Roy wrote:
>Jill McQuown wrote:
>>Cheri wrote:
>> >Sumwun wrote:
>> >
>> >> These from people who never knew the deceased in real life. Bonkers.
>> >
>> > I think they're hoping to be seen on TV, then there was the guy at JFK
>> > JR's memorial saying on TV "I don't really know a lot about him, but I
>> > know he was the last of The Camelots." LOL
>> >
>> > Cheri
>>
>> From what I understand, people *still* flock to Graceland in Memphis on
>> the anniversary of his death. (The radio jocks called it "Elvis Death
>> Week".) For the first decade or so there was always news coverage of
>> these people who came from all over the world to stand outside the gates
>> holding candles and placing flowers. I don't get it.
>>
>> Jill
>
>Those who live their lives through others achievements and deeds need these anniversaries and birthdays to keep them happy and to have a reason for living. Not much different than the millions who watch sports day after day after day.
>Some people have to live with the "herd instinct", individualism is "bad". Maybe it goes back to the old hunter gatherer way of coping with the adversity of living in a harsh world full of predators.

Spoken as someone who has never had any close relationsips... that is
other than as parasite Roy's hosts... use them up, throw them away,
and move on to find the next victim, right Roy... spoken like the
arachnids who spin webs on the outside of my windows and suck the
bodies empty.