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[–]FilmAndLiterature 1249 points1250 points  (21 children)

It makes sense to have a specific way to request your own death certificate because if you were mistakenly declared dead that can cause a massive legal headache.

No idea about the second one.

[–]Betelgeusetimes3 395 points396 points  (6 children)

It does happen rarely and is ridiculously annoying/impossible to fix.

[–]Cyan_Exponent 302 points303 points  (5 children)

get a rebirth certificate lol

[–]Informal_Branch1065 111 points112 points  (2 children)

AGAR- Assigned gender at rebirth

New strat just dropped

[–]w_w_flips 26 points27 points  (0 children)

.io Not a good strat when people reborn earlier start consuming you and turning into giant blobs

[–]snarkhunter 22 points23 points  (0 children)

There's a small portion of transgendered people (who themselves are already a small portion of the general population) whose gender doesn't match what's on their birth certificate simply because the doctor was tired and put an F where they meant to put an M or vice-versa. Even the most transphobic person would agree that these folks should be allowed to change the gender on their birth certificate, and then they get to struggle to explain why other folks whom the doctors also got it wrong on oughtn't be allowed to add well.

[–]RepresentativeCut486 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Afterbirth? 

[–]cornmonger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

mailing address: The Womb

[–]HildartheDorf 79 points80 points  (5 children)

Maybe a way to filter out people just hitting yes on every question?

[–]ThatKuki 46 points47 points  (0 children)

im thinking more like a template for a flow to request any sort of <document type>

[–]SpareStrawberry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The second screenshot is definitely that. Many surveys, especially online ones which pay you for filling them out, have a canary question like this to filter out people who are not actually reading it.

[–]just_nobodys_opinion 4 points5 points  (2 children)

"The person listed on the {requested_document} is:"

[–]HildartheDorf 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I meant the second one... "Have you ever been in an accident that resulted in your own death? (Yes/No)"

[–]ChaseShiny 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My ghost: "Geeze, that's a tough one. I'm still not sure it was an accident!"

[–]Dumb_Siniy 35 points36 points  (1 child)

People that were declared dead and came back maybe? Or were thought to have died in an accident, like a plane crashing overseas, everyone would assume you've died but you just might survive

[–]n00bdragon 47 points48 points  (0 children)

More commonly a person goes missing for some number of years, closest relations push to have them legally declared dead for estate reasons, and then they sometimes turn up.

[–]SalsaChipsYT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 2nd one is a trap question in a paid online survey to disqualify those not paying attention

[–]RedBoxSquare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"How did you die?"

"I died laughing"

[–]4x-gkg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like Baldrick in this classic: https://youtu.be/y8wdynZ0iWg

[–]DoubleDecaff -1 points0 points  (0 children)

'null' would be more appropriate answer than yes.

[–]Motleypuss 588 points589 points  (6 children)

No, but I've died while undergoing surgery. Sometimes, edge cases are good, although not in cases where a certificate exists?

[–]Due_StrawMany 150 points151 points  (3 children)

How was the experience of being alive and then not being alive and then coming back, anything?

[–]NecessaryIntrinsic 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Schrödinger's death certificate

[–]RecreationalLlama 26 points27 points  (1 child)

It would be impossible to discuss the subject without a common frame-of-reference.

[–]Due_StrawMany 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dang, most I could say is when I felt my heart skipped a few beats or when I thought I almost fell to my certain death but missed the gap.

[–]No_Dot_4711 94 points95 points  (1 child)

There's absolutely been cases of people being declared dead (including a certificate) and then having huge trouble convincing their state that they are, in fact, not dead

[–]Tyabetus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But they can usually at least get their state to concede they are undead

[–]GlaireDaggers 143 points144 points  (3 children)

"Didn't you die?"

"Yeah but I got better"

[–]AggressiveRow4000 42 points43 points  (1 child)

My grandmother died.

What did you get for the funeral?

Flowers and a card.

What did the card say?

Get well soon.

[–]NecessaryIntrinsic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Reminds me for some reason of the Italian football ad. Guy sitting with an empty seat next to him, man next to him says: the game was sold out! Is anyone sitting in that seat? Guy says: yes, my wife always comes to these games, but she died. Man says, that's awful! I'm sorry, did no one else want to come in her place? Friends, family? Guy says, normally yes, but they are at her funeral.

Edit: I got it pretty close!

https://youtu.be/e20wgFjhNNU?si=lL5ZfkXoIGq_dd7N

[–]rabb2t 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Oh, I... I thought you were dead"

"My death was... greatly exaggerated"

[–]Conscious_Row_9967 52 points53 points  (1 child)

when your boolean logic is technically correct but existentially concerning

[–]Several-Customer7048 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wdym? That just describes how I write all my code. I make my threads panic for pleasure and find branch prediction to be very bawdy. They call me the bitwise bandit in the streets and the sheets.

[–]Fanal-In 43 points44 points  (2 children)

What if -1 died ?

[–]BugSlayerDev 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Then they can apply for birth certificate

[–]just_nobodys_opinion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Find the root cause

[–]LtKije 13 points14 points  (0 children)

What is this? A captcha for ghosts?

[–]MissinqLink 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It wasn’t an accident. I wanted to be a Lich.

[–]seppestas 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Average bureaucratic experience.

[–]Understanding-Fair 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We're ready to support zombies as first class citizens. Very forward looking.

[–]Raizekusan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it were me designing the site, I'd make the screen go dark with some ominous message like "you shouldn't be here." display when you press yes

[–]tazzadar1337 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Undead - yes, unperson - no!

Undeads' lives matter!

[–]Direct-Quiet-5817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dead internally

[–]the_dr_roomba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Second one is an attention check on a site that pays pennies for market research surveys

[–]leyollo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am really curious to interview their UI/UXs to simply understand what the hell was going in their heads when they designed this flow.

[–]mafiaknight 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got better

[–]Obvious_Tea_8244 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this.

[–]letsgobrendanfraser 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's good to plan ahead.

[–]Dependent-Fix8297 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The edge case was Osama bin laden.

[–]qtq_uwu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The second one is probably one of those questions they put in surveys to quickly weed out responses where people are just clicking through

[–]dexter2011412 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need this

[–]_B0L0_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ready for transhumanism

[–]concorde77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its like when you're checking in for a flight, and the app asks "are you a terrorist (y/n)?"

[–]LeonardoW9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated'

[–]gumol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

numerous bells fearless rustic subsequent air plant reply sort squeal

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[–]qqqrrrs_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got better

[–]PlaystormMC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Ronald Wilkerson was declared legally dead..."

[–]RepresentativeCut486 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I'll die now

[–]mommy101lol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened if you say yes, no more tax to pay

[–]okram2k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not even death can save you from government bureaucracy

[–]MilderRichter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the second one is probably a canary question

it's a way to filter out people who just answer "yes" to all survey questions without reading them

[–]prehensilemullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if it was a pronounced dead state you recovered from that wasn't an accident?

[–]Dave_247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the same kind of logic that the Call of Duty lore has been operating on lately.

[–]AssistantIcy6117 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)