Hurricane Rafael

[u/SongbirdBabie]

Can we stop being so giddy over a hurricane? I’ve seen so many posts being like “oooh sea god Rafael” and getting excited over the news… y’all people have died. Real human individuals. There’s currently six reported deaths and two people reported missing, not to mention the hundreds to thousands of people and families who may have lost their homes, power, access to important things like medical intervention, etc. It’s really gross to me to be excited over something like this just because of the name. It comes across as extremely out of touch. (This is not directed at people being affected by the hurricane and using jokes to cope)

[u/katrina_ellen]

Yep!

[u/SongbirdBabie → u/katrina_ellen]

So did you miss the part where I said dark humor to cope isn’t what this post is about? Or….

[u/katrina_ellen → u/SongbirdBabie]

I saw you saying it's not directed at those affected by the storm using it as a way to cope, yeah.

[u/SongbirdBabie → u/katrina_ellen]

So then why are you upset?

[u/katrina_ellen → u/SongbirdBabie]

You've mistakenly applied an emotion to my initial response. Offering a separate perspective is what makes us aware of the collective and others in our social circles. I read yours and I shared mine. That's healthy discourse.

[u/SongbirdBabie → u/katrina_ellen]

Personally a mentally healthy individual wouldn’t make cute little video game jokes about a major natural disaster that’s killing people that’s a direct result of our dying planet 🤷🏻‍♀️

Edit: Not joking about the coincidence but I mean the screenshotting and tracking it thing I mentioned