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Always Go to the Funeral (2005)

• dieselgate 2mo ago
  Good short little article and I agree with the message. "Sorry about your loss" is basic but is metered due to respect. I've family members who haven't gone to each others funerals and it's stupid in my opinion. On a separate note I think the author's bio is a bit pretentious
  • downbad_ 2mo ago
    What's pretentious about it?
    • dieselgate 2mo ago
      Traveling around the world working random jobs to end up back home in law school. I don't see why it's relevant for their bio and comes across as lacking objectivity.
• stmw 2mo ago
  Interesting how much NPR articles changed in 20 years
• tmmnk 2mo ago
  - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42435972 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42435972 Here's some better advice: don't "should" all over your self. The kinds of toxic relational advice I see on here might make sense if you have a very certain kind of family but for a lot of us a funeral is just an excuse for folk to play act their version of regret. To thine own self be true, if you don't want to go, don't go, if you do, then do. One size does NOT fit all and truly, "bye bye!" if you don't understand and respect that, you're just not worth the time.