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Hearing about a death over the internet

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captainEMERICA
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OK, so a kid at my school who was pretty well known just passed away, he had a brain tumor that he did not know about, he was pretty well known and everything and its super sad.  but its the day before school starts and ever ones Facebook status is like "RIP :/ " or "L.L.P. (his initials) :(" idk i was just looking at them and all the emocons just seem disrespectful to me.  i just seems super inappropriate to put a emocon next to RIP.  i just want some second opinions i guess.
Sep 8 2009 9:34PM
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[Dawn
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yeah fuck smileys if someone dies, that just seems mean to me...
Sep 8 2009 9:36PM
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captainEMERICA
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not smileys, frownys and these :/ idk what they are called
Sep 8 2009 9:39PM
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onearmwanderer
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ill be honest i dont see how thats disrespectful really at all, i guess if they dont know him at all and are doing it because everyone else is but i dont think its a big deal at all just to put :(
Sep 8 2009 9:39PM
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987321654hgfd
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Sep 8 2009 9:43PM
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i.am.a.skier.
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i half agree, it does seem kinda of inmature to do that when concerning ones passing.  Somewhat disrespectful, i cant really pin point why though. haha
Sep 8 2009 9:45PM
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twin-tip-hero
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yeah i would not really do that shit.  if that happened to me where i worte on someones fb wall that had passed, i would have written them an entire long ass message to them for all to see, not just a RIP.  that to me seems like you care enough to recognize the death and show your respect, but it really means something if you write a note or a short message to them.
Sep 8 2009 10:02PM
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b-kul
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its kinda disrespectful because its like aim talk but i see nothing that bad about it.
Sep 8 2009 10:05PM
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SteezyOhio
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naw, theres nothing disrespectful about a " :/ " or a " =/ "
Sep 8 2009 10:14PM
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LO_GO
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yah idk about that i see what your saying but in a way its the very least kids can do as far as showing respect goes.
Sep 8 2009 10:19PM
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pianoman
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it's a pretty minimal way of showing respect, i wouldn't say it's disrespectful, just sorta pathetic and more should be expected from kids
Sep 8 2009 10:27PM
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martin.
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WOW That is so crazy, a girl I met today knew the kid that died. You live in Australia correct? . I go to college in Upstate Ny. So weird.

and her facebook says RIP LLP.

small world
Sep 8 2009 10:30PM
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martin.
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nvm you don't live in australia. but I'm pretty sure it's the same kid
Sep 8 2009 10:39PM
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Scott22~
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RIP LLP ROFL XD NOOB HAHALOLLERCAUST~
Sep 8 2009 11:32PM
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Elijah.
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A girl from my yoga class hung herself last year during school, some other girl made a hangman thing in her status with the girls name spelled out. It was severely fucked up, I'm pretty sure she transfered schools.

Anyways, people are just trying to show respect. Whether they do it in an immature fashion, you just have to believe their heart is in the right place.
Sep 8 2009 11:33PM
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Scott22~
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hahahahahaha thats brilliant thank you for that wonderful story elijah~
Sep 8 2009 11:39PM
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k-rob
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man i don't see what the big deal is about it, i'm sure they don't mean anything bad by it so why get bothered over it?
Sep 8 2009 11:40PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I hear you. I found out about one of my best friend's death over Facebook just hours after he died in RIP group, and his last name was even spelt wrong. I have no beefs with the person for doing it, but they should have given a bit more time for family and friends to find out first.
Sep 8 2009 11:42PM
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Elijah.
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Sep 8 2009 11:48PM
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SteezyOhio
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its scott~........ whatd ya expect sympathy? but yes, deaths are really hard when you find out over then internet, ive been able to find out from other people though in latest times
Sep 8 2009 11:50PM
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Elijah.
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Oh I didn't really care. I didn't know the girl, I was more of an observer to the whole deal.

Plus he's just rollin' and trollin'.
Sep 8 2009 11:52PM
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SteezyOhio
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haha very true
Sep 8 2009 11:54PM
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978
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some sophmore at my highschool got stabbed to death by another kid known to the school as indiana jones, he wears the clothing...including the hat yada yada. the kid that got stabbed was just some dorky white kid that was new to the school. indiana jones evidentially has asperges and is also a 14 year old kid getting tried as an adult for first degree murder.
Sep 8 2009 11:55PM
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Malcolm
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it doesnt seem disrespectful to me at all. like someone said they didnt mean anything bad
Sep 8 2009 11:57PM
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[~_~]
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yup. and putting :( is no more disrespectful than RIP.
Sep 9 2009 12:13AM
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Elijah.
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Agreed.
Sep 9 2009 12:15AM
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fsscott
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i think that the :/ face is kinda mean, cause it's not a frown, its not sad, its more like 'really?'

the more fitting face would be :,(
Sep 9 2009 1:00AM
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Scott22~
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XD is by far the most fitting face because its like a dead cartoon character with Xs over his eyes and his mouth hanging open spilling a mixture of blood and drool~
Sep 9 2009 1:17AM
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AlexGaynor
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I never use emoticons.. and I use the internet far too much.. basically the only people with rights to emoticons are good looking girls IMO. Honestly I don"t want to picture some ugly chick smiling, as her emoticons would have it.
Sep 9 2009 1:18AM
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k-rob
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i prefer XP, cause it's like the tongue is sticking out yknow. chick at my junior high died (i saw it happen) and i remember putting XP.
Sep 9 2009 1:19AM
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Scott22~
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Next time you see an emoticon be sure to ask the person if they are a hot chick and demand pics. Obviously fat people shouldnt be allowed to smile so you have to take a hard line on this one~
Sep 9 2009 1:20AM
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Malcolm
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hahahahaha thats terrible
Sep 9 2009 7:58AM
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captainEMERICA
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i dont think the RIP was disrespectful i thought the emocons were, I'm not pissed at any of them but it just seems they could have used some more tact
Sep 9 2009 8:19PM
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inactive
Posts: 4772 - Karma: 97
yes i agree

but what can you do?
Sep 9 2009 8:28PM
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Scott22~
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Kill them and raid the internet funeral with emoticon spambots~
Sep 9 2009 8:29PM
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daringharry
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lol cool stories bros
Sep 9 2009 8:30PM
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TechnoPotamus
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Sep 9 2009 8:53PM
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Bodeau.
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It is disrespect ful because the people who do that are showing they obviously dont care enough to write a short message about him, but instead just write a small frownie face. So disrespectful in my opinion.
Sep 9 2009 8:56PM
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daringharry
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i wuv you scott!
Sep 9 2009 9:04PM
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Scott22~
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Its funny because you dont even have any idea what real trolling is, NS isnt even worth it though. Besides the fact that any thread I make will be instantly deleted. If you think im putting on some special act just to rile you fucks up youre wrong. I honestly 100% believe you guys are idiots, and nothing is funnier than death~
Sep 9 2009 9:22PM
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TechnoPotamus
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thanks for that great gem of knowledge there scotty
Sep 9 2009 9:25PM
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TheQuailman
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I don't think its bad.  Sure it sucks to find out your friend died by seeing RIP and his/her initials on facebook, but if my friend died I would probably put that as my status.  Its just a sign of respect, to let people know you care rather than just go on posting dumb stuff as your status.  I would never use an emoticon, but for people that do, I guess it makes sense.
Sep 9 2009 9:56PM
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pmw
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so true, nothing at all is funnier then death
Sep 9 2009 9:59PM
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g.off
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what happens to your facebook account when you die. how many dead ppl do you think ther on facebook???
Sep 9 2009 10:04PM
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captainEMERICA
Posts: 1386 - Karma: 122
well his facebook was deleted super fast idk about others tho
Sep 9 2009 10:07PM
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proZach
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this thread is going to hell
Sep 9 2009 10:10PM
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daringharry
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hur hur i bet someone liked the status on facebook about a dead person
Sep 10 2009 2:58PM
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