Basically a roundabout way of asking: How much do people really care about you?
I know I could vanish for like 48 hours and my parents and older brother probably wouldn’t even want to look for me (I’m around 18-25, not a minor so they have no legal responsibilities). Nobody in the world cares about me. I mean they already told me that in my face that if I went missing, they won’t care.
Nice try, ICE.
talks into the radio
“the jig is up, TAKE THEM! And also burn their citizenship papers”
About fifteen seconds, since that’s how often my kids ask me for stuff.
As a parent of two young kids, there’s definitely times where getting kidnapped sounds good.
By the first evening by 9pm, when they didn’t get dinner.
I would take that “we don’t care” as an invitation to leave and start a new life with people who do care. Nobody should say that out loud, what assholes, but since they don’t need you, you are free.
It would probably take a few weeks, or a lucky text from a family member for anyone to ever realize i went missing. I’ve thought about it a lot
I don’t think this shows how much people care about me. This would show how much people depend on me. I’m the breadwinner and major organizer of my family. They’d fall apart within hours.
I think people would notice early (work would definitely be the first to know), but would take a while to actually report something.
I think it’s pretty universal; people don’t want to make a fuss or be a bother… like it would be embarrassing or something to report someone missing for not showing up to work, or missing a gym session. Not to mention the not-so-missing will probably feel quite upset about getting reported missing because they took an unprompted nap or lost their phone.
It’s not strange for adults to not answer their phone, and in NPF-circles it’s even less strange for someone to go into social hibernation with very little warning.
Unfortunately this will lead to (single household) adults being missing for longer before people get worried enough to actually tell someone, and then they’ll try to get in touch with other friends or family before the actual police.
I’m a bachelor living alone with family in town, it could be anywhere from 2 hours to 2 weeks.
My wife would notice in a few hours, and be panicked in less than 12. Work would notice in <12-16 hours weekdays, <60 hours weekend.
Sadly, they would miss me at work before anything else
I don’t leave the secure area much, but I get the question.
I have an airtag on my keys and my wife probably has geofencing because I don’t go far. She’ll have the cops on the phone inside of 2 blocks. This area has a Lot of cameras so they’ll have a leg up. And until they go through my pockets and ditch the air tag, she’ll have a trace on them.
Unironically might be a month or two for me
In the evening. In the 7+ years since my first kid was born, I haven’t missed a single evening at home, to wish them a good night. I even excuse myself from business trips.
If it was a weekend it would be a few days. A workday surely by noon if they hadn’t heard from me. I’ve been sick and had coworkers stop by and check on me if I haven’t replied to text or phone calls.
I have thought about this because I don’t plan to have kids, and I might end up living alone in my later years. So, how long would it take for someone to find me after I have died?
Right now is it not about caring more for what is unusual. If my friends or family knew something was wrong, they would report it right away. This actually happened once with a friend. When I was very sick and didn’t answer her calls. She tried every number she could find. Eventually, she only found my sister’s phone number, who then contacted me to check if I was okay. My friend was extremely worried, she thought I was in the hospital or something.
I need a deadman switch… maybe watch a log file for a program I use daily or something.
“If you’re reading this, they got me.”
