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Oct 25, 2005 11:00

Why does Livejournal have a fixation with the recently deceased? This person wasn't good enough to be recognized when they were alive, but when they die, let's reach back into history and remember all of their accomplishments. Who cares about what they did last year or the year before that or any other subsequent years when they were, you know, ( Read more... )

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nigga plz vengeance_is_me October 25 2005, 15:03:47 UTC
did bob denver die again?

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Re: nigga plz biscuiteater October 25 2005, 15:06:32 UTC
Rosa Parks. I've met her, and it annoyed the hell out of me when people posted "OMG Rosa is dead" and "Rip Rosa," as if it actually meant something. Like please, get off that shit.

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.. vengeance_is_me October 25 2005, 15:19:46 UTC
i knew she died, you jackass. i had a black person comment all ready for you, but then i scrapped it.

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biscuiteater October 25 2005, 15:20:04 UTC
I'm going to go ahead and switch you over to my read filter.

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ambienceman October 25 2005, 15:26:19 UTC
huh?

oh i get it. so you make people feel good by adding them back, but you don't really read them.

that's a good idea.

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biscuiteater October 25 2005, 15:29:37 UTC
Ya, you don't look like an elitist friending nazi prick either. A'la shamroq and sostark.

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biscuiteater October 25 2005, 15:19:25 UTC
The people on your friends list don't seem to get it though.

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thebestmarkever October 25 2005, 15:34:38 UTC
Well said as always. People take the 'you don't know what you've got til it's gone' thing too far, because they never had anything to start with. It's just feeling because you feel you should, not because you actually do.

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biscuiteater October 25 2005, 15:39:59 UTC
That about sums it up.

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agloriousday October 25 2005, 15:41:33 UTC
why don't you lead by example instead of bitching all the time about everything under the sun?

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hahaha vengeance_is_me October 25 2005, 15:46:07 UTC
DIS!

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zjkjoseph October 25 2005, 16:06:38 UTC
Because complaint without logical action is the path or least resistance. Plus, it makes for good conversation.

Seems pretty simple to me.

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discreet_chaos October 25 2005, 16:08:14 UTC
Quite frankly, it appears that our host acknowledges a death by making this post, time and time again.

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