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What's the biggest deviation from someone's dying wishes you've seen happen? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This comes in response to news that I've heard of recently. Goes to show if you value your posthumous requests, organize them wisely.

The concept we generally call "dying wishes" are a staple in how we think of society. Just look to the ancient play Antigone for that. However, things don't always go as planned, especially in the wrong hands. What's the biggest difference you've seen between someone's "dying wishes" and what actually ended up happening?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 hour ago

Posting actual link to the story since OP used a nasty Twitter link of no value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 49 minutes ago

Karl Marx...

USSR...

dude be rolling in his grave

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

My mom was supposed to get my Grandpa’s house after he died. But my grandpa made the mistake of giving his new wife my mom‘s stepmom right to life in the house. She didn’t take care of the house, trying to kick somebody out who has right life is almost impossible. When my mom‘s stepmom finally died,the house was basically worthless. My mom basically got nothing out of the deal.

Never ever give somebody right to life to any house. It will kick you in the teeth.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

[off topic?]

Ray Bradbury was a staunch anti-fascist. However, he had a beef with Pres. Obama because there were no major US space missions while Obama was in office.

After Bradbury died, Right Wing folks tried to paint him as a life-long GOP based on a few out of context quotes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Ew. Xitter link.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Who is Xitter Link?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No one (probably). You used a twitter link.

Those are morally forbidden in our world, and on several communities as well as written in the rules.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

How so? This is the first I'm hearing of such a thing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago

First result, and there are several communities that took this decision a week or two ago.