Man wakes after 19 years in coma

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-10 12:58am

wait till he sees himself in the mirror..

"FUCK! Now I'll NEVER get laid again! DAMNIT!! Oh well. Let's see this internet thingamajigger here.."

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-10 12:59am

HemlockGrey wrote:"You think it's 1984, but in reality, it's 2003, and machines rule the world..."

It's truuuue T_T ::head melting into monitor:: *croaks out* help meeee..

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-07-10 01:50am

Sounds like something out of a SF novel.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2003-07-10 02:10am

3rd Impact wrote:Sounds like something out of a SF novel.

The Dead Zone maybe?

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-07-10 03:54am

Thats just amazing.

But this guy is going to need a lot of help readjusting. For him, one day his wife is pregnant, the next day he has a 19 year old daughter.

I cant even imagine what that would be like.

I wish him the best.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-07-10 04:01am

fgalkin wrote:
LT.Hit-Man wrote:Hehehe I wish I had been working there when he woke up you know what I'd do I'd say " Good moring commrad welcome to the United Soivet States of Ameraca. "

Now that would be funny.
No, it's United Socialist States of America, you fool!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin[/i]

Wouldn't it be United Soviet Socialist States of America?

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-07-10 04:02am

Gandalf wrote:Wouldn't it be United Soviet Socialist States of America?

It'd be Gnomania, silly infidels.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-07-10 04:22am

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Wouldn't it be United Soviet Socialist States of America?
It'd be Gnomania, silly infidels.

I think not.

I killed you once, I'll do it again.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-07-10 07:21am

I'd love to do a demolition man and see the future! Gimmie a ray gun!

Post by **Edi** » 2003-07-10 08:24am

The question that news raised for me was, has the guy become trapped in time? Meaning, there have been cases where damage to some parts of the brain that house long term memory results in people being trapped in a single point in their lives, they remember everything up to that point, but they can no longer gain permanent memories, and they won't recognize themselves in the mirror ten years later because they think they're still living at date X. The way the article said he was still in 1984 made me wonder if this is the case.

Of course, it'd take some serious adjusting to get used to the idea that suddenly it's 19 years later, but that's doable if there is no long term memory damage.

Edi

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-10 12:11pm

I was just thinking about what this guy is waking up to, and it occured to me.. he gets to explore 20 years of nwe things and have all the fun of a bajillion movies, games, books, tv shows, and such in a blink of his eyes (even if he did miss 20 years of life).

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-07-10 12:24pm

Edi wrote:The question that news raised for me was, has the guy become trapped in time? Meaning, there have been cases where damage to some parts of the brain that house long term memory results in people being trapped in a single point in their lives, they remember everything up to that point, but they can no longer gain permanent memories, and they won't recognize themselves in the mirror ten years later because they think they're still living at date X. The way the article said he was still in 1984 made me wonder if this is the case.

Of course, it'd take some serious adjusting to get used to the idea that suddenly it's 19 years later, but that's doable if there is no long term memory damage.

Edi

Like Sammy, did I ever tell you about Sammy?

A cookie to those that get that movie reference.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2003-07-10 12:53pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Edi wrote:The question that news raised for me was, has the guy become trapped in time? Meaning, there have been cases where damage to some parts of the brain that house long term memory results in people being trapped in a single point in their lives, they remember everything up to that point, but they can no longer gain permanent memories, and they won't recognize themselves in the mirror ten years later because they think they're still living at date X. The way the article said he was still in 1984 made me wonder if this is the case.

Of course, it'd take some serious adjusting to get used to the idea that suddenly it's 19 years later, but that's doable if there is no long term memory damage.

Edi
Like Sammy, did I ever tell you about Sammy?

A cookie to those that get that movie reference.

Usual Suspects?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-07-10 12:57pm

justifier wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Edi wrote:The question that news raised for me was, has the guy become trapped in time? Meaning, there have been cases where damage to some parts of the brain that house long term memory results in people being trapped in a single point in their lives, they remember everything up to that point, but they can no longer gain permanent memories, and they won't recognize themselves in the mirror ten years later because they think they're still living at date X. The way the article said he was still in 1984 made me wonder if this is the case.

Of course, it'd take some serious adjusting to get used to the idea that suddenly it's 19 years later, but that's doable if there is no long term memory damage.

Edi
Like Sammy, did I ever tell you about Sammy?

A cookie to those that get that movie reference.
Usual Suspects?

Sort of close, it's another ground breaking movie but has that mental problem. It has Guy Pearce...

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-07-10 01:58pm

justifier wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:Sounds like something out of a SF novel.
The Dead Zone maybe?

I was thinking that too. Guess we'll have to see if he gets visions when he touches people. And if Stephen King makes a trip out to see him. Poor guy. Stephen King is scary.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-07-11 03:04am

Edi wrote:The question that news raised for me was, has the guy become trapped in time? Meaning, there have been cases where damage to some parts of the brain that house long term memory results in people being trapped in a single point in their lives, they remember everything up to that point, but they can no longer gain permanent memories, and they won't recognize themselves in the mirror ten years later because they think they're still living at date X. The way the article said he was still in 1984 made me wonder if this is the case.

Of course, it'd take some serious adjusting to get used to the idea that suddenly it's 19 years later, but that's doable if there is no long term memory damage.

Edi

I suspect they're just easing him through the recovery process. I mean--Damn, Chernenko was the General Secretary of the USSR when he went into that coma. Those were still the Bad Old Days.

Post by **Edi** » 2003-07-11 05:49am

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:I suspect they're just easing him through the recovery process. I mean--Damn, Chernenko was the General Secretary of the USSR when he went into that coma. Those were still the Bad Old Days.

Probably, but the way it was worded reminded me of that other guy.

Edi

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-07-11 02:05pm

You people all buy the cover story too easily.

He clearly worked for the MiB, and they just neuralised him for the past 19 years. You just watch, in a few years, they'll rerecruit him and make a sequel.