NoNamePerson
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Is There Anybody OUT There?
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 3, 2015 8:54:02 GMT -5
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 3, 2015 9:03:28 GMT -5
thanks everyone.
The services are Monday, so I'll see everyone then. Time to start suppressing my annoyance and practicing faking that I care about those people....
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 3, 2015 9:08:48 GMT -5
It doesn't really sound like this if the fault of Facebook. Sounds more like your family has some jerks.
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billisonboard
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 3, 2015 9:11:04 GMT -5
It doesn't really sound like this if the fault of Facebook. Sounds more like your family has some jerks. I was thinking it was kinda like shooting the horse the messenger rode in on. |
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 3, 2015 9:17:42 GMT -5
duh.  |
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mollyanna58
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 3, 2015 10:22:43 GMT -5
Maybe seeing your relatives at the service won't be so bad. Shared grief has a way of softening differences.
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luckyme
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Post by luckyme on Apr 4, 2015 8:41:13 GMT -5
My friend found out about her grandmother's death the same way. Terrible thing for both of you. And I agree with you, w/ facebook & smartphones, people are always plugged in. Her uncle posted about it from the hospital room right after she died, sheesh! My youngest is not allowed on FB. I think it has gotten better about removing stuff that kids get into, but it still occurs. Just recently I was on it, checking on some things, and there was a plea to the girls to please stop cutting. Guess some bandmember had left the group and the girl fans had started a "cutting for Shaun" movement.  |
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tloonya
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What status?
Joined: Dec 18, 2010 16:22:13 GMT -5
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Post by tloonya on Apr 4, 2015 10:44:17 GMT -5
Without you, I wouldn't have found out that my grandmother died last night. Your platform makes it easy for people to never actually communicate one-on-one so they could, oh I don't know, tell each other about a family illness. Instead they can just all change their profile pictures and post cryptic status updates asking for prayers. I hope the next person in her room enjoys the flowers that I sent to arrive tomorrow. I want to ask when did you see or talked to your grandma before her passing? Did you know she was sick or dying? |
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MJ2.0
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Post by MJ2.0 on Apr 7, 2015 17:36:46 GMT -5
Without you, I wouldn't have found out that my grandmother died last night. Your platform makes it easy for people to never actually communicate one-on-one so they could, oh I don't know, tell each other about a family illness. Instead they can just all change their profile pictures and post cryptic status updates asking for prayers. I hope the next person in her room enjoys the flowers that I sent to arrive tomorrow. I want to ask when did you see or talked to your grandma before her passing? Did you know she was sick or dying? Hadn't talked to her in months so I didn't know she was sick or dying. Services were yesterday. It was weird seeing all my dad's family. They were polite enough (the ones that talked to us), but they just don't feel like close family so I felt slightly uncomfortable. Was a bit weird seeing my dad. I'll try to talk more to the one cousin who started giving me information (and maybe my stepmom), but I don't have much to say to the rest. |
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 7, 2015 19:58:13 GMT -5
Hugs
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tloonya
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What status?
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Post by tloonya on Apr 17, 2015 8:32:28 GMT -5
I want to ask when did you see or talked to your grandma before her passing? Did you know she was sick or dying? Hadn't talked to her in months so I didn't know she was sick or dying. Services were yesterday. It was weird seeing all my dad's family. They were polite enough (the ones that talked to us), but they just don't feel like close family so I felt slightly uncomfortable. Was a bit weird seeing my dad. I'll try to talk more to the one cousin who started giving me information (and maybe my stepmom), but I don't have much to say to the rest. So your family isn't particularly close? Why are you upset over FB notification? |
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Lizard Queen
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Post by Lizard Queen on Apr 17, 2015 12:32:18 GMT -5
Hey, I found out that my step-MIL passed away on FB too. I did know it was coming, but waiting pretty much all day for word, when it happened at 12:15 a.m.  |
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fatbear
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Post by fatbear on Apr 17, 2015 15:59:29 GMT -5
One of the great things about Facebook is being able to post this type of information and know that it will get propagated. If you aren't in a tight knit family or don't have contact information for extended family members, posting it will give it a good shot of being spread to the people who need to know (you may have a small network, but your contacts will have other contacts, who might have more contacts etc...). This way they can find out before reading about it in the news paper (assuming they read them).
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