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comment by epiph
epiph  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I said goodbye to an old friend today. I'll miss you Speedy.

Hey that sucks your dog has passed. Unfortunately this type of content is not suitable for this website and it would be cool if others did not post things like this.. I hope you can understand.





thenewgreen  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can always "ignore" aperson or even the tag "dogs", but I found no problem with him posting this. That's just me. But I think what's nice is that if you don't appreciate a certain users content you can easily prevent it from further making your feed.

I posted about my dog dying. It's a hell of an experience to go through.

epiph  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ive had many dogs and understand the loss. I just dont agree with things like this being posted on a site such as this. Alas, it is not up to me and is up to the community.

thenewgreen  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Actually, to the extent that you see #dog posts in the future, it is up to you.

briandmyers  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I could not disagree more with this comment - but, for the sake of discussion... what is it exactly that you feel is inappropriate about this?

user-inactivated  ·  4049 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not fond of going to see someone's pet who has passed on ... and be welcomed to a "download this app" page.

It feels crappy.

briandmyers  ·  4048 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How dare this person use an app which advertises itself, to share a pic with you. That IS low indeed.

user-inactivated  ·  4048 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, you so crazy. But are you crazy enough to enjoy the fresh, clean taste of Coca Cola?

Thanks for your reply, though.

/sip

Ahhh!

aperson  ·  4047 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm sorry that you feel that way. What you feel is acceptable and what the site as a whole feel acceptable can be two very different things. From me personally, I was going through a hard time and I wanted to talk about it. I don't have a lot of good friends that I can talk to, so I turned to the internet. I don't mean to intrude on your feed, but as others have said, you're free to ignore me and/or the tags I used for this post. I do agree that some people 'karmawhore' their dead relatives or pets, but I was genuinely wanting to talk and share experiences. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was bawling my eyes out the night I made this post. I just wanted to talk and maybe share memories. It really helped me to talk to a few people online, and I don't see why that should be restricted because of one user.