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Why is news like this always considered "sad"?
Here's a woman that lived until 95. That's not sad. Her family should rejoice. Have a fvcking party that their mother lived to see 95 years of age. That's an event worth celebrating. Most people would have done anything to have their mother that long.
Children dying young is "sad". Seeing their parents grieve is "sad".
This bonobo society of ours is so fvcking backwards.
People are great at being objective toward obituaries when they don't know the person.
Mackdaddy - "Well mom - 95 years is 4 standard deviations above the mean, think it's time you took your dirt nap to make way for the next radical secular humanist scum."
Mackdaddy - "Well mom - 95 years is 4 standard deviations above the mean, think it's time you took your dirt nap to make way for the next radical secular humanist scum."
Name some other species besides we NAKED APES that make such a big deal about death? Name other species that MOURN for years?
It's 'sad" for a family member to lose a loved one, regardless of the age. I seriously doubt that the OP was related.
Nonetheless, what's "sad" when someone dies at 95? When she reached 85, did the family not realize she may pass any day? But, they had her 10 more years.
Perhaps your HIGHLY intelligent bonobo mind can share with me how we should dispose of the dead? Buried? Six feet under? That's a lot of land going to waste, bonobo. Or, am I just being (ahem) objective because it's not my mom?
It's time NAKED APES grow up!
I'll play along here.
Me? I think it is a human thing to go through a series of emotions even for non-personal relationship at news such as this. We are familiar with the woman via TV, we enjoyed her segments, she was sweet and endearing. We're a little saddened by the news. After some short period of time (it is non-personal, after all), we'll come around to being happy that she lived a long, seemingly very happy life and remember her fondly.
But you already know and understand and accept that, don't you?
So, do you really have to push these buttons each and every time, McDaddy? You're smarter than that, and you posting this type of thing as often as you do leads me to think you need some sort of outlet for just agitating without any real necessity. Instead of challenging peoples' very human and natural sentiments and emotions, figure out something else to do to occupy that segment of your brain and your own idle time. There are more worthy windmills to tilt against.
Just my opinion. And yes, the news made me feel a little sad, too.
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No one implied that mourning her would take years. And yes, numerous other mammals make a fuss over death of one of their own, at least for a short time (see any animal documentary for reference.)
Come on - go work out or something. Starting an unprovoked argument over how other people are supposed to feel? Yeesh. Says a lot about you, Humanist or not. Certainly emotions and feelings are part of the science-based humanism experience, even if religion is not.
WOW! Feel better? You needed TWO posts to get that off your chest.
Well, allow me to retort.
What's wrong with dialogue? You do realize...never mind. Allow me to rephrase. There are 7.5 BILLION people on this planet. Bury them all? How can we? So, what's the solution bonobo? Wait until martial law or start talking about it NOW?
You know why you find a 95 y/o dying sad? Lack of education.
This should be taught at birth. But, to the majority, it's NEVER discussed. That's why when 98 y/o dad gets admitted to the ER, the family is in shock. I see it every day, bonobo. Shocked! Like, he was just walking and talking just fine yesterday.
Your plan is "Let's do the same thing we've been doing for 1000's of years." I think that's just plain ignorant.
Yet, we (ahem) teach our kids about our imaginary God and Life Ever after starting at birth. You don't take exception to that, though.
Teach children about sex or death, the whole bonobo community sh1ts their pants.
Thanks for the tip. But, what you suggest is what someone living in the past would say. Me? I talk to people from the future everyday and they support me wholeheartedly.
I responded to two separate postings of yours, Detective.
Both had to do with why you decided to make an unprovoked challenge to people expressing a very human sentiment about sadness over another's passing. Unless you truly mean that supporting people expressing that is something only a person living in the past would do. On the "makes sense" scale: 0.0, Detective McBlutarsky.
You're the only one in this thread who has even mentioned burials. If you want to start a discussion about not having the capacity on earth to bury all people for all time, start that thread; don't attach it to the news about David Letterman's mother passing away. Odd, but then again I'll consider the source. And no, I don't care what you advocate - burials, cremation, burial-at-sea, blasting into space.... it's a personal thing imo. Have it your way, Detective McDonalds.
You are attaching a number of 'things' to me that I never said, which has a neat bit of irony attached to it as I probably come closer to agreeing with you on a couple of things than you might imagine. Try to stay true to the 'discussion' with me, Detective Auntie Bonobo, which is only about expressing sadness over a person passing away... not about burials or sex ed or most anything you've stated.
But this was fun and entertaining for me for a brief time, as a good number of your posts are, so thanks. You are now free to getting back to arguing with the clouds about who knows what next, Detective. The seemingly unsolvable case (for you) of why people express sadness over a death has been fully solved by the rest of humanity.
Geez, even Clouseau figured things out eventually.
So you're a humanist complaining that we're not more like animals?
