2026-09-23 19:48 UTC
When’s the last time you cried? And what would you do if you couldn’t? “I’d started to suspect that something was wrong with me when a friend I’d known since childhood died and I didn’t shed a tear.” https://kottke.org/26/09/whens-the-last-time-you-cried
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@JustinDerrick@infosec.exchange 2026-09-25 00:38
@kottke@mastodon.social @CosmicTraveler@mastodon.social I didn’t cry when my great uncle was hospitalized, or when he deteriorated, or after his stroke, or when he died, or when I picked up his cremated remains. I didn’t cry when I picked up my grandmother to accompany her to her brother’s funeral. I didn’t cry at the funeral, even when there were some nice words spoken about him. The minute the last shovel of dirt was on his grave, I broke down into the biggest, ugliest cry, probably of my life up until that point. The man I had *always* known was gone, and I’d done everything I could to make his hospitalization, decline, death, and internment go as smoothly and comfortably as possible.