We had a 28 year old friend suddenly pass over the summer (went to bed and didn't get up); the official cause being an interaction of his medication and dehydration.
Every 90 year old that died in 2020 was a tragedy, but young people suddenly dropping dead doesn't seem to warrant as much attention.
Something I noticed at a funeral for an unrelated 90 year old extended family member, it seems nobody knows when to dress appropriately. Everyone in my extended family and their friends have all forgotten how to dress. It isn't about showing off, it's about having a basic level of respect for the dead, and honoring the person you are remembering. Yet I saw people wearing things they wouldn't wear to court if they expected a favorable ruling.
Their reasons were not about wealth, just social slovenliness. Nobody there was too poor to afford any number of other items they enjoy, from thousand dollar iPhones to arm sleeves full of tapestry-looking tattoos. I saw many of them dressed much better at weddings a few years ago, but it's probably because weddings are more about narcissism nowadays. The examples of narcissism I saw at the funeral included a woman I did not know well who must have weighed close to 300 pounds, but for some reason thought pink sweat pants and purple hair would look good on her.
Other people there, old boomers, are all alive long enough to know they should have worn something besides their favorite golf shirt and carpenter pants, yet there they were. Have they thought about whether people will think enough of them to present themselves respectfully when it is their time? I'm guessing not.
I just think it is weird and sad to see people treat funerals as just another day, only with a dead person in the room. They might as well be taking out the trash - no class whatsoever. The west doesn't value the old.
Boomers wanting to head off judgment day. "The Virus" was a reminder of their mortality. And they ain't gonna let that happen without being dragged kicking and screaming off to the afterlife.
This is a major reason for all their public panic about "getting vaccinated or else!!!" that we saw, and to some extent still see. They are quite petrified of their own mortality, as perhaps they should be after living a life of debauchery. I know plenty of otherwise logical older men who flew into a tizzy over this, mask and all. It's hard for them to let go even now that the facts are out, and especially since there's still talk of never ending booster shots!
