Love, Grieving, Music and Social Media: Cynicism is exhausting

Cynicism is exhausting

By Lonesome Traveler - 23/12/2024 07:00 - Philippines - Makati City

Today, some idiot kid teased and taunted me for weeping on my "already bad performance", recording it on his phone threatening to put it on social media. I was singing and playing the guitar, in front of my childhood sweetheart, and supposedly soon-to-be wife's grave. It was our song. I do this every year on this day. FML

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Earl_KarmasBitch 34

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Let him. Then point out why you're doing it. He'd get absolutely destroyed on social media and learn a valuable lesson about being a dick in a cemetery.

JasonThorn 20

Monday 23 December 2024 8:04

Run him down (not in a car), take the phone, and throw it into the stree5t. "I'm sorry, officer I was just grieving..."

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Earl_KarmasBitch 34

Monday 23 December 2024 2:30

Let him. Then point out why you're doing it. He'd get absolutely destroyed on social media and learn a valuable lesson about being a dick in a cemetery.