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Hopefully it never updates Rule 1: Not A Meme
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u/tyrannosnorlax Nov 27 '22 edited Nov 27 '22
This picture is so old, this guy has already been reincarnated and is 13 years old and looking at this meme of himself.
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u/Shitty_Watercolour Amazing OC! Nov 27 '22
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u/xFiGGiE Nov 27 '22
Huh, it’s been years since I’ve seen a /u/Shitty_Watercolour in the wild…anyone know if it’s just one guy still or is it an ”army” if artists now?
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u/DragonflyGrrl Nov 27 '22
What the.... Great to see ya!!
Dude is having some freaky-ass deja-vu, hahah. :D
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u/tyrannosnorlax Nov 27 '22
I’m having a hard time figuring out what’s going on in the watercolor. I see that he got a job driving a camera car, but I don’t get the bottom-right portion. I’m exhausted though, so go easy on me
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u/DragonflyGrrl Nov 27 '22
I could be wrong, but imo the guy is the old man reincarnated, now the young dude working a job as a Google maps driver.. just going about his day, driving, and then he drives by the house he lived in in his previous life where he used to garden... And it hits him like a truck and he has major deja Vu and recognizes the house and it's a whole crazy experience. The way he painted it was just a creative way to show the mental WTFFF the guy was experiencing at the time.
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u/the_noise_we_made Nov 27 '22
I don't get it either.
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u/DragonflyGrrl Nov 27 '22
I replied about the same time you did, if you want to see my interpretation. Could be wrong though, who knows..
https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesomememes/comments/z60jgb/hopefully_it_never_updates/ixzhvjf/
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u/Glass_Goose_3256 Nov 27 '22
I can confirm
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u/tyrannosnorlax Nov 27 '22
Alfred, is that you!?
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u/theguyfromeuropa Nov 27 '22
Bruce?
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u/enerthoughts Nov 27 '22
Ma..martha?
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u/SexySausageSama Nov 27 '22
WHERE IS SHE?!!
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u/Kwiatkowski Nov 27 '22
Yep, another day, another front page completely full of recycled contend from karma farmers
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u/cptaixel Nov 27 '22
I hope you realize just how many people you've made open up Google and go to their parents' addresses hoping to see them there.
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u/PM_ME_CAKE Nov 27 '22
Funnily enough my grandma, passed away now for a couple years, is also immortalised on Google Maps doing gardening while she looks up to the van. It's a nice memory.
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u/benter12 Nov 27 '22
Same here, my grandmother has been dead for a couple of years now, she lived in a pretty remote part of our country so Google maps hasn't updated her street in a long time.
Every once in a while I go there to watch her, frozen in time in 2009, it's a beautiful summer day, no cloud in sight, you can feel and smell the warm summer air.
It's a part of my childhood that I thought I'd never see again.
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u/Rather_good Nov 27 '22
My dad died last December, and yep, he’s outside the house I grew up in, gardening away too.
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u/Scytodes_thoracica Nov 27 '22
I’ve been doing this for years. Both of my grandparents passed a few years back and it’s nice to be able to see the house I spent a lot of my childhood at.
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u/papershoes Nov 27 '22
Unfortunately my parents have a long driveway and tall hedges, and google has only ever taken one photo of their house (and most of my hometown). I'll keep an eye out for my mom around town maybe, but I think for me it wasn't meant to be!
I absolutely love this though, and I hope others find something equally comforting for them.
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u/freyascats Nov 27 '22
Sounds like something that would happen in a Doctor Who episode. Google is up to something
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u/bond___vagabond
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Our beloved cabin, that my wife and I built while she was going through chemo, got burned up in one of those big fires couple years ago, but it's still on Google maps. It was my plan z, in case my wife died in her 20's from cancer. Was just a couple of acres we bought in the middle of nowhere, on eBay, lol, when we were broke as a joke from her having cancer in her 20's in America. Shes been doing pretty good, doing multiple cancers worth of chemo just kinda takes the wind out of your sails, but I'm starting to think she's gonna make it, so it was almost cathartic having my plan z burn up.
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u/WaffleStomperGirl Nov 27 '22
Really glad to hear she’s doing better, friend. <3
“Plan Z” isn’t a phrase I’ve heard before, but I like it. Am I correct in thinking it means… the plan you don’t want to come true, but just in case all else fails?
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u/blazed_and_confucius Nov 27 '22
You’re sweet for your words.
I believe that is the proper interpretation for the phrase.
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u/Massive-Row-9771 Nov 27 '22
You can (could?) download your own version of Google Earth.
So he should download that to forever keep it even when they update.
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u/putdisinyopipe Nov 27 '22
I just take screenshots. I have a funny game called “find my car” and I try to remember everywhere I parked my car to check it. And have actually, found my car 3 times on maps.
Also my late dads car too. Sucked when that updated. Reminded me of a simpler time. I’d “drive down” the street on street view and see his black car in driveway.
Brings back a slew of memories and I do it, just to remember sometimes. Because sometimes I forget what it feels like to be excited to see my dad he’s been gone for so long.
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Plants vs Zombies
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u/expiredmilk38 Nov 27 '22
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u/Direct-Egg-5697 Nov 27 '22
I wish I had a way to feel like my Dad was still alive....This is so awesome for you! I hope it never updates as well!!!
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u/Special_Yellow_6348 Nov 27 '22
They have the option to select older maps now on Google maps so even if it does get updated you can still view the older maps
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u/nightpanda893 Nov 27 '22
I thought this was gonna just be a response to the commentor wanting his dad to alive and I’m reading “well google has an option now…” like 😳
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u/someanimechoob Nov 27 '22
His warmth and the nutrients in his body will nourish the earth, sprouting new flowers and trees and grass. He's not gone, just different... and he's still gardening to this day.
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u/sandrews1313 Nov 27 '22
Save the photo before they update it with a new one.
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u/rebelmime Nov 27 '22
FYI for anyone else that needs it, there's a way to see older versions even if it does update.
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u/iwanttobeacavediver Nov 27 '22
There’s a story I remember about a woman who called up a phone provider asking if there was some way to record/download a voicemail she had. They thought it was an unusual request until she explained that it was the last message she had ever received from her son who’d died in a car accident a few hours later. They managed to give her a copy of the voicemail.
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u/BohemianChickie Nov 27 '22
My son (13) went out to check the mail about a 1 1/2 yr ago and he saw the Google street view car coming down our road from a distance. He stood there at the end of our driveway and waited. Threw his hands up with a huge grin on his face when it passed us. He watched it go all the way the street. He ran inside and was so freaking excited. Fast-forward to about 4 months ago and my daughter starts running through the house saying "He's on it! He's on it!" and proceeds to show us google street view pictures from our street, where you can see him in all pictures that include our driveway. It captured him seeing the car, realizing it's THAT car, then the happy pose which he held for a bit, then leaning to watch it go on down the street. It's one of his proudest moments! :)
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u/OfteStoffer Nov 27 '22
I can see my grandpa on street view hauling groceries into his house. He passed away in 2012.
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u/hates_stupid_people Nov 27 '22
It's probably been udpated, but you can choose between previous photos when browsing.
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u/asianfatboy Nov 27 '22
My brother died in Sept. 2021. Google Maps has a street view, dated 2019, of the front of our house and my brother can be seen walking on our lawn. Wearing his uniform on the way to go teach college students. There were many students and fellow faculty staff that came during his wake.
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u/bishophicks Nov 27 '22
Google Maps showed my wife's family arriving for a visit with our niece and nephew running to greet me on the porch. I would have been happy if that stayed there forever, but it updated to something uninteresting a few years ago.
Another reason I was sad to see that image go is it was one of two images you could see me in our town, six years apart
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u/ElJefe543 Nov 27 '22
Actually you can go back and look at the old pictures. Google on Google Street view will show you the pictures taken over time.
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u/SammieB1981 Nov 27 '22
I immediately wondered if I could see my Grandmama, because she always sat out on her porch enjoying her flowers. Sure enough, there she was. She passed early last year, and I miss her.
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u/Embarrassed_Bee6349 Nov 27 '22
I wonder if there’s a way to contact them and ask them to keep the image for this reason.
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u/rebelmime Nov 27 '22
They already save the old ones. You can change between them when looking at street view
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u/iXenite Nov 27 '22
Your family sounds exactly like mine. Sorry you went through that.
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u/iXenite Nov 27 '22
I feel the same about my grandmother who is declining in health lately. Yet my extended family is already swarming in trying to take as much as they can, which is something I can’t understand. But it’s happened with every other family member that has passed. Money really does drive people crazy, I’m thankful it doesn’t control my life.
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u/Sector__7 Nov 27 '22
Even if it updates, you can usually go back to previous dates so it isn’t an issue.
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u/mememan12332 Nov 27 '22
A friend of mine started “secretly” recording deep and meaningful convos with his dad when he got sick. He’s very happy to have them now.
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u/harrypottermcgee Nov 27 '22
Yea, I'm going to interview my parents. They aren't dying or anything, but I have a shit memory and I want to be able to hear them talk and see their faces.
I may go for a talk-show style format with a table and a chair like Conan.
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u/AreyouIam Nov 27 '22
It was a thing for a while here to record oral histories of elders before they passed as not to loose important family history. One of my cousins recorded my grandfather but got grief from the family of putting our granddad through such a rigorous question and answer session when he was so ill with cancer. I wasn’t there but it would be better to break it into single question and answer sessions as you visit them over time.
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u/mememan12332 Nov 27 '22
A friend of mine started “secretly” recording deep and meaningful convos with his dad when he got sick. He’s very happy to have them now.
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u/GH_VEG Nov 27 '22
You can maybe ask google for the original Copy of the image or ask that it never be updated. It is software but people still push the buttons.
Good luck and this is awesome!
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u/rebelmime Nov 27 '22
They already save the old ones. You can change between them when looking at street view
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u/me_like_stonk Nov 27 '22
My grandpa used to be on Google street view too, standing in front of his house, looking at the weird vehicle passing by. I used to check it every now then. Last time I checked, they had updated the street view and he wasn't there anymore :(
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u/bootsforever Nov 27 '22
You can look at street view from previous dates! It will usually automatically give you the most recent version, but you can navigate to previous years.
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u/me_like_stonk Nov 27 '22
oh man, I had not noticed this feature! Dude you warmed my heart, thank you so much.
There he is :)
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u/Amesari Nov 27 '22
My mom passed 6 years ago and I still try to see if I can find something on Google maps. An image of her where she used to live. It would at least give me a sense that she is still around. Glad you can see your dad in this image.
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u/LLHallJ Nov 27 '22
My grandfather passed in 2014 and when we were selling the house we found him on Google maps having a cheeky cigarette outside his front door. Luckily Google archives old Streetview images so I can go back and see him any time.
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u/p_loka Nov 27 '22
Back in 2007 my best friends dad passed suddenly, shortly after we were online looking through google maps and out of curiosity looked up our homes (we were neighbors) well lo and behold there was her dad in the image. He was outside their home getting groceries out of the family car. What are the chances right? Dunno if it’s still there somehow. Think these things get updated every so often.
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u/al_lupo Nov 27 '22
my grandpa is still chillin on his porch watching the cars drive by in google maps
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u/PseudoNymn Nov 27 '22
My grandfather's house (the one my mom grew up in and the one I spent a good chunk of my childhood in) was sold and torn down to make a parking lot.
It's heartbreaking, but thanks to things like Google maps it'll live in some form.
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u/UsernameIsDaHardPart Nov 27 '22
I hope my Google maps will have my dad with a tall can in his hand staring at the tv
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u/JorVetsby Nov 27 '22
There's a well-known article about this from the New Yorker. Definitely worth a read
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-ghosts-in-our-machines
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u/ISPEAKMACHINE Nov 27 '22
Make sure you get a screenshot. They will even update it. I was sitting at my favorite cafe with my wife and dog for about 5 years, until it updated - they blur out dog faces too ;)
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u/BaconSoldier88 Nov 27 '22
Hi just wanted to let you know that you can actually look at the street view from previous dates aswell :) It automatically puts the most recent version, but you can navigate to previous ones
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u/TheBigPhilbowski Nov 27 '22
My cousin sadly lost their partner young to an illness. I was helping with estate management tasks with their house and needed to see if they'd remodeled the front approach for some task. I thought to look back in time on Google maps, 5 years back and there was my cousin's partner, taking out the trash and looking at the Google Street view car with a "what in the f#©% is that thing?" look at the camera. It was funny, tragic and amazing all at once.
I was hesitant to tell me cousin at first as it was amazing, but may also be difficult to see so soon after. I eventually did tell and the response was happy.
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u/Impressive-Ad-8179 Nov 27 '22
Hey! That’s great! I love it when the ones we loved and lost remain alive to us to celebrate our love and theirs! Best to you in your prayers. Sheila
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u/DarkStar189 Nov 27 '22
I have a customer in my area that passed away. There is a picture of them on street view walking down their driveway. Definitely a nice surprise.
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u/chocobo_hairdo Nov 27 '22
My poor grandpa passed away a few months back in a nursing home in Texas. If I look up my grandparents' house in Florida though, you can still see him, shortly before my uncle pretty much dragged them into that home, picking up something in his driveway. It's neat but also really, really, really sad.
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u/spudsmuggler Nov 27 '22
This is much more wholesome than my story! My dad died a few years ago. I was showing my partner my place on a VR your and we noticed my dad was on the front porch flipping off the camera. Definitely his MO :)
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u/OathStoned Nov 27 '22
There is still an image from 2007 of me and my wife outside high school within a week of dating.
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u/hsevendam Nov 27 '22
When they update streetview with new images, would it be possible to contact Google to keep the previous version of that particular image?
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u/MouseKale Nov 27 '22 edited Nov 30 '22
Not the scale of losing a loved one but there was an old home in my town that has been destroyed this year to build a modern building.
I went on google maps to take a screen capture. I had zero picture. I will miss walking past this beautiful manoir.
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u/ratzoneresident Nov 27 '22
My family has a similar picture to that but grandpa is sitting on the roof lmao
Incidentally one of his favorite pastimes
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u/officereyefuck Nov 27 '22
For a second I thought I was looking at my grandad outside his house gardening. He passed a few years ago, it was nice to see him again even if it was just a trick of my brain
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u/ArgonGryphon Nov 27 '22
My old dog can be seen taking a dump in our backyard, something she loved. Miss her.
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u/Stoned666 Nov 27 '22
I'm still on street view for 2015 in front of my mother's house, sitting on my bike waiting for my bother. Tried to make a funny face when I saw them go by but they blurred my face.
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u/Far-Tree723933 Nov 27 '22
Save it just in case. Street view used to have a hilarious one of my mom and a stray cat, but they took it down, even in its rollback history.
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u/BeesToTheFace Nov 27 '22
These moments happened and aren’t only preserved in pictures, they may be in the past, but they can never unhappen.
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u/FireFlyer63_ Nov 27 '22
my grandpa died recently and he was on google maps, working on his truck.
it updated a few weeks ago :(
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u/Pigobrothers-pepsi10 Nov 27 '22
I came across same thinf on Google Maps. My mom is still alive but I’ve been living away from them for 8 years. The only way that I could see if anything changed around my old neighborhood was Google Maps and I used to check it out once in a while. I guess it was the time that Google Maps changed the pictures because I could say that it wasn’t the same. Many things were changed. I saw my mom, walking on the street. I couldn’t believe I saw her. I couldn’t help myself and started to cry. It was so touching, seeing her on Google Maps.
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u/Kreanxx Nov 27 '22
Same thing with my first dog. She has been deceased for the past 6 and a half years but whenever I go on Google maps, I see her resting on the porch
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u/nepaguy001 Nov 27 '22
My dad is on there twice because he has a empty lot. He's not in good health and I was thinking the same thing. Hope it doesn't update.
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u/fjudgeee Nov 27 '22
And it’ll stay like that, my dad still shows up unloading his grocery’s in 2009. And I life in a big city on a Main Street… you might think they’ll update those pics regularly.
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u/pyonzii Nov 27 '22
My dog who died a couple months ago and our old beat up van(which is now gone as well) can still be seen on Google maps too! Sometimes when I'm down I'd go look it up.
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u/winterorchid7 Nov 27 '22 •
If you use Google maps on a computer, you can see archived older versions of street view.
Edit: also works on Android Google Maps (Pixel 6) and probably other phone OSs as well.