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Offline ka9q

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #645 on: August 13, 2013, 02:47:05 AM »
It's hard to argue against that when it comes to their public personae, but even Jack White and Dr. Socks must have had family and friends.

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #646 on: August 13, 2013, 02:58:49 AM »
I know someone personally who will better the world by her absence, and her family agrees.
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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #647 on: August 13, 2013, 03:06:10 AM »
It's hard to argue against that when it comes to their public personae, but even Jack White and Dr. Socks must have had family and friends.
I know. I am not trying to dehumanize them, but rather mourning a life that spent so much of itself on vitriolic ignorance and hate.

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #648 on: August 13, 2013, 08:23:29 AM »
Or at least not accomplishing much of anything.

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #649 on: August 13, 2013, 10:36:53 AM »
Any USians able to tell me the normal period between death and interment over there? cos Doc Socks was at least two weeks dead before the funeral.

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #650 on: August 13, 2013, 10:40:04 AM »
Any USians able to tell me the normal period between death and interment over there? cos Doc Socks was at least two weeks dead before the funeral.

That's long.  It's usually a few days.
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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #651 on: August 13, 2013, 12:05:13 PM »
Any USians able to tell me the normal period between death and interment over there? cos Doc Socks was at least two weeks dead before the funeral.

That's long.  It's usually a few days.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't a longer wait more normal if there is a reason the body is needed as, say, evidence?

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #652 on: August 13, 2013, 01:18:53 PM »
Not usually, to my understanding.  Autopsies are done as soon as possible, because some aspects of it can be time-sensitive.  Tissue samples may be preserved, but the body itself is usually released as quickly as possible.  Sometimes, this is not the case, but that's usually if the issues are complicated.
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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #653 on: August 13, 2013, 04:45:49 PM »
A funeral may be delayed a bit longer than usual in some circumstances, such as when a family member is distant and/or difficult to get hold of.

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #654 on: August 13, 2013, 05:13:42 PM »
A funeral may be delayed a bit longer than usual in some circumstances, such as when a family member is distant and/or difficult to get hold of.
Puts a new spin (or maybe the original spin) on being told to "go chill." :P

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #655 on: August 26, 2013, 12:55:47 PM »
Or at least not accomplishing much of anything.

Yes. I'm sorry for someone who had an obsessive need to keep positing nonsense. He was a doctor, and apparently a talented musician. I wonder what demons prevented that from being enough for him?

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #656 on: August 26, 2013, 02:51:18 PM »
Yes. I'm sorry for someone who had an obsessive need to keep positing nonsense. He was a doctor, and apparently a talented musician. I wonder what demons prevented that from being enough for him?

Highly-accomplished people can still suffer an inferiority complex.  Buzz Aldrin is a good example.  Despite an exemplary military career, a stellar academic career, and being the first with Neil Armstrong to set foot on extraterrestrial soil, he still suffered from depression, anxiety, and alcoholism as a result (according to many) of feeling inadequate and unaccomplished.
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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #657 on: August 26, 2013, 04:26:42 PM »
Depression lies to you.  It tells you that you're worthless, that your loved ones don't love you, and that nothing you do is ever good enough.  Bad enough when you really haven't accomplished very much; if you've done truly great things and your brain is still insisting that you have never accomplished anything, it must be very painful.  Because, I mean, what can you do that's good enough?
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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #658 on: August 26, 2013, 08:30:57 PM »
Depression lies to you.  It tells you that you're worthless, that your loved ones don't love you, and that nothing you do is ever good enough.  Bad enough when you really haven't accomplished very much; if you've done truly great things and your brain is still insisting that you have never accomplished anything, it must be very painful.  Because, I mean, what can you do that's good enough?

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Re: What becomes of old 'friends'..
« Reply #659 on: August 26, 2013, 08:38:11 PM »
You're quite welcome!
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