People Who Mourn Over Social Media

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For example:

“Day 10 without you and Idk how I’m going to continue on..”

“I really miss my so&so...”

“This pain is so deep I miss my dawg so much why they had to take my nikka”

Etc...

I’m a firm believer that everyone grieves differently.

But I also believe there is only ONE reason for a person to broadcast their “grief” all on social media: ATTENTION.

Everything that you write on your FB page about how hurt you are over your deceased loved one, could’ve just as easily(and just as effectively) been written down in a private journal(where people used to write their deepest feelings! Back when ppl were REAL!), a diary, or hell even the little notepad app in your smartphone.

If you just have to express your grief through writing, those are proven outlets with which to do so.

The ONLY reason for posting your grief all over your social media page instead, is because PEOPLE WILL SEE IT... Which = attention.. Which = self serving motive.. Which = you’re fake as hell, and type foul for using the death of a loved one to garner sympathy and attention for yourself. And it’s rather transparent to those few of us out here who aren’t mainstream sheep junkies, and it’s pathetic.

As I’ve mentioned before I recently lost my dad. It would feel so fake and contrived and deliberate if I spent my time posting about it on Facebook. I grieve in privacy and with my loved ones. And we don’t do it on Facebook.

Mourning should be intimate and private. It should actually mean something.

I can’t imagine sitting there and deliberately typing out a status about how I feel about my dad, and checking to make sure the spelling is ok, editing it and shyt, hitting “post”, waiting and checking back periodically to see who “Liked” it. I mean it’s just so contrived and fake, and at that point you’re not even mourning you’re just “dap” fishing on fb, in the name of a dead loved one.

And then if no one does “Like” your grieving post you’d feel some type of way. Why? Because your reason for posting it was for attention/Likes. It’s not that complicated to see that.

An initial message explaining to your followers what you’re dealing with, and asking for privacy in respect to that, is expected. But after that, all the little poems and pretending like you’re talking to the person, you’re just full of shyt.
 

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For example:

“Day 10 without you and Idk how I’m going to continue on..”

“I really miss my so&so...”

“This pain is so deep I miss my dawg so much why they had to take my nikka”

Etc...

I’m a firm believer that everyone grieves differently.

But I also believe there is only ONE reason for a person to broadcast their “grief” all on social media: ATTENTION.

Everything that you write on your FB page about how hurt you are over your deceased loved one, could’ve just as easily(and just as effectively) been written down in a private journal(where people used to write their deepest feelings! Back when ppl were REAL!), a diary, or hell even the little notepad app in your smartphone.

If you just have to express your grief through writing, those are proven outlets with which to do so.

The ONLY reason for posting your grief all over your social media page instead, is because PEOPLE WILL SEE IT... Which = attention.. Which = self serving motive.. Which = you’re fake as hell, and type foul for using the death of a loved one to garner sympathy and attention for yourself. And it’s rather transparent to those few of us out here who aren’t mainstream sheep junkies, and it’s pathetic.

As I’ve mentioned before I recently lost my dad. It would feel so fake and contrived and deliberate if I spent my time posting about it on Facebook. I grieve in privacy and with my loved ones. And we don’t do it on Facebook.

Mourning should be intimate and private. It should actually mean something.

I can’t imagine sitting there and deliberately typing out a status about how I feel about my dad, and checking to make sure the spelling is ok, editing it and shyt, hitting “post”, waiting and checking back periodically to see who “Liked” it. I mean it’s just so contrived and fake, and at that point you’re not even mourning you’re just “dap” fishing on fb, in the name of a dead loved one.

And then if no one does “Like” your grieving post you’d feel some type of way. Why? Because your reason for posting it was for attention/Likes. It’s not that complicated to see that.

An initial message explaining to your followers what you’re dealing with, and asking for privacy in respect to that, is expected. But after that, all the little poems and pretending like you’re talking to the person, you’re just full of shyt.
That's the exact conclusion I came to. They type whole prayers out & everything like God is gonna like & comment on it.
 

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As I’ve mentioned before I recently lost my dad. It would feel so fake and contrived and deliberate if I spent my time posting about it on Facebook. I grieve in privacy and with my loved ones. And we don’t do it on Facebook.

With all due respect, what's the difference between posting it here and on Facebook?

I agree with what you said that people do it for attention though.
 

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#Funeralselfie
#RIP [Insert family member here]
#RIP....here is my TummyTea
#RIP....see me on CamShow
#SoDevastated....add me on snap
#NoWords#GoneTooSoon

Bullshyt...all of it...go to the funeral or pay your respects and STFU about it...
 

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writing an open letter to a dead friend or family member is a way people have been dealing with grief for centuries

this isn't clowning at work, disciplining your child on social media, flashing money to get yourself set up, etc - if this is how people express some loss then its really not hurting anyone :manny: its not like you gotta deal with them if its not up to your standards
 

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Don't have social media and wouldn't express grief that way, and yes, sometimes it goes way too far, and obviously everything is now documented.

You are leaving out that the support and "likes" (in addition to the "high" that one gets, are a way of coping and being comforted.
 
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