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The Art of Condolence
- aq3cn 10y agoThis article reminds of George Carlin. He could have taught more about this art. What a person !! I miss him a lot.
- endswapper 10y agoI'd like to understand how or why this reminds you of George Carlin, but yeah, Carlin is legit, and he is to be missed.
- aq3cn 10y agoHe made fun of euphemism and the way people mourn over or feel hurt because of choice of words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuEQixrBKCc This article asks us to avoid the d word (death, dead). This is bit too extreme for me. English is my third language and I have hurt people at multiple occasions because of poor choice of words. I wish it goes away, so that my life can be easier. It is not easy to live in society as an autistic person and I have no interest in learning manners of society when I believe I have more meaningful interests to pursue. If you are a social person, you will not like my opinion and it's fine. I am used to that. Check what Linus has to say about it in his TEDx talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_lin...
- endswapper 10y agoThanks for the follow-up. That wasn't a challenge of any sort. I was curious because I enjoy Carlin, I didn't connect the dots, but I understand the train of thought now.
- aq3cn 10y agoSorry for cryptic and indirect. Next time, I will be more clear about what I want to say. I understand no one here is looking for putting pieces of puzzle together.