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> I walked past some sort of workshop that made tombstones. I took a picture of some tombstones on display outside, since they looked kind of cool. Some worker
by randycupertino 11y ago
> I walked past some sort of workshop that made tombstones. I took a picture of some tombstones on display outside, since they looked kind of cool. Some worker there started asking me: "Are you here to buy one? Then why the hell are you taking pictures of them?!"
I mean, I can see where they are coming from, that's kinda disrespectful to the dead. I wouldn't want you to take pictures of my recently passed away father's headstone just so you could put a cool filter on it, load it up with edgy hashtags and get likes on your instagram. :(
- cfqycwz 11y agoI think they were display headstones, outside the workshop that makes them.
- randycupertino 11y ago... maybe. Maybe they were pre-orders waiting for customers to come pick them up. Who knows. Either way, still kinda tacky and in poor taste, imo. Grief shouldn't be a sideshow for kitchy photo-ops.
- DonHopkins 11y agoMaybe they were tombstones for dead teenagers who would have appreciated you taking a selfie with their tombstone, putting a cool filter on it, loading it up with edgy hashtags and getting likes on your instagram. Each generation has its own way that they want to be remembered. YOLO!
- xvedejas 11y agoThere were no names on those tombstones yet. That said I specifically went and took pictures of some "in-use" tombstones as well. Those were more interesting, some display a perspective of family history you don't normally see -- a perspective that focuses on the dead. Keep in mind that tombstones are publically displayed. It's not like I broke into a mausoleum or something.