Comments on: R.I.P.: R.I.P.s

By: Charlsie Adele Moore

Charlsie Adele Moore — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:48:19 +0000

@gabrielle….dealing with the loss of osama bin laden. To clarify, are you stating that people would be coping with the death of osama bin laden? I would call that celebrating. I can’t imagine there are too many people from the USA, Spain and other various places that have been attacked that would mourn the death of a self-proclaimed terrorist (unless you sleep with your head up a unicorn’s ass). (However, you may not have meant your statement like that) The syntax is confusing.
What it seems like you are trying to say is more blatantly stated in your first sentence.
Coping to me is a personal device utilized to overcome, defend, and deal with a perceived threat. Now, that definition that I just made up, in no way disqualifies humor as a defense. However, people don’t only use humor for defense- there are many reasons people joke- make a commentary ect.. This is the rub with this entire thread of discussion. Some of the humor that surrounds death is good and honest. Others jokes are crude, uninformed, and apathetic. Like all discussions, everyone is right. Everybody wins.

By: Jayme Glynn

Jayme Glynn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:20:46 +0000

dudes, i don’t know how well you understood the post/rant/opinion of one person. No one is saying death isn’t a huge thing, or that it’s not cool to make a joke about it. This post is about how OTHER people are all “HOW DARE YOU JOKE ABOUT DEATH” or else, the opposite “how funny is it that this person died…” blah blah blah, and the subsequent arguments that arise over being able to make a joke about death, or is being too soon for said joke to be made, and the way that the death is completely forgotten about because it’s much more important to be able to make a joke (or not) about a celebrity dying than to acknowledge that someone cool died and that makes the world a different place. Everyone deals with things differently, but it’s just the way that some people use the death of someone famous to make their point about how they can make a joke about it.
This post is verrrry valid.

By: Gabrielle Dolceamore

Gabrielle Dolceamore — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:48:22 +0000

i sincerely agree. i find it hard to believe someone making a joke about someone’s death is “coping”. were my facebook friends and family using jokes and racist comments when they were dealing with the loss of osama bin laden?

By: Miranda Robertson

Miranda Robertson — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:11:03 +0000

We got through my dad dying by cracking jokes about him. And every single one made me happy because it was a celebration of who he was, instead of just mourning that he was gone. Having said that, I totally get your point. When death and destruction are wrought on a large scale, and you weren’t personally involved, there’s no need to comment or make jokes. Like all of the Princess Diana jokes that went around after she died.

That’s twisted, but I guess with my dad, we were talking about him, and making fun of him the way we would have been if he were still alive. With something like Princess Di, or the tsunami in Japan, or the earthquake in NZ, you are making fun of the situation, not the people involved. And that isn’t cool. If someone had cracked a joke about my dad’s personality I would’ve laughed, but if they went ‘oh ha ha, your dad just died from cancer’ I would have punched them in the face.

Thanks for a cool post

By: Kelly Fero

Kelly Fero — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:10:54 +0000

I really do think you’ve misunderstood the message of this post. It seems clear to me that the target of this “rant” (and yes, it is posted under the “rant” section of this site) is not a joke after a tragedy, or seeing how people react to loss. It also seems clear to me that, while perhaps Shelby could have refrained from cursing in her response post, it was not meant in any way to offend, but rather to emphasize her statement. I believe your comment stems from confusion more than anything else – there are subtleties in this piece of writing that are not reflected in your criticism. Shelby, don’t apologize for your writing – you’re putting your opinion out there in, what I perceive to be, a fairly articulate manner, and you’re not framing it as anything other than that.

By: Jordan Joy Lynn Wirrick

Jordan Joy Lynn Wirrick — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 03:16:40 +0000

I think that Hello Giggles wants EVERYONE to be represented on their website. That’s why they offer such a wide variety of topics, perhaps just the fact that it gets us women communicating is enough of a “point” for this article. I look forward to reading articles I don’t necessarily agree with, it gives me a chance to learn about something I may regularly disregard because on Hello Giggles it’s presented in a reletively friendly & fun way. So share your opinions good, bad, or whatever, let’s learn from eachothet!

By: Jordan Joy Lynn Wirrick

Jordan Joy Lynn Wirrick — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:49:33 +0000

Wow so insightful, I often find myself angry when someone dismisses death or jokes about it. Obviously they have a reason for the way they feel, & I think everyone no matter how ill informed deserves to be heard. The next time someone says something I find to be cruel or inappropriate I will remind myself to ask why & not just call them an asshole for choosing to voice they’re opinion!

By: Shelby Fero

Shelby Fero — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:43:37 +0000

sorry that last sentence of my comment was unnecessary. I did not mean it to be harsh (problem of reading what is written and not getting to hear tone.) I meant it more, please, really, don’t be flippant (I perceived it to be) but then me realizing that it’s arrogant of me to tell people what to do (who do I think I am) so I qualify with something like that. Stupid/rude of me for sure