Ah, gotcha. I can see where you’re coming from. I think for a lot of us, we’ve seen the decline but this all feels sooo far above and out of control. We’ve been stripped of our ability to rationalize our fears away, and the reality is turning out pretty damn scary. I agree, the rationalization is the big slippery…

If we learned anything from Bernie’s run, it’s that there is a massive need for the Democrats to do shit like this. Be willing to make bold statements that are risky.

I don’t want to watch. The idea of watching makes me ill. Plus, it might be compulsory to watch by 2020, so this could be one’s last chance to exercise the right not to watch.

Seriously at this point how the fuck is this real life. It’s too much to absorb. Like my new reality has shifted too quickly and I can’t fucking handle it. If I had the money I seriously would just go and herd cows at this point. The world has gone fucking mad.

I’m so sorry about your dad. My dad died unexpectedly, 12 years ago on New Year’s Day. Then, two years later, my grandpa died on New Year’s Day. They were the only adults who I knew loved me when I was a child. I’ve felt alone since they died, and the injustice of my dad’s death is a nightmare I’ve thought of…

just because you have zero doubt doesn’t mean you’re right. you’re not helping right now.

Done With This Site is not vilifying people with a belief in the afterlife, just vilifying those who are arrogant enough to believe that it’s ok to tell a grieving person that they should also believe in an afterlife. The subtext of comments like this is “if you believed in an afterlife, you wouldn’t feel so bad.”

At least you have the satisfaction that some of your urine maybe got on onto his shoes as he was kicking you through your piss soaked clothes.

I was once walking home from a liquor store with a bottle of wine, when a guy approached me and demanded my wallet. I thought “Oh, I could take him,” and smashed the wine bottle against the wall of a building. He laughed... in my hand, I had nothing but a cork.

The way I felt was that I needed to be allowed to feel that my heart was ripped out, I needed to feel full ownership of my grief.

You are absolutely correct. We learned that in hospice/oncology massage training. However the family feels, you go with it. I am not religious, but if you wanna sing Alleluia and think God will heal your metastatic stage 4 family member, go for it. If you want to use tibetan singing bowls and prayer beads, go right…

My brother used an online bereavement group after our dad dies. Was the best thing for him.

I would have fucking belted that person so hard for you. When people say things like that, it is to make them feel better because they are scared and don’t know what to say. I will repeat this forever, when a tragedy happens and you do not have the words all you have to do is hug someone and keep your damn mouth shut.

Shut the fuck up.

I’m so sorry for your loss. Whilst it’s still so raw I know that there are few, if any words of comfort.

Reminds me of the last fight I got in. This guy at a bar was looking at me. So I said, “What the fuck you looking at asshole?” He looks at me and says, “Nothing.” I stood up. “Damn right, you better not be.” This guy had no business fucking with a guy like me, so I said, “ You have no business fucking with a guy like…

Okay but what does this have to do with the OP? Thie disconnect is striking, and as such, it feels like a random rant... A rant that I’ve now heard (well, read, you get it) so many times now my ears are closing. I’m going nose-blind to this rant. And the same for the anti Bernie rants as well. I get it that you’re…

With all due respect, if you aren’t in the same church with someone keep your religious beliefs to yourself. They just stated what they believed and you just jumped in with a completely unnecessary religious assault because you believe you are right and they are wrong.

Just because you have “zero doubt” doesn’t mean that you are even slightly correct.

But don’t vilify people who believe in an afterlife. I have zero doubt that you will see your dad again in some capacity. Also that he is in a different place. Zero doubt.