MySpace for the living dead

[Fish Sauce]

Opened a Reader's Digest magazine today and saw a very strange thing -

"A social-networking website has been launched for Americans over 50 - complete with an obituary database that sends out alerts when someone you may know dies. There are also discussion boards on eons.com about love, money and health, online games to build brain strength, tributes to personalities such as Don Adams (the guy from Get Smart) - and tips on how to live longer."

Well I'll be. What will they think of next?

Can't wait till I'm over 50 and they start making up games to build my "brain strength".

[Stellar]

Hey, old people need something to do, to. Seems like a good way to get some practice on the computer.

[TheTen-EyedMan]

Alan Alda says "YOU GHOULS!!!!"

[Stellar]

To which George Burns shakes his mystic cane and M*A*S*H*es some sense into Alda.

[Clint Barton]

Opened a Reader's Digest magazine today and saw a very strange thing -

"A social-networking website has been launched for Americans over 50 - complete with an obituary database that sends out alerts when someone you may know dies. There are also discussion boards on eons.com about love, money and health, online games to build brain strength, tributes to personalities such as Don Adams (the guy from Get Smart) - and tips on how to live longer."

Well I'll be. What will they think of next?

Can't wait till I'm over 50 and they start making up games to build my "brain strength".

What's so weird about this?

[Stellar]

The obituary part is kind of weird

[Tobias March]

My work are setting up a mailing list for retirees. We've requested they send in a postcard with their current address if they're interested.

Big mistake was they put my number on the letter that was sent to the retired staff. All day, every day, I'm getting calls from doddery old men. I appreciate how lonely they are, but my god they're dull.

[Stellar]

Man, am i glad i'm not in your shoes.

[Clint Barton]

I'm approaching middle age (44) I suppose...by someone's definition anyway.

I was also the class president of my high school and therefore responsible for organizing our 25 year reunion.

It's amazing (to me at least) that many of our classmates were deceased and no one knew about it (within my pretty large and diverse circle of contacts who were classmates). Weird as it may seem, it would have been great to know when these people died in case one wanted to send a card, attend a funeral, whatever.....

While I wouldn't particularly want to do any MySpace stuff for reasons of safety mainly........I can understand where it would be helpful and why people would want to know obits and such.....Hell, I'm old.:(