| In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 01/12/22 Vol.388, Q Day 1538, Radix wrote: |
| You know, my life long best friend recently died suddenly and unexpectedly. Nobody knows how long for sure he lay there until the health and wellness check was done. It is thought that it was a result of the vaccines he recently submitted to before the ‘discovery,’ but his corpse was beyond the point of autopsy, so we will never know. It was a nightmare. He is gone. A few days ago my Neighbor's son passed. I did what I could to explain what was happening as he was ventilated and presumably suffering from this Covid. My neighbor really appreciated what I taught him about. Before the end they were in their home discussing Ph Levels and much more. Still, over my life, I have experienced much death, and it seems that the closer the deceased was or were to us, the more we did what we could to laugh. I asked my Sister In Law about this strange habit, 30 years ago. She said that it was not uncommon, and that we do it because it helps make the pain go away. Perhaps you have never learned that lesson yourself. Frankly, I do not care after your reaction, but I will attempt to contend with your ‘WTF?’ I almost lost my son not once but twice while he was in Iraq. I was an absolute wreck over that stuff. I changed my entire life because of it. I almost know what it is like to experience the loss of a son, and, old habits die hard. He is OK, but I was crazy for months. I got better after he returned, both times. I do not care to go on in this fashion, but I find your obvious indignation at my attempt to be offering a break in the incessant somber posts out here on this issue to actually be the more insensitive. |
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I am humbled by the grievous losses of those on our thread, like you, who have lost those close to them. Prayers up for your grieving heart, and that of others on FR, who content with these precious, wounding losses.
I recall listening to someone joking at a funeral and told my father, "How could I even smile at that?" and he explained that death and loss sometimes do bring about attempts at humor and a will to see light at the end of the tunnel.
I was initially a hold out on new thread 'IN' posts because I didn't see the point. But after awhile I came to see them as, as you say, 'a break in the incessant somber posts.' I think they help to reset and for a moment, provide a bit of light. Others simply don't need them, and have some reset mechanism of their own, I think.
I'll go rattle the pots and pans and see if I can bake a new thread before I go to sleep tonight - maybe a cat meme applied directly to the 'incessant' might be timely.
My brother spoke at the funeral of his best friend, who died snorkeling in the South Pacific. His accomplished engineer friend was a master farter, and everyone knew him for his skill. The funniest part was where the friend once dropped a box on a co-workers desk. The co-worker opened it and recoiled from the contents: one award-winning fart.
My brother had everyone rolling in the aisles.