Of course you can. But if you think they can reply, then you might have a problem.

I still talk to the mother of my children, more than 10 years after she passed. I tell her how they’re doing, and I ask her questions I know she cannot answer. I am an atheist so I know that of course there is no way she can hear me, but it’s not for her. It’s just for me. I hear her voice in my head, guiding and advising me. Now that they are all adults and living their own lives, I don’t talk to her as much as I used to, while they were younger.

You can, but it’ll be a pretty one-sided conversation

Just died yesterday, AMA. Turns out your mind gets uploaded to the fediverse automagically when you are browsing lemmy the moment you died.

Sure, but don’t expect them to reply at that point.

You can, and it can be liberating, but they won’t talk back.

Seems like kind of a “you” question. Can you?

Even while people are alive, a huge proportion of our full experience of them involves expectations, assumptions, recollection, expectation…in addition to direct interaction.

Post-life, we mist remove the direct interaction, but the rest remains. Talk away!

Yes, but they can’t talk back.

Yes. So can I, or so can any man: But when you talk to them, will they answer?

I think it depends on what you are expecting out of the conversation. The chances are they will be excellent listeners. Buf that’s about it unless something is wrong with them or you.

I still talk to my dead dog sometimes. Mostly about whether or not she’d like the weather on a given day, how much she’d like our current dog, and how much I miss her.

I don’t expect replies. It’s for my own benefit more than anything.

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In your dreams.

For what? In a literal, empirical sense, no, you can’t. But there could be underlying motives that can be addressed through alternative means

Yes, but please don’t talk to them on Facebook. About them is ok. To them is fucking weird and creepy!