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I’ve read and reread this comment and I still don’t understand what you are suggesting.

owlglass 4y ago
I think he doesn't want the people who eventually find him to have to deal with a decayed corpse, so they'll hop into a top-loaded freezer when they feel death is near to save them the hassle.
- starkd 4y ago
  So many flaws in this plan. It's hard to know when is the "right time" for such a move.
  - scotty79 4y ago
    I agree that it's geared more towards voluntary departure. So it's not a fix-all for the entirety of the problem mentioned in the article but some of the deaths the article talks about are suicides. Given that we are talking about middle aged lonely men I'd guess it might be a significant part.
cornstalks 4y ago
They plan on taking their “long nap” in a chest freezer, with electrical bills prepaid so the freezer (hopefully) doesn’t lose power before someone finds their frozen body.
- Mistletoe 4y ago
  But like how would one know they are going to die and crawl in? That sounds impossible and/or extremely painful. You could die 20 years ahead of time this way. A better solution seems to be something like a Fitbit or Apple Watch with a dead man’s switch feature that calls in every day. But honestly this all seems like an absurd thing to worry about.
  - Waterluvian 4y ago
    I’ve just prepaid the Neptune Society to dump me in the ocean for $80.
  - rightbyte 4y ago
    > But like how would one know they are going to die and crawl in? It does not seem like a very practical idea, no. A practical non-social solution would be like triggering a timer when the door is locked from the inside. If it is not re-triggered in three days the timer sounds a fire alarm, or something.
  - lordnacho 4y ago
    Hook up an apple watch or similar device to you while you live in the freezer that isn't turned on. Perhaps you just sleep in it. API call triggers if you die and it turns on, sends money to your utility provider from your bank.
    - belltaco 4y ago
      At that point why not make an automated call or text to the local police for wellness checks or to 911?
    - Mistletoe 4y ago
      Oh I definitely do not trust technology enough for that. Blue screen of death comes to mind. :) Sometimes I wonder if the whole generation that experienced how bad Windows could be has a healthy dose of skepticism for technology. Younger people that have had phones that are much more reliable (and locked down) seem to be the ones I can imagine sleeping in a Tesla with the FSD on.
    - scotty79 4y ago
      Or just put a freezer on a timer so it kicks in automatically if you don't periodically bump up the timer. But the ventilation required to live in it would mess up energy efficiency and cutting out the air on timer seems a bit risky.
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I think he doesn't want the people who eventually find him to have to deal with a decayed corpse, so they'll hop into a top-loaded freezer when they feel death is near to save them the hassle.

starkd 4y ago
So many flaws in this plan. It's hard to know when is the "right time" for such a move.
- scotty79 4y ago
  I agree that it's geared more towards voluntary departure. So it's not a fix-all for the entirety of the problem mentioned in the article but some of the deaths the article talks about are suicides. Given that we are talking about middle aged lonely men I'd guess it might be a significant part.

cornstalks 4y ago

They plan on taking their “long nap” in a chest freezer, with electrical bills prepaid so the freezer (hopefully) doesn’t lose power before someone finds their frozen body.

Mistletoe 4y ago
But like how would one know they are going to die and crawl in? That sounds impossible and/or extremely painful. You could die 20 years ahead of time this way. A better solution seems to be something like a Fitbit or Apple Watch with a dead man’s switch feature that calls in every day. But honestly this all seems like an absurd thing to worry about.
- Waterluvian 4y ago
  I’ve just prepaid the Neptune Society to dump me in the ocean for $80.
- rightbyte 4y ago
  > But like how would one know they are going to die and crawl in? It does not seem like a very practical idea, no. A practical non-social solution would be like triggering a timer when the door is locked from the inside. If it is not re-triggered in three days the timer sounds a fire alarm, or something.
- lordnacho 4y ago
  Hook up an apple watch or similar device to you while you live in the freezer that isn't turned on. Perhaps you just sleep in it. API call triggers if you die and it turns on, sends money to your utility provider from your bank.
  - belltaco 4y ago
    At that point why not make an automated call or text to the local police for wellness checks or to 911?
  - Mistletoe 4y ago
    Oh I definitely do not trust technology enough for that. Blue screen of death comes to mind. :) Sometimes I wonder if the whole generation that experienced how bad Windows could be has a healthy dose of skepticism for technology. Younger people that have had phones that are much more reliable (and locked down) seem to be the ones I can imagine sleeping in a Tesla with the FSD on.
  - scotty79 4y ago
    Or just put a freezer on a timer so it kicks in automatically if you don't periodically bump up the timer. But the ventilation required to live in it would mess up energy efficiency and cutting out the air on timer seems a bit risky.
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