this may sound a bit daft to some of the more.. err, stern posters perhaps..
but I’m guessing that when a popular celeb dies, or an islandful of Norwegian kids.. it can briefly touch the heart of some folk, and these threads might just be an opportunity to share a little of that emotion and bond with people that are feeling the same way..
We could grieve all day about each and every futile death but that would take up too much time and our lives would be filled with sorrow.. so why not take these opportunities to share a little manageable grief together..?
I’m sure that anyone who has attended a funeral service will know that taking any positive experience from a death is always heartily encouraged..
Maybe it can be viewed as an exercise in showing off if you choose to look at it cynically enough.. so what..?
Is it really any better or worse than showing off an ability to build twee gazebo type structures on the side of yer opulent manse..?
Not really.. 🙂
I think that maybe some forum members are desperately in need of a flippin’ good cuddle and a sob so that they can release some of that overpowering repression..