... then don't do it here.
In the past week or so, the bodies of 3 people who have been dead for over 6 months have been found in their homes. That's right, their 3 different homes. In fact on the news they were just describing them as skeletons. One woman was found still sitting at her dining table.
These were 3 people from different parts of the city/state who had no one in the world checking up on them for six months. No one noticed they were missing for half a year, no one tried to find them or call the police or anything. It makes me wonder how a life can end that way - with no family or friends or neighbours caring about you, no mail stacking up in the letterbox...
Of course there are lots of people with their heads on the news saying that there needs to be some sort of organisation that is responsible for checking up on the elderly! Everytime I hear that - that the government should be doing a roll-call of old people - I can hear Homer Simpson saying "Can't Someone Else Do It?". Why does someone else need to be responsible for making sure our fellow humans are at the very least ALIVE?
In the past week or so, the bodies of 3 people who have been dead for over 6 months have been found in their homes. That's right, their 3 different homes. In fact on the news they were just describing them as skeletons. One woman was found still sitting at her dining table.
These were 3 people from different parts of the city/state who had no one in the world checking up on them for six months. No one noticed they were missing for half a year, no one tried to find them or call the police or anything. It makes me wonder how a life can end that way - with no family or friends or neighbours caring about you, no mail stacking up in the letterbox...
Of course there are lots of people with their heads on the news saying that there needs to be some sort of organisation that is responsible for checking up on the elderly! Everytime I hear that - that the government should be doing a roll-call of old people - I can hear Homer Simpson saying "Can't Someone Else Do It?". Why does someone else need to be responsible for making sure our fellow humans are at the very least ALIVE?
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It makes me pretty sad to think that these people have lived their entire lives and are now old and not one person they have known realizes they have died. Its really very sad.
I use the Homer Simpson all the time. It's the best, and captures human nature perfectly.
We have been so focused on advancing in technical ways that we have forgotten to advance emotionally. At least in my opinion. but then, I just make crap up.
dying alone and having no one notice is my greatest fear.
thanks for this.
i'll be sending you the bill for my shrink now.
hehehe. skellingtons.
dia, the surefire way to beat that is to blog constantly. that way if more than an hour passes without a post you can be sure we'll send the police.
mongo - it's true that these people could have been really awful and deserved to be alone... but to sit and rot at your dinner table for 6 months is a little harsh?
ubes: you make up your own crap? can't someone else do it? by the way i think you're right.
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