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I lost my friend (lemmy.world)
submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by Strider@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

Apologies if this could be against rule 1. I don't think so personally but feel free to remove if mod thinks so.

So, I lost my friend. He was a good friend and knew levels of me really well that possibly nobody does. But this is not a mourning post.

Aside from the tragedy, it's dull (as insensitive as this might sound). Looking and finding new contacts is a huge challenge filled with a lot of setbacks. Lots of work, I am certain most of you will understand.

So life just got a lot duller.

Edit: thank you for the empathy.

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[–] vrek@programming.dev 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Since you made the comment that laughter and humor always helped in tough situations like this, I'll give you two cancer jokes.

#1

A guy runs into a old friend who looks really depressed. The guy asks what's wrong. "I just lost lost my father." the guy is shocked "oh my god, that's horrible, what did he die of?" the depressed friend replies "the big C". The other guy says "cancer is horrible". The depressed guy looks confused "cancer? No, he was out fishing and fell off the boat. He drowned in The Big Sea"

#2

A man rushes to the hospital worried about his wife. He gets there and talks to the doctor. "I'm sorry for your lose but we couldn't save her" The husband is crying but through his tears asked "what killed her?" the doctor replies "the big c" the husband looks shocked "I didn't even know she had cancer". The doctor replied "no, no, you misunderstand! She was walking out of CVS and the sign wasn't secured properly..."

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Hehe, I like the second one more. But luckily I know what CVS is.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Well hopefully I gave you some joy in this dark time in your life

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Indeed, you you were also part.