025483	Well, since the doc gave me 1 to 4 years left last month, I'll try my best to be the first dead CP'er to communicate with the living. I think I want to channel through Hootie.
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10-28-2015, 09:55 PM	#10
Kman34 My Mamma Says Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Glass Cage Of Emotion Casino cash: $-1708214 VARSITY	Hopefully nobody channels Clay...
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10-28-2015, 09:58 PM	#12
Kman34 My Mamma Says Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Glass Cage Of Emotion Casino cash: $-1708214 VARSITY	If I die tomorrow...watch Kate Upton... If her left boob gets squeezed.....its me
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10-28-2015, 10:07 PM	#15
Saccopoo Kindness in words... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Zion Casino cash: $10025483	Maybe I'll guest appearance through Clay, make him eat Ho-ho's and Cheetoh's and drink Mountain Dew for a month, get him fat as **** and take pics of him hogging after binge drinking with Salina bar skanks. You know Rain Man, this could be a solid after death hobby.
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