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[Salvor.Hardin]

I think he saw the angel of death in his final moments.

An Android phone?

 

[apana]

If he was appreciating his family I think it would have been something more along the lines of " OH WOW, I love you guys". Three OH WOWs in quick succession is something more along the lines " WOW, this is so suprising/amazing/beautiful". Anyways I'm not saying there is any one right interpretation, we'd have to ask the people who were there to get better details.

 

[NoRéN]

I think he saw the angel of death in his final moments.

Nah, man. It was a glimpse of a future where everything is powered by google.

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

An Android phone?

Just a matter of time, I suppose.

 

[EviLore]

Can every Steve Jobs Died thread please be about the perils of non-science-based medicine's mainstream acceptance?

 

[Burger]

I just finished reading this on NYT. Beautiful.

Now, lets see to what levels of scum this thread can degenerate to.

 

[Ketchup Boy]

Holy crap, this got to me.

 

[Wykesie]

Beautiful and so brilliantly written!

 

[Shaneus]

His last thoughts were of his World of Warcraft character that he was leaving behind.

 

[jett]

 

[noah111]

^

how did I not think of that.

 

[Jenga]

Can every Steve Jobs Died thread please be about the perils of non-science-based medicine's mainstream acceptance?

well i was gonna make a post asking why the sister never mentioned how bad of an idea it was for everyone around him to not tell him to quit being a fucking moron and get help early, but i thought it was distasteful

 

[jett]

well i was gonna make a post asking why the sister never mentioned how bad of an idea it was for everyone around him to not tell him to quit being a fucking moron and get help early, but i thought it was distasteful

According to the recent Jobs biography that's exactly what happened. Even his own "holistic doctor" was urging him to get surgery. For 9 months everyone tried to convince him.

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

You would've thought a writer would have more coherency.

Then again, it's a eulogy, so I guess even rambling random anecdotes are meaningful and touching.

I agree, I'm surprised an English professor wrote this

 

[Nuborn]

reading that just left me in tears. Such a beautiful eulogy

 

[scorcho]

Can every Steve Jobs Died thread please be about the perils of non-science-based medicine's mainstream acceptance?

why, if not for that how else could we deify him and absolve him of all human sin?

 

[krypt0nian]

Magical.

 

[victreeb3l]

that was an excellent read, thanks. steve jobs will be missed.

 

[Technosteve]

You believe in things inorder to change your thinking about what is really happening to you. It is sad he died in pain, that labored breathing most of been like watching the pendulum of a clock stop.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

why, if not for that how else could we deify him and absolve him of all human sin?

Zzzzz.

 

[Infinity]

What a beautifully written work; indeed, I am glad I took the time to read it - truly moving.

 

[threenote]

Jobs' final words reminded me of this scene from Lost:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjviHhtw_Dk&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLABAB4B764B80597B

 

[Coins]

I just read this on CNN.

I have a feeling that his final words will haunt my thoughts for the rest of my adult life.

"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow"

What did he see? Did he see an afterlife? A new invention that would have changed the world, again?

Ugh.

 

[The Culture Vulture]

I just read this on CNN.

I have a feeling that his final words will haunt my thoughts for the rest of my adult life.

"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow"

What did he see? Did he see an afterlife? A new invention that would have changed the world, again?

Ugh.

Maybe he just felt his brain slowly turning off.

 

[Coins]

Maybe he just felt his brain slowly turning off.

I dont think Id say wow in that situation.

 

[The Culture Vulture]

I dont think Id say wow in that situation.

Why? It doesn't sound like it was a painful death in that sense.

 

[big_z]

I dont think Id say wow in that situation.

maybe he was saying "Oh ow. Oh ow. Oh ow"

 

[Jimrpg]

he'd been scared of death for so long (as he said in his Stanford speech)

then he realises in those moments it was about time.... and he was at peace with everything, he was ready. hence oh wow. oh wow. oh wow. it was the transition between life and the afterlife that people wait a lifetime to get to.

 

[fabricated backlash]

We don't know why he said "OH WOW" do we?

He was dying... there is no sense in a dying mens words, only the meaning that the living want to put into the increasingly incoherent last few words to lessen the sadness.

But then again, who cares, if it helps people coping with the loss, let them speculate over what miraculous things he could've seen or meant.

With a person like Jobs who has been stylized to almost sainthood, every single word and gesture was over analyzed and attributed with meaning, so it's not really surprising to see why people would be interested in his last words, even when those weren't even words but more exclamations.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

I forget just how many people out there honestly believe in afterlives.

 

[Jenga]

I have a feeling that his final words will haunt my thoughts for the rest of my adult life.

lol

man if i ever become famous and will probably be deified after i die, my final words will be "oh fuck IM TRIPPIN BALLS"

 

[fabricated backlash]

lol

man if i ever become famous and will probably be deified after i die, my final words will be "oh fuck IM TRIPPIN BALLS"

lol and somewhere on a messageboard someone will put waaaay too much meaning into that as well^^

 

[HammerOfThor]

fixed.

 

[SouthernDragon]

why, if not for that how else could we deify him and absolve him of all human sin?

Who's doing that?

 

[freenudemacusers]

lol

man if i ever become famous and will probably be deified after i die, my final words will be "oh fuck IM TRIPPIN BALLS"

Mine will be "oh shit JESUS why are you giving SATAN a blowjob" just to fuck with people.

 

[dave is ok]

Oh, wow

 

[Snkfanatic]

Great read, thanks for posting it

 

[Deadstar]

The looking over the shoulder is very interesting. I wonder what he saw. Maybe angels listen to ipods?

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

The looking over the shoulder is very interesting. I wonder what he saw. Maybe angels listen to ipods?

Do you really believe in angels?

 

[dave is ok]

lol

man if i ever become famous and will probably be deified after i die, my final words will be "oh fuck IM TRIPPIN BALLS"

My final words

 

[v0yce]

Do you really believe in angels?

ZZzzZZzz

 

[MrHicks]

Do you really believe in angels?

thats not an honest question
you know quite a few gaffers do

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

ZZzzZZzz

Adults totally buying into the existence of fairies is way more fun to talk about than "lol Apple fans."

 

[Lanbeast]

What was really happening during his last words:

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

I just read this on CNN.

I have a feeling that his final words will haunt my thoughts for the rest of my adult life.

"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow"

What did he see? Did he see an afterlife? A new invention that would have changed the world, again?

Ugh.

 

[polyh3dron]

holy shit. or should i say oh wow. that was quite a moving, well written piece.

edit: yep, jett already did the tin tin thing.

that is all.

 

[Deadstar]

Do you really believe in angels?

I believe in Carl Sagan.

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

That was really, really amazing. I had no idea about his childhood or his sister.

how did he not know Rothko?

Because most people don't know Rothko.

 

[lunarworks]

I think Jobs was genuinely excited to finally get to find out the answer to the ultimate question: What comes next?

 

[LiveFromKyoto]

Oh wow.

I forget just how many people out there honestly believe in afterlives.

Do you really believe in angels?

Adults totally buying into the existence of fairies is way more fun to talk about than "lol Apple fans."

Oh good. I think we were all worried the classless atheist jackass contingent wouldn't show up to piss their bitterness and projected insecurity all over a eulogy thread.

Grow up.