Bradcore Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 A WEST NYACK, N.Y. MAN was found dead at his computer apparently the victim of trying to keep up with too many professional forums. Childress H. Wanamaker, 54, an account executive at a New York-based new media company, died of starvation according to the West Nyack coroner's office. Wanamaker's emaciated body was found by Loraine, his wife of 26 years, who told MediaPost she had been bringing her husband meals on plastic trays for weeks, but that he never took the time to eat them. "He was glued to his computer 24/7," she said tearfully. "He was so afraid he was going to miss an opportunity to contribute a comment or start a discussion, that he just stopped eating." She added that Wanamaker's last words were "OK Picard, stick that in your pipe and smoke it..." Computer forensic specialists from SUNY at Cortland discovered that Wanamaker was subscribed to 48 different forums and networking communities including one apparently having to do with the elderly called "oldtimers" and another apparently limited to just 100 people. They also found that he posted a comment into one forum or another on an average of two per minute every hour of the day for the past seven weeks. "He felt under terrible pressure to be part of the online community," said his son, Lucian, who says he tried several times to get his father's attention and lure him away from the computer. "The only time he even looked up was when I told him I had seen Dane Madsen trying to steal his car out of the driveway." Police found what appeared to be an organization chart taped to the wall of Wanamaker's den with lines linking small photos of people unknown to the police including a Tom Hespos and an Adam Boettiger. Neither is considered a suspect in Wanamaker's death. "Once, I thought I had him," said Lucian Wanamaker, "when I said that mom had made cookies, but half out of his chair, he just sat back down mumbling something about two Roman gods; I believe it was Jupiter and Atlas having some sort of titanic battle. 'Let them eat PIE,' he bellowed banging on his keyboard." Computer forensic specialists reported that there was no order or continuity to Wanamaker's forum postings. "It looks like he just sort of randomly commented on whatever was in the discussion string at the time," said Stephen Hall, CUNY-Cortland adjunct professor of intemperate and impulsive behavior. "He let nothing go by unchallenged by his own point of view, nor failed to respond to any other community member asking for advice or a new job. This consumed not only 24 hours a day, but also, apparently, his physical health." In what must be a record, Wanamaker was linked into to over 15,250 other community members, many of whom he exchanged notes with daily. He also contributed to 375 blogs and was expected to start an online column about the impact of interactive communications on health, when he died. A virtual memorial service will be held online at a date to be determined. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying_Mollusk Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 tonyi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 IGN is going to have to do something with those Vesti boards. They'll drive anyone to near death! :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradcore Posted May 10, 2005 Author Share Posted May 10, 2005 IGN is going to have to do something with those Vesti boards. They'll drive anyone to near death! :lol 768633[/snapback] :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 People that dumb are best to not be among us anyways, what a dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Man Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I doubt thats real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 I doubt thats real. 768654[/snapback] Why not? These are the same kind of people that starve themselves because they can't pull away from video games or such, so why isn't it possible for a message board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fritz Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 The Vesti is a helluva drug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FishFanInPA Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 This is definately fake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accord Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 She added that Wanamaker's last words were "OK Picard, stick that in your pipe and smoke it..." :blink: Definitely fake :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 CapeFish...take note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Most definitley this is a fake but it should be a wakeup call to many of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarlinFan10 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Most definitley this is a fake but it should be a wakeup call to many of us. 768998[/snapback] that we should eat more food? :mischief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureGM Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Sounds pretty fake to me, but still funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miami15 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Most definitley this is a fake but it should be a wakeup call to many of us. 768998[/snapback] that we should eat more food? :mischief 769067[/snapback] Yeah, basically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyofCangelosi Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this subject, but what is vesti? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this subject, but what is vesti? 771001[/snapback] IGN boards Im pretty sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
305Marlins305 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 is this freaking real? that guy must be CRAZY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradcore Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this subject, but what is vesti? 771001[/snapback] Urbandictionary.com defines Vestibule as The source of all ignorance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishFan24 Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this subject, but what is vesti? 771001[/snapback] Urbandictionary.com defines Vestibule as The source of all ignorance. 771177[/snapback] That sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggy Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 She added that Wanamaker's last words were "OK Picard, stick that in your pipe and smoke it..." :blink: Definitely fake :lol 768771[/snapback] :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moneyball Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Lets say for a minute this is real. It would explain why tonyi/GetFuzzy/ToadLicker hasn't been on the site for a few weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted May 14, 2005 Share Posted May 14, 2005 virtual memorial service will be held online at a date to be determined. Admin- Can you be sued if one of us dies from starvation? Or- can we all profit from the MarlinsBaseball.com diet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlins Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I highly doubt a message board could be better than this one. Nobody has died from this message board because of addiction, and were all addicted, so I don't believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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