Would you rather be infamous or completely forgotten?

[hiphopanonymous]

Infamy is fame but for very bad reasons. Like a Hitler or Elliot Rodgers. If you had the choice of being forgotten completely vs being remembered - but infamously - which would you choose? Let's say in this hypothetical that you don't actually commit any wrong doing you just get falsely accused of it so you aren't in control of the narrative and have no real guilt. If you choose being completely forgotten any evidence that you ever existed will be erased.

[Shogon]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

[tpols]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

This. In a million years there won't be a single human to have ever existed that is remembered. And that's a blink of an eye compared to the existence of the universe. Time washes everything away.

[hiphopanonymous]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

So your answer is to be forgotten. There is a point to the hypothetical though as there is truth in the fact that infamy has staying power. Infamous people endure in history probably orders of magnitude longer than ordinary people and so again the option is infamy or being swiftly erased from all records and memories. No grave, no paper trail lets say your records just get lost and nobody remembers you or carries your memory on.

[Axe]

Both bill gates or elon musk could end up being one of the richest men in the world. But do toddlers know about that tho?

[Jasper]

I'd say every guy would like to pass on his genes , and therefore he would have a history of at least 100 years.
I am in a dog club , and because of this I feel I would be forgotten for at least 50-100 years...
Originally I was going to donate a farm to the club , but decided it would be in best interest to pass on to a family that is in the dog club and take care of the property.
I am hoping if not from generation to generation , it would be passed onto another dog club member.

[iamgine]

Either way makes no difference to me.

[HunterSThompson]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

what's your timeline cause humans remember polarizing people from thousands of years ago


if you mean when we become extinct then sure. but he will at least be talked about a 500 years from now

[FultzNationRISE]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

Not Lebron.

[SouBeachTalents]

It ultimately doesn't matter, even if you were remembered you're still dead. But to the thread question, why would I want to be remembered for doing something terrible?

[tpols]

It ultimately doesn't matter, even if you were remembered you're still dead. But to the thread question, why would I want to be remembered for doing something terrible?

He's basically asking how big is your ego.

Some people would rather be remembered for anything than nothing.

[ArbitraryWater]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

is there anything forgotten so far?

[BurningHammer]

is there anything forgotten so far?

Probably is gonna take centuries more. But yeah, soon enough.

[baudkarma]

I don't care. I'm dead. From my personal point of view, which is the only one that matters, the universe ceased to exist the moment I drew my last breath. What happens after that don't matter in the slightest.

[MrFonzworth]

Everyone will be completely forgotten. Even Hitler.

You will be remembered as a tall weird autistic incel freak