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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by stmchn on Monday September 30, 2013 @03:11PM (#6471613)
It really gives "famous last words" a whole new meaning since all your tweets and Facebook statuses are forever immortalized. It makes me wonder what seemingly mundane thing will be the last thing people see from me on social media and will in turn be the first thing people see on my page when they find out I'm dead.

It reminds me of Cory Monteith's (from Glee) recent passing. His last tweets were, "what the crap is Sharknado" "oh. IT'S A SHARK TORNADO." Just seems so odd to be remembered that way.

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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by Nicholas_C on Monday September 30, 2013 @07:03PM (#6472939)
Very. Before my best friend passed, that morning his final tweet was "Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die." He died in a drunk driving accident in which he was the passenger several hours later that afternoon.
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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by ksrm on Monday September 30, 2013 @08:55PM (#6473356)
https://twitter.com/sully_2003

:(

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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by gohrt on Monday September 30, 2013 @05:11PM (#6472392)
I'm sure that people who knew him (either personally or by enjoying his acting work) remember him differently. People who just followed him on Twitter, meh.
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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by lmm on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @05:52AM (#6475140)
Death rarely waits for a convenient moment. http://xkcd.com/791/
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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by philwelch on Monday September 30, 2013 @05:08PM (#6472374)
Especially since he (presumably) didn't actually die in a sharknado.
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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by jlgaddis on Monday September 30, 2013 @09:13PM (#6473433)
It'd be even more odd, or perhaps ironic, I suppose, if he did.
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Re:A friend died nearly 2 years ago. I had no idea by philwelch on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:41AM (#6474339)
I think "apropos" is the word.
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