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We don't know how old the author's mother was when she died. My grandfather died of cancer at 79. While it was sad (and I still feel sad when I think of it) I w
by oska 6y ago
We don't know how old the author's mother was when she died. My grandfather died of cancer at 79. While it was sad (and I still feel sad when I think of it) I wouldn't ever describe it as a 'tragedy'.
Only commenting because I feel this word is overused these days.
- FoundersGrotesk 6y agoThe death of a loved one is almost always a personal tragedy, regardless of age. Overuse of a word doesn’t make it any less so.
- oska 6y agoYou're simply changing the meaning of the word then and also, I would suggest, debasing the complex experience of death by suggesting it is a singular, universal experience of 'personal tragedy'. Everyone loses loved ones and in many cases it is not experienced as tragedy but as death being a normal and essential part of life.