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[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not to be morbid, but I found out a friend/former co-worker of mine passed away via Steam. He had been offline for a super long time and one day I saw his account pop up as in game. I decided to say hi, only to find out it was his son. The son told me that my friend has passed about a year prior and he had taken over his father's account.

It was such a shock I had to sit and contemplate it for a while. I still don't quite believe it to this day.

[–] UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Creepy's shit ever was a friend's wife logged on to his PC about a week after the funeral to play a game.

[–] keenkoon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This always hits hard. I remember when I lost my first online friend.

Stay well.

[–] thenicnet@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks. It's just weird. I have tons of old friends on Steam that have been offline for years.... I have no idea what happened to them or what's going on in their lives... But this one guy I know for sure and it just hits hard. Part of me wishes I didn't know.

[–] Hubi@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude has been offline for longer than I've had my account

It’s roughly 16 years 9 months, for those too lazy to do the math.

[–] Rentlar 6 points 1 year ago

This guy was last online before some current Steam users were born...

[–] Petrichor3345@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Is this a real screenshot? I have a friend that has been offline for 12 years, and it is listed in steam as '12 years', not in days.

[–] ShinetheMoment@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

These type of posts always hit me in the feels. One day he logged off and never made it back.

[–] zShxck@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I see what he did ther hehehe

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, that's almost my exact username from decades ago.