Bangkok's Death Awareness Cafe designed to provoke patrons to ponder their demise

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/07/10/bangkoks-death-awareness-caf.html

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[Papasan]

Coffee / Tea and Death back together again, my kind’a world.

[semiotix]

I can achieve the same effect by hiring a guy to follow me around whispering “Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!” in my ear.

[Mangochin]

But if it means worrying that the food will kill you, it would kind of defeat its purpose.

[Pensketch]

But can you play chess?

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy

[anon59592690]

*feel like dying
*drink coffee
“Everything is fine!”

[Grey_Devil]

When they are greedy, they have prohibited sex

Wat?

[AnthonyI]

I usually end up pondering my own death when I eat at White Castle.

[iquitos46]

Actually no thanks. I kind of go out to eat to enjoy myself not ponder ghouls.

[Ratel]

For example, one way you could die is by agitating for democracy, something it sounds like the owners of this cafe would also like to discourage you from doing.

[evilkolbot]

they have death, but do they have cake?

[Mangochin]

“But Brain, if we call them Sad Meals, nobody will buy them”

[anon61221983]

Death positive? Caitlin approves!

[Brainspore]

“May I start you off with a cocktail, perhaps a Memento Midori?”

[Mangochin]

Their new drink: The Midori Morituri

[Garymon]

@pesco

takes its design cures from a mortuary

cures or cues?

[anon61221983]

@Garymon

cure

[Garymon]

I approve this statement.

[Ratel]

Ave café, morituri te potum.

[tuhu]

And if this one happens to be closed, you can always go to the true originator of this concept, McDonald’s.