Thank you! I was very indignant about that sentence too.

Hey, screw you, its my neighborhood and my community and I’m looking out for MY friends who are grieving.

Internet hugs right back. I hope you hear the status of all your friends soon. <3

A polite request asking for empathy and providing context is hardly an attempt to “control everyone else”. It’s possible that the loved ones of victims are the ones making jokes, but I doubt it. And if it’s not those people, then maybe we should defer to the ones grieving. Not to control them, but because its…

Hi. Not only have I lived in East Oakland all of my adult life but, I actually grew up in and have family in TN. The reason I posted this was directly because of the horrific jokes on that post.

What scowlybrow said but to add: Also, as an artist—its empowering and important to create within a community. It makes you a better and more prolific artist and gives you a sense of belonging, one that I never got in my rural conservative upbringing. Through my community here, I truly have a family in a sense that is…

I’m so deeply sorry for your loss, scowlybrow! <3

I mean, I don’t know logistics about how one declares state of emergency but, its not like they’re done dealing with the fire. They didn’t just put the fire out and were done. They’ve been pulling out remains for literal days to try and identify who was in it. They’re asking families of the missing to bring hair…

Please people don’t make jokes about this. This was a huge tragedy and all of us Oaklanders are taking it pretty hard. I did not lose anyone directly, only friends of friends, but, I will not soon forget the sheer terror that day of not knowing if any of my friends had gone to that party or not. I was calling people…