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bellinghman) wrote2007-09-25 10:29 am
bellinghman) wrote2007-09-25 10:29 am
Rant
There's a meme currently going round - it's one of those multiple question interview ones. Among its questions are:
If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
I'm sorry, but if I ever encounter the author of that question, I'll have to give her a real bitch slapping. 'has passed'? For fuck's sake, are you talking about someone going past you in the street? Yes? No? No, I thought not.
You're talking about death. There's a good, short word you could have used, one that takes less typing. It's 'died'. Don't pretend it doesn't occur - it does. To all of us - no-one gets out of this alive. This sort of milquetoast euphemism is an attempt to deny one of life's most basic features.
Aarrgghh!!
If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?
I'm sorry, but if I ever encounter the author of that question, I'll have to give her a real bitch slapping. 'has passed'? For fuck's sake, are you talking about someone going past you in the street? Yes? No? No, I thought not.
You're talking about death. There's a good, short word you could have used, one that takes less typing. It's 'died'. Don't pretend it doesn't occur - it does. To all of us - no-one gets out of this alive. This sort of milquetoast euphemism is an attempt to deny one of life's most basic features.
Aarrgghh!!
Re: Death, the final answer
(As opposed to my mother, who all too frequently speaks to those about to bereave others, IYSWIM. Samaritans get quite a snarly sense of humour.)
In this case, if the author for one minute really thinks people are going to be upset by the subject of death, then she or he should never have raised it in the first place.
(I just had a mental image of Ricky Gervaise doing standup then. Sorry.)