Has it occurred to you guys that in coming generations it will be common to research one's ancestors by digging into their internet histories? Forums, facebook, youtube comments, reddit accounts, blogs, etc etc.

How interesting it will be to look up your great grandfather's comment history on Reddit and get an insight into his life and times. Of course, it'll also be quite sobering to realise that one's distinguished forefathers commented in broken English on the relative merits of different Saturday morning cartoons, occasionally alluding not-so-subtly to what they would like to do with this or that young hottie.

It makes me want to be a bit more careful about the quality of my internet correspondence!

Having thought about this, I think I shall document all my internet personas somewhere so that after I'm dead and can no longer be humiliated they can be passed on to my curious descendants.

No one's going to be reading this *spoon*.

I sense existential angst. I wouldn't worry though, your posts are like spun gold.

There's a possibility that in the distant future, we are all revered scholars and thinkers from a Golden Age of thought and discussion. Streets, cities, schools and people will be named after us. In some broken future where only remnants of the internet age will be found, The Water Cooler data will be unearthed and some of us will become immortal.

"Hey Flitt, what are you doing tonight?" Well, I'm going over to Weenas to do a little Black Handing, if you know what I mean."

Your name is forever writ across infinite data banks of ancient threads from the forgotten age of the internet.

No, I didn't understand that post either.