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    Image of Katherine M Cox Katherine M Cox
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    today is the third anniversary of the death of my best friend. i still visit his myspace page and write things on it on his birthday and the anniversary of his death. it's one of the only reasons i still have a myspace account. trust me, this is a really great, important idea. people who use facebook (or myspace) use it to keep in contact with people from distant places, and having a memorial page for a friend can be a very cathartic thing for a group of people spread out all over the world. i wish my friend had hopped on the facebook bandwagon back in 2006, because i would give anything to have another opportunity to look at his face and see what he used to think. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/26/09

    @Katherine M Cox: I still send IMs to someone 2 years after their death. Its actually a great source of comfort to me. Somehow, I think he gets them even in heaven.
    God must have awesome Wifi. #facebookdeath
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    Image of collectiveego collectiveego
    10/27/09

    @Curves: Thats called denial. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Curves Curves
    10/27/09

    @collectiveego: It may be denial, but, its what I can bear. Who says denial is a bad thing anyway? Most people operate under at least some form of selective denial. Acceptance isnt always a good thing. If I accepted it, I would simply fall to pieces. #facebookdeath
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    Image of quillaja quillaja
    10/27/09

    @Curves: Everyone dies. #facebookdeath
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    10/28/09

    @quillaja: Its not MY death I cant accept. Try reading all the comments before you reply. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    There's already a site for this.

    [thegravebook.com] #facebookdeath
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
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    Image of MaQ MaQ
    10/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Is there any point to write on your wall ?! #facebookdeath
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Kaiser-Machead is a fan of Haunting Gizmodo Commenters from the Great Beyond. #facebookdeath
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Excuse me while I go set up one of these for Abe Vigoda. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    This is utterly absurd IMO. #facebookdeath
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    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Really? Do you have any dead friends on Facebook? #facebookdeath
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    10/26/09

    @coughiecup: I don't use Facebook or the like. Do we really need Facebook pages dedicated to people who passed away? #facebookdeath
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    Image of Dr. Evil Genius Dr. Evil Genius
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Facebook takes a live person's page that is no longer alive.

    They then take that page created by the newly deceased and kinda "bronze" it for the friends of the fallen.

    Does it make a little more sense to you? #facebookdeath
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    10/26/09

    @Dr. Evil Genius: A page created by the "newly deceased" ? :) So the person will be Facebooking from the grave?

    j/k

    I understand the idea, but I don't understand why the pages can't just be deleted? #facebookdeath
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: Considering the brouhaha that happened when Facebook users tried to delete their own pages, I assume that page deletion is a hassle that FB would like to avoid as much as humanly possible. #facebookdeath
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    10/26/09

    @Coolmodo: It's merely the modern equivalent of allowing friends and loved ones to memorialize and pay respects to their deceased. I choose to see it as a way for spiritual beliefs and practices to "catch up" to modern social practices.

    A cousin of mine, who passed away several years ago in sudden tragic circumstances, has a memorial myspace page. The thousands of family, friends, California firefighters, and emergency services personnel who knew him contributed to it. It has become a loving tribute to a young man who was deeply loved, and many stll visit it to "tell him" things he would have liked. It is, to me, the next step from visiting a grave to commune with the deceased spiritually. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Captain Nobody Captain Nobody
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Capt Nobody is 6 feet underground ....... and helping his crops grow in Farmville! #facebookdeath
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    10/26/09

    In reply to Facebook Status: Resting In Peace
    Q: How do I change the status when I'm dead? #facebookdeath
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    Image of hoocli hoocli
    10/26/09

    @ripfire: A: you get your "friends" to, that is if you have any. #facebookdeath
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    10/26/09

    @hoocli: Ouch!

    If you were offended by that Twilight comment, then I apologize. #facebookdeath
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    Image of Assassin_Kensei Assassin_Kensei
    08/14/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    The world just got a little worse.
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    Image of joetato joetato
    08/16/09

    @Assassin_Kensei: I know how you feel. Let's just remember that he made the world better than it was before.
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    08/14/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    I cannot imagine what the world would have been like if Les Paul had not existed. Thanks for everything Les.
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    Image of jps1369 jps1369
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Cover your fenders and hide your shame whilst you plug in your Gibson and honor his name.
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    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Wow... I just don't know what to say.
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    Image of LazyLomax LazyLomax
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    R.I.P.
    My guitar gently weeps....
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    Image of jmeltzer jmeltzer
    08/13/09

    @LazyLomax: He'll be buying a stairway to Heaven.

    R.I.P. you crazy diamond.
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    Image of SgtBeavis SgtBeavis
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    He was one of the biggest contributors to modern music in the 20th century.

    Les Paul, we salute you for giving us the music we truly enjoy today. Without you there are no Foo Fighters, Van Halen, Chicago, or rock n roll for that matter.

    Thank you sir.
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Rock on for eternity Les!!
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    Image of Super Moose Super Moose
    08/13/09

    In reply to Les Paul, Inventor Of The Solid-Body Electric Guitar, Dies At 94
    Solid Body electric guitars existed before Les Paul made his. People had already put pickups on solid body Hawaiian guitars in the 1930s.
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    Image of FurySamurai72 FurySamurai72
    08/14/09

    @Super Moose: You're an asshole. Les Paul DID invent today's version of the electric guitar. the Les Paul guitar, is not JUST named after him, he invented THAT guitar. He also invented multi-track recording, and the technique of adding another head to a tape recorder, inventing what we today call tape delay. Les Paul was also a musician. Who are you to downplay the death of a person without whom modern rock as we know it today simply would not exist. Save your nitpicking for another post.
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