[Beyond Borders]

Jesus.

This teenager American girl who is one of my Facebook friends (I dated her mother for a few years when I was in my early 20s), just posted a handful of photos of herself mourning over the body of dead grandmother, kissing her forehead, looking sad, etc. Her grandmother's face is one of agony, in the throes of death, mouth gaping open, skin white as a fish.

I remember when my grandmother died and when she'd come into consciousness periodically, it struck me that she was more embarrassed than anything else by us even being there. She was a proud, stubborn woman, and thinking back I can imagine having your deathbed surrounded is like your most vulnerable moment publicized. Like being extremely sick, looking like shit and feeling nauseous from the meds, and everyone is gathered around you and you have nowhere to hide.

If my grandkids post photos of me dying on Facebook, I'm coming back to strangle their scrawny fucking necks. No one wants to be remembered that way. In fact, I think I'd much rather everyone filed in to say their goodbyes and then left me alone in a room to get on with dying, and no one but a nurse bothering me to come in and make sure I'm passing comfortably.

What pitiful, selfish attention-whoring...

[Aliblahba]

I bet this girl calls guys "creepy".

[2Wycked]

What are the comments like?

Anybody troll her with a like?

[el mechanico]

You think that's something? I have dead friends on there who's families keep posting for them like they're still alive.

[Beyond Borders]

After some reflection, I think she just lacks the maturity and good sense to properly analyze the situation. She's caught up in the moment, and I know when I was her age, I reacted to death in strange, sometimes embarrassing (when I think back) ways as well.

Honestly, I blame her family more than anyone else. Somebody needs to pull her aside and let her know that posting those pictures is inappropriate - that's what I'd do if it was my daughter, niece, etc, or if I was related to the person in the photos. But my guess is no one will. Young Americans are extremely lacking in sensible guidance these days.

And her mom always was a poor excuse for a mother as it is.

[Beyond Borders]

(09-16-2013 09:34 AM)2Wycked Wrote:  

What are the comments like?

Anybody troll her with a like?

She got 23 likes. All of them are from females, except one from some young guy, probably also a teen.

A few comments all dripping with sympathy, hearts, and "i love u's."

[Aliblahba]

I double dog dare you to post, "don't worry, grammy will be back in the zombie apocalypse".

[Sp5]

Could be the start of a revival trend - portraits with dead family members used to be common in the Victorian era:

The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post Mortem Photography

[Beyond Borders]

(09-16-2013 09:53 AM)Sp5 Wrote:  

Could be the start of a revival trend - portraits with dead family members used to be common in the Victorian era:

I'll be damned. Interesting.

Well, at least they had the decency back then to take the death yawn off their faces...

[Beyond Borders]

A legitimate troll would be to post that article on my wall right now and not say a word about it...lol

[void]

In the victorian era, they most likely did not pin those photos on their frontdoors or post them up at the marketplace.

[soup]

Facebook will become more morbid as time goes on.

Women will see themselves when they were younger, before they hit the wall.

Friends will die in real life and their profile will stay (I've had this happen).

One day, a generation of grandmas will be posting for attention of facebook.


I bet there is going to be a reaction against it. There's a whole new crop of babies whose parents post everything about them from the time they are born. These are babies whose parents set up facebook accounts for them before they are even born.

A lot of what they do as a tyke will be recorded online. They might react against this and their parents' ways when they get older.

[phoenix101]

(09-16-2013 09:46 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

(09-16-2013 09:34 AM)2Wycked Wrote:  

What are the comments like?

Anybody troll her with a like?

She got 23 likes. All of them are from females, except one from some young guy, probably also a teen.

A few comments all dripping with sympathy, hearts, and "i love u's."

That's like every post I see on my wall (when I login once every few weeks). 80-90% of the posts, comments and likes on my wall are women from teens to grandmothers.

[BCien]

This bitch in South America put up this picture of a patient at a hospital with a terminal illness "se me estaba muriendo.. pal face" thats along the lines of "he's dying! better post this on FB"

Apparently she was going to become a nurse.

[Hades]

(09-16-2013 09:37 AM)el mechanico Wrote:  

You think that's something? I have dead friends on there who's families keep posting for them like they're still alive.

I do too, it's pretty fucked up.

[Agent 47]

(09-16-2013 12:03 PM)BCien Wrote:  



This bitch in South America put up this picture of a patient at a hospital with a terminal illness "se me estaba muriendo.. pal face" thats along the lines of "he's dying! better post this on FB"

Apparently she was going to become a nurse.

Jesus H. Christ!!! What the fuck is wrong with these people?!? Good lord, no fucking decency. One look at that photo and i was fuming. Stupid cunt is smiling too. Damn...

[Suits]

(09-16-2013 07:14 PM)Agent 47 Wrote:  

(09-16-2013 12:03 PM)BCien Wrote:  



This bitch in South America put up this picture of a patient at a hospital with a terminal illness "se me estaba muriendo.. pal face" thats along the lines of "he's dying! better post this on FB"

Apparently she was going to become a nurse.

Jesus H. Christ!!! What the fuck is wrong with these people?!? Good lord, no fucking decency. One look at that photo and i was fuming. Stupid cunt is smiling too. Damn...

Goodness, social media has revealed humanity for what it really is.

[Wutang]

I once saw a girl on Okcupid put up a pic of her at her grandma's open casket wake/funeral. I wish I saved it before she deleted it.

[Beyond Borders]

(09-16-2013 08:05 PM)Suits Wrote:  

Goodness, social media has revealed the worst of humanity for what it really is.

Fixed it for you.

There are still decent, sensible people in the world. Social media does give the brain-dead, sheepish masses a scary amount of power though...

[scotian]

At least the South American aspiring nurse's friends seem to be calling her out in the comments.

[Vendetta]

Those baby ones are fucked up.

No wonder the Victorians were so obsessed with the supernatural and the occult.

What the fuck is that behind the chair?!

[Beyond Borders]

(09-17-2013 12:46 PM)Vendetta Wrote:  

What the fuck is that behind the chair?!

Holy Fuck! lol

That is some creepy shit right there...

[Beyond Borders]

(09-17-2013 12:46 PM)Vendetta Wrote:  

Those baby ones are fucked up.

No wonder the Victorians were so obsessed with the supernatural and the occult.

What the fuck is that behind the chair?!

Possible Explanation (same image in article): http://ridiculouslyinteresting.com/2012/...hs-or-not/

[JayJuanGee]

(09-17-2013 12:46 PM)Vendetta Wrote:  

What the fuck is that behind the chair?!

Behind the chair: That looks like the Grimm Reaper.

[Wutang]

(09-16-2013 11:06 AM)soup Wrote:  

Facebook will become more morbid as time goes on.

Women will see themselves when they were younger, before they hit the wall.

Friends will die in real life and their profile will stay (I've had this happen).

One day, a generation of grandmas will be posting for attention of facebook.


I bet there is going to be a reaction against it. There's a whole new crop of babies whose parents post everything about them from the time they are born. These are babies whose parents set up facebook accounts for them before they are even born.

A lot of what they do as a tyke will be recorded online. They might react against this and their parents' ways when they get older.

I've been going around telling people that there's going to be a whole generation of human beings whose life is chronicled from birth until death.

If society gets more shameless then it is now we'll move back a step and start chronicling a person's life on social media from conception instead of just birth.