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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. What a sad, stupid way to go.

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Mon Oct 28, 2019, 01:44 PM

Oct 2019

They were trying to do a gender reveal stunt that to post on fucking social media. I'm beginning to think the desire for social media publicity will be the death of civilization. Gender reveal parties are stupid; gender reveal stunts for social media are even more stupid; gender reveal parties for social media using pipe bombs are tragically stupid.

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Iowa woman killed at gender reveal party [View all] 47of74 Oct 2019 OP

Almost the perfect Darwin Award lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #1

Not really--the dead woman was too old to be having more children. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #4

yes. if the pipe bomb had killed the prospective parents... lapfog_1 Oct 2019 #5

She was 56, and probably the grandmother-to-be. nt tblue37 Oct 2019 #6

What a sad, stupid way to go. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #2

I posted that same sentiment on FB and got lambasted for it. They're selfish and MEMEME ridiculous CurtEastPoint Oct 2019 #3

Gender reveal parties are a silly, self-centered way The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #7

I said the baby, if he/she/it knew this had happened, they'd be appalled. CurtEastPoint Oct 2019 #8