Tribute: James Berg (1588 hits)
Category: Business & FinancialRating: 1.55 on 76 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Rob Berg (View user info) at 2007-08-17 13:01:58 EDT
The funeral is today at 3:00.
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What an impossible day this is.
When I was asked if I wanted to say something today my immediate reaction was : of course.
I have to say something.
I WANT to say something.
But what do you say at a time like this? There are no words that will make this tragic loss any less devastating. There are no answers as to why something like this could even happen. It certainly isn't fair. There is no rationalization - no justification - no explanation... nothing about this will ever make sense.
It just... sucks.
He was a such an extraordinary kid. That giggle that just won you over even if you were in the crappiest moods.
Especially if he PUT you in that crappy mood. "Oh come on now" he'd be likely to say - give you some sort of puppy face and bust up laughing. He had a joy for life that was unparalleled. Helpful, industrious, honest, noble, kind...
I could literally spend hours coming up with positive things to say about him... but I suspect the people in this room are all well aware of the many things that made him so special. For those that never had the chance to meet him - all you need to do is look around at his friends and family today to know how important he was to each and every one of us.
Grief comes in waves - and as heart-wrenching as this week has been - it is because of the people who show up at the door, who send their sympathies and support in cards and emails, and for all of those people who stop by the group we have started on facebook - each memory they share, each word of encouragement, each hug that they give takes a bit of this massive grief we all feel and dissipates it a little. It won't ever go away - but the more people who share this impossible burden - it just makes it just a little easier to carry with us.
James lives on in all of us and I think we all owe it to him to take a few pages from his handbook on life. It didn't matter what preceded any conversation we had on the phone - it was always ended it with "I love ya." Dan Olson stopped by earlier in the week, a good friend of James, and my Dad asked him to tell us a story about James. Other than the fact he always took his money in Texas Hold 'em - the one thing he always appreciated about James is that it didn't matter how long had passed from the time you last saw him - to the next time it was always like it was just yesterday. When he talked to you it was always like you were the most important person in the room - and to him: you were.
I'll sure miss you little brother. I love you. Always.
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Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2008-01-03 22:23:27 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
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Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:46:51 CDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That guy looks like an asshole. That being said, It's always hard to take a loss, and while everybody else will blame some religious diety, the fact that he's gone is worse than how or why.
I suggest you try the whole "5 stages of grief" thing, then get your skates on. Here's to hoping for the best.
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I never thought that one stage would be to place some bullshit on ubersite.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2008-01-03 22:02:38 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Facebook... hahah. Man, what a joke you are.
If this dude was such a great guy, maybe he wouldn't be rotting in a grave right now.
Go cry and console each other in your facebook group by sucking each other off.
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-09-13 02:07:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by AccidentalPerfidy (user info) at 2007-09-13 00:45:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Added a +1, even though there's been no comment for awhile. I liked the part about it always being like just yesterday. I have a very few friends I can go months without talking to, and then when we catch up again it's like we're just restarting a conversation we were having the day before.
Nice. Sympathies to you and yours, belated as it is. Ignore the fuckbags who think it's attention grabbing and get your grief out any way you can.
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Thank you very much.
Submitted by AccidentalPerfidy (user info) at 2007-09-13 00:45:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Added a +1, even though there's been no comment for awhile. I liked the part about it always being like just yesterday. I have a very few friends I can go months without talking to, and then when we catch up again it's like we're just restarting a conversation we were having the day before.
Nice. Sympathies to you and yours, belated as it is. Ignore the fuckbags who think it's attention grabbing and get your grief out any way you can.
Submitted by no1hasdis (user info) at 2007-08-21 14:33:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-08-21 13:28:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-21 10:03:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Does everything have to end up some kind of fucking drama?
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-21 09:46:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
the problem with this tribute is that it's on the internet. inevitably, there will be arguments and goatse links and whatever trolling you can think of. so it becomes an anti-tribute. it's as if people signed the log at the entrance of the funeral home with lulz and some ppl pointed at the exposed body and made fag jokes.
i understand what rob said and why he put this up here, but to some extent, iddqd is right and funerals are meant to be intimate otherwise you're just pissing on his grave even if that's not the intent. especially if posted here on Ubersite.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-21 06:41:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh my god, what a dick you are..........
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-21 06:37:55 EDT (#)
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"You're a 30 year student picking a fight with a very real human being that just lost his brother."
ive never had any family. does that mean you should start shedding a tear for me, you fucking loser? no, you dont know me. i dont come to you people to give me little electronic hugs and disgustingly use a loved ones death, or some other tragedy as a reason to make people on the internet take notice of me.
nothing ive done is 'in the spirit of uber': i made a post that was about a guy who has the same last name as you and your late brother as a mild joke - and you typically got sand in your giney.
seriously, are you in teh queue for a sex change, because it seems like you have way too much estrogen floating around in your system.
youre up to two posts now about your brother. how many more you think you can milk it for?
get some class and some fucking dignity and go and mourn your brother with your family and his friends, and treat his loss with the fucking respect it deserves instead of whoring it out on the internet.
not even his death can drag you away.
how pathetic are you?
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-21 06:26:48 EDT (#)
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wrong again, rob.
keep swinging.
Submitted by DrogoRoch (user info) at 2007-08-21 05:32:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No word Berg, no words can make it better.
It sucks but you just have to keep hold of the memories, even shitty ones will become fond ones in time.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-21 05:30:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sure it might be in the spirit of 'uber' n' all, but perhaps you should ask yourself: Does that make my pecker any bigger?
Hint: The answer is 'no', you pathetic fucking dork
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Fucking owned. +2 for that
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-08-21 05:12:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-21 03:52:05 EDT (#)
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actually id say that using a family tragedy for sympathy from internet strangers is pretty sad.
but i bet you feel so validated now all these people youll never meet feel sorry for you. watch out, youll get addicted and then have to start offing other relatives to get your fix.
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You'd like to believe that wouldn't you?
That this is all a ploy. Some self delusional need for attention?
Luckily, I have many outlets to try and process this unexplainable tragedy. It just so happens one of them is this particular website. Unlike yourself I have delighted in the establishment of rather enjoyable relationships with some of the folks who sit in front of their computers and pretend they are being anonymous around here - and it just so happens they like me too. So yes - when I see these people have taken the time to leave some sort of comment expressing their sympathies over the loss of someone so special to me - I don't feel 'validated' so much as reassured or even strangely comforted by the stories of similar loss and most certainly inspired by their encouragement.
Thats what e-pals are for.
How sad. You're a 30 year student picking a fight with a very real human being that just lost his brother
Just because you can.
Sure it might be in the spirit of 'uber' n' all, but perhaps you should ask yourself: Does that make my pecker any bigger?
Hint: The answer is 'no', you pathetic fucking dork.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-21 03:52:05 EDT (#)
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actually id say that using a family tragedy for sympathy from internet strangers is pretty sad.
but i bet you feel so validated now all these people youll never meet feel sorry for you. watch out, youll get addicted and then have to start offing other relatives to get your fix.
Submitted by locksly (user info) at 2007-08-20 22:58:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry to hear Rob,
Take care.
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-20 22:58:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
no, THIS is petty:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/111054
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-20 22:10:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-19 19:04:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i agree caul, but what good are trolls when you can rile them up that easily though? they are supposed to be doing the riling...YOU know all about that.
this guy is just a fucking hack when it comes to trolling. he's just a posturing little homo.
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So basically you just love the cock M I RITE?
Submitted by zwerg (user info) at 2007-08-20 08:33:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
condolences
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-08-19 22:42:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-19 20:07:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-19 19:04:30 EDT (#)
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i agree caul, but what good are trolls when you can rile them up that easily though? they are supposed to be doing the riling...YOU know all about that.
this guy is just a fucking hack when it comes to trolling. he's just a posturing little homo.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-19 07:28:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-08-19 01:03:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
How are you not a troll? EVERY single rating of yours has been controversial and it seems that you get a boner off it
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oh thats foolishnes and you know it <3
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-19 01:08:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
without trolls, the internets would be like talking on the phone with your mother.
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-08-19 01:03:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
How are you not a troll? EVERY single rating of yours has been controversial and it seems that you get a boner off it
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-18 23:54:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
zippydancer...or whatever the fuck that guys name is...thinks he's really 'cool' and 'outrageous' when really he's just the kid who let my drink stay empty too long and lost himself a tip. this could explain his litttle outburst of impotent, childish anger.
run along and try to impress someone else with your 'edginess', you fucking little boy bitch
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@Scourge,
Where as you strike me as the kind of gangly old nancy-boy faggot who reads a dostoevsky book or 2, assumes that greenlights him to make assumptions on people's psyche. Sits around at an absurdly overpriced bistro eating some 20 dollar meal. Drinking middle shelf wine with your scrawny leg hiked over the knee of the other. Placing your hand on your kneecap you sit there oozing a sense of self-worth and smugness.
While I'm on the topic of people I'd like to punch right in their fat cocksucker, you're one of em. Faggot.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-18 23:42:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Who is trolling? I'm just saying he looks like somebody that would piss me off for being a prick, and get 1 or 2 landed on his chin...
Submitted by Lambchop (user info) at 2007-08-18 21:09:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Obvious troll is obvious.
Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-08-18 20:48:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-18 08:26:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
He looks like the kind of guy who would wear a 60$ all white collared shirt. Paid 60$ instead of 3$ @ a thrift shop though, for the little 1x1 Lacoste Alligator on the breast of the shirt.
AKA someone I'd land 1 or 2 on the chin of for pissing me off....
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And you sound like the kind of guy who sucks cock for a living.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-18 18:22:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
zippydancer...or whatever the fuck that guys name is...thinks he's really 'cool' and 'outrageous' when really he's just the kid who let my drink stay empty too long and lost himself a tip. this could explain his litttle outburst of impotent, childish anger.
run along and try to impress someone else with your 'edginess', you fucking little boy bitch.
once again, my condolences, rob.
Submitted by Zeglamancer (user info) at 2007-08-18 08:26:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
He looks like the kind of guy who would wear a 60$ all white collared shirt. Paid 60$ instead of 3$ @ a thrift shop though, for the little 1x1 Lacoste Alligator on the breast of the shirt.
AKA someone I'd land 1 or 2 on the chin of for pissing me off....
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-18 08:18:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Puts everything into perspective.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2007-08-18 06:33:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Uhhh... Business and Financial?
Submitted by marginwalker (user info) at 2007-08-18 03:23:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Remember Kid - Our door is open (and our fridge is filled with boozy goodness)
We're thinkin' of you.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2007-08-18 01:07:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-08-17 22:23:27 EDT (#)
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i really think this is disrespectful.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-08-17 20:50:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-08-17 20:44:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-08-18 08:36:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:58:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm so sorry Rob.
Stay strong brother.
Submitted by UTOCKIN2ME (user info) at 2007-08-17 20:08:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You know rob, i saw your post regarding the loss of yer little bro the other day.And man, i didn't know what to say at the time ,so i said nothing.I did read some of the reviews however and would have loved to jump through the screen and ...well we'll leave that for later. Why is it that certain individuals or shall i say cocksuckers don't know when to joke and when not to? Why don't they just not comment at all. But you knew that when you posted it anyway.
I know I can be an asshole in some of my reviews,but a shot from my heart goes out to you in this case.At my age,I lose 2-3 friends/relatives almost every year-and it never gets easier.Your doing rather well with your situation judging by this post.Remember your brother for who and what he means to you and that's all that matters. At the young age of 26,it's a jagged pill to swallow.But then again he is your blood-and you would feel this way if he was 86.
My condolences to you and yours.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-08-17 18:36:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:58:47 EDT (#)
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I'm so sorry Rob.
Stay strong brother.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-08-17 18:16:00 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-17 18:11:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:48:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry dude.
I lost:
1) My little sister.
2) My wife.
3) My dad.
4) A quarter under the couch cushions
5) My Driver's License - twice
6) My mind
7) My virginity
8) Kind of if doing it with a sheep, counts
9) My skate key
10) A key face-off in the defensive zone
11) Myself in the Supermarket
I know how you feel, believe me.
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I kinda expected all that from you but #9 is fucking amazing and wonderful in ways that make me feel 13 again.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-17 18:11:53 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:48:12 EDT (#)
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Sorry dude.
I lost:
1) My little sister.
2) My wife.
3) My dad.
4) A quarter under the couch cushions
5) My Driver's License - twice
6) My mind
7) My virginity
8) Kind of if doing it with a sheep, counts
9) My skate key
10) A key face-off in the defensive zone
11) Myself in the Supermarket
I know how you feel, believe me.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2007-08-17 18:09:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Tough loss man.
+2 for a good Alberta boy.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:58:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm so sorry Rob.
Stay strong brother.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:48:12 EDT (#)
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Sorry dude.
I lost:
1) My little sister.
2) My wife.
3) My dad.
I know how you feel, believe me.
Submitted by PerkMan (user info) at 2007-08-17 17:21:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This so deserves a +2.
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2007-08-17 16:26:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Bumpkin (user info) at 2007-08-17 16:06:46 EDT (#)
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I hope I never have to feel the grief of losing my brother. I'm not sure I could cope.
I for one am glad you told us about him and what you and his friend remembered him for.
He seemed like quite a guy.
Don't know if there is anything else for me to say.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2007-08-17 15:24:30 EDT (#)
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You know, in tragic situations like those, I always find it's best to open with a really, really bad joke, or a story that completely contradicts the serious air of the occassion. It's not going to really make anything easier, because nothing is, but it does loosen things up just enough, and help poeple listen to what you have to say. The way my father put it, he doesn't want people crying and going on at his funeral. He wants people to remember his life, not dwell over the fact that he's dead.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-08-17 15:00:33 EDT (#)
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doubt there's anything for me to say here.
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-08-17 14:46:51 EDT (#)
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That guy looks like an asshole. That being said, It's always hard to take a loss, and while everybody else will blame some religious diety, the fact that he's gone is worse than how or why.
I suggest you try the whole "5 stages of grief" thing, then get your skates on. Here's to hoping for the best.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2007-08-17 14:23:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Very touching.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-08-17 14:17:32 EDT (#)
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Sometimes God really screws the pooch.
Sorry, man.
Submitted by lover101 (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:54:22 EDT (#)
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I dont know you or your family, but I am so sorry for your loss.
Submitted by Coleslaw_Murphy (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:42:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:33:01 EDT (#)
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I want to say something funny, but I doubt it would be appropriate.
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I have that same desire.
--- So, where's the mspaint candles in this tribute?
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:37:36 EDT (#)
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This is a lovely tribute. Good luck today - I'll be thinking about you.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:33:51 EDT (#)
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Sure it would. It would break the tension. Go for it.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:33:01 EDT (#)
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I remember when I faked something like this.
I want to say something funny, but I doubt it would be appropriate.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:31:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:21:38 EDT (#)
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smart move using his real name.
It took me all of 30 seconds to find out where to leave comments about him that your family will see (nevermind your families names). You should make it private before people start linking goatse.
Sorry to hear about it, but this kind of uber-exhibitionism of feelings without a change of names is pretty careless towards your family.
I concur: And I never liked these kinds of "posts" on Uber, anyway. They wreak of desperation for sympathy and Uber isn't a place that exhibits great amounts of sympathy.
The only reason that I won't go off with a "joke" is BECAUSE TOMORROW IS SHLONGY'S BIRTHDAY.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:30:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:23:54 EDT (#)
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Indo, although I do realize this is Uber, we should all be decent enough human beings to leave it alone. Rob and his family are hurting enough without childish antics adding anger to grief.
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You have a higher expectation of uber than I do.
I am not going to fuck with the family or the friends of somebody who died just because he posted their name here, but i would be suprised if nobody did. It would be smart to keep "strangers" from leaving comments anywhere his family may want to see them, or at least keeping the settings so he can preview comments before they are seen.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:29:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:21:38 EDT (#)
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Sorry to hear about it, but this kind of uber-exibitionism of feelings without a change of names is pretty careless towards your family.
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Why? If Rob is not personally ashamed of or trying to hide anything he's done on here, then it doesn't matter whether he uses his brother's real name or not, other than as a general courtesy/etiquette not to do so.
Being as Rob's been very open about his real identity on here, however (insofar as I can tell, anyway), I don't think giving away his deceased sibling's identity will make a lick of difference.
That, and I guess I just have implicit faith that the general populace of Uber have enough decency to not be jackasses about something like this.
Peace, Rob.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:27:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:18:40 EDT (#)
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You have all my support and strength today, Rob. Speak from your great heart. This will be a tough one for you, but you know the people who love you will be surrounding you and holding you up, and even the ones that can't be there in person will be with you in spirit
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:25:15 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:08:48 EDT (#)
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I'm so sorry, hon.
Don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing. You don't have to do anything other than feel the way you feel today, don't forget that.
This dysfunctional corner of the web will be waiting for you when you get back.
Today you'll likely share a lot with others, and I hope that brings you some peace.
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Thank you sweetheart.
Yes, today will be spent with family and friends but in that crazy dysfunctional way you folks are included in that circle.
To quote m - 'You know who are' - and I love ya.
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To answer Caul's question - I am his family - and he knew how much I enjoyed this site and would often shake his head at some of the insanity that gets churned out here. Most people will never understand this wretched little e-despot... and I can't imagine my mom spending much time clicking through the idiocy that we barf out on a daily basis or in any way approving of the sort of things that some people feel compelled to say or how they act - but she isn't a user here.
I am.
And this was for me.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:23:54 EDT (#)
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Indo, although I do realize this is Uber, we should all be decent enough human beings to leave it alone. Rob and his family are hurting enough without childish antics adding anger to grief.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:22:00 EDT (#)
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:'(
I'm so sorry.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:21:38 EDT (#)
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smart move using his real name.
It took me all of 30 seconds to find out where to leave comments about him that your family will see (nevermind your families names). You should make it private before people start linking goatse.
Sorry to hear about it, but this kind of uber-exibitionism of feelings without a change of names is pretty careless towards your family.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:18:40 EDT (#)
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You have all my support and strength today, Rob. Speak from your great heart. This will be a tough one for you, but you know the people who love you will be surrounding you and holding you up, and even the ones that can't be there in person will be with you in spirit.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:16:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:14:36 EDT (#)
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Don't worry about the words. Speak your heart.
That will be enough. For you, for everyone, that will be enough.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:15:25 EDT (#)
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I couldn't imagine...sounded like a great guy.
Truly heartbreaking to read this.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:15:04 EDT (#)
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PS - I hope you know what a eugoogoly is.
Submitted by azurefroz (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:14:41 EDT (#)
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I make poo poo when I pee pee.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:14:36 EDT (#)
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Don't worry about the words. Speak your heart.
That will be enough. For you, for everyone, that will be enough.
I could share some awful, ridiculous stories about the last eulogy I heard, but that might better serve another time. Just believe me when I say you simply cannot do any worse than that one.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:11:44 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:10:16 EDT (#)
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nice tribute but um...would james berg, or his family, approve of this?
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:08:48 EDT (#)
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I'm so sorry, hon.
Don't be afraid of saying the wrong thing. You don't have to do anything other than feel the way you feel today, don't forget that.
This dysfunctional corner of the web will be waiting for you when you get back.
Today you'll likely share a lot with others, and I hope that brings you some peace.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-17 13:03:21 EDT (#)
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ah damn