RIP Dick Clark
Bryan wrote:
> The way people talk about death is weird. When people write RIP, it
> makes me think, "While it may appear that the person is resting
> peacefully, upon closer examination you'll find that the person is
> actually dead." Also the "the late so-and-so." If they were merely
> late, you'd expect them to eventually show up, but they're not late,
> they're dead, and they won't be arriving at all. Not late, not ever.
Are you campaigning against all euphemisms, or just the ones about
death?
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