Why some people use to keep 1 minute silence when someone is dead?
106914
In that one minute, you are supposed to honor the deceased.  Some people sit in quiet reflection, others pray.  It's just a way of honoring and remembering the person who passed.  Similar to ringing church bells at a funeral or lighting candles at a vigil.
470131
There is no need to shut them up. they are like the noise in the breeze just passing not full of anything useful. Even those who have something to say but cant express it in a manner that can be heard are in that breeze. Be at peace and accept that they are there and know that when the time is right they will understand.
592928
donnt know, in my opinion, dead people should stay dead.
646453
Trust me your not the only one!!! I have seen many more die in my presence.  Dont worry, your not wierd.  But yea, it is hard to deal with, especially when you are with them when they die or when you escape death and they dont.
289512
I work in a nursing home, and needless to say when our patients die no heroic measures are taken, their quality of life is zero and reviving them would be prolonging their agony. One man died in the early hours of the morning, the nurse on duty couldn't feel a pulse or hear him breathing when she listened with a stethoscope. \nThe Dr. came out to certify him a couple of hours later, by this time the man looked waxy and blue, and was very obviously dead, but the Dr. could hear a faint heartbeat, although the man was definitely not breathing.\nHe still certified him though, and before he left he said to the nurse if he comes back to life please call me! We were all seriously freaked, but by the time the undertakers arrived the man hadn't made any miraculous recovery, and was still dead.     Or was he?         Absolute true story!
337061
communication as we know it are all based on some sort of input that we can get from the world around us. mostly its based on audio-visual interaction & sensory reactions. the dead dont interact at these levels if the ever do. so as of now...not much hope to talk to them. let's see if we can redifine death to help us get round to talk with them.
1151704
There is a great sadness. That is why I speak to those who have ears to hear. Those that don't hear, go on with their life, babbling, and clanging like cymbals and gongs. It is not wise to wake a giant, a pig, or a sleeping dog...\n\nLet the dead bury the dead, and may they rest in peace...\n\nBut still, it's sad, people digging their own graves...
892008
Heres the thing, people back then werent the best knowledgable people for medical situations. I mean come on, they believed in demons and devils given this, he may not have been TRULY Dead at the time, but just had a pulse too weak to notice. This happens TODAY in hospitals where people wake up in the morgue, its true-a man was "dead" but it was sooooo cold outside where he was discovered that his pulse had dropped below a detectable level, until someone in the morgue saw his chest moving SLIGHTLY.
546254
Blah, blah, blah.  You know, with every breathe you take, you're one breathe closer to death.  Better stop breathing!
528207
Depends on what you yell: "Are you alright?" might be more appropriate than "Hurry up!!" especially because you don't know what's taking so long. The person could be hysterically upset over something (breakup, death of loved one) or violently ill and need you to call 911.
633114
Ya know, kiddo, that is an awful question to ask for those who stood by a loved one and watched them take their last breath and breathe out and die right before them while we held them. I would delete this question before you hurt someone else. You never know, you shouldn't ask questions that you reeally don't want to know the answer to. You may find out quicker than you think. Life can be very short.
376940
good, its not like you will need them once you are dead. You still get to be buried or cremated and no one can tell the difference. One person can help save many people.
491912
It gives the dead a person a chance to wake up, just in case they aren't really dead. Historically (when medical knowledge was less developed) there was a fear of misjudging someone as dead and inadvertendly burying them alive.\n\nAn Irish song called Finnegan's Wake plays on this idea where the guy does wake up when hit with a bucket of beer or jug of whiskey.
111691
I was in a car wreck and I was ejected. The car landed on top of me and the paramedics could not find a pulse. 15 mins. later the wrecker came and got the car off. They said I took one deep breath came back to life!\nGod has a purpose for me that I had not accoplished yet!
318034
"A technique used in online games, usually team-based 'last man standing' first-person shooters, where dead players inform their team mates who are still alive of the whereabouts of the enemy: this is frowned upon in many communities."
724877
??? i think it would vary depending upon how long someone can hold their breath, what type of situation it was...like, if someone were being violently drowned, they may suck in water making it quicker. same with drinking. being inebriated may decrease the time if the person was less in control of bodily function.... why are you asking.....
1156476
Laziness...maybe they need to say something because silence is awkward...possibly they really don't pay attention to detail...