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[zadok-allen.livejournal.com]

Funeral selfie!

Maybe if the New York Post gets ahold of Mrs. Schmidt's selfie they can add it to their Worst Selfies Ever list. Currently there are 22 of them, almost half of which are funeral selfies.

I also thought it was cute that the article included the ages of nearly all of the women involved (starting with the "Schmidt and Barack get chummy" section), but none of the men.

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[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

Michelle is thinking, 'It's sooo embarrassing when world leaders channel their inner children in public.'

[ice-hesitant.livejournal.com]

Having to pretend to be sad at a stranger's funeral is a bizarre social convention.

[goumindong.livejournal.com]

Fortunately you did not have to pretend at Mandela's funeral. Which was more of a celebration.

They had to stop the ceremony because the crowd was singing too loud to continue

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-25313600

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

More context:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/obama-selfie-photographer-michelle-obama_n_4425001.html

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I don't get the being sad at funerals convention. Sure, if you're sad, be sad, but I know I'd much rather my friends and family celebrate the good things about having known me and enjoy each others' company than to mope around. I want my funeral to be as cheap as possible so there can be a proper open bar so people can get drunk, laugh, be merry and maybe have a fist fight or two. A proper Irish wake.

[zadok-allen.livejournal.com]

I've been to an "actual" Irish wake once - my best friend's dad was a first-generation Irish immigrant who fought in Viet Nam and was buried at Arlington. About a dozen of his family came over from Ireland to attend. After the service we went to the hotel restaurant/bar for a late lunch. I was handed two drinks by people I'd never met before before I even made it to a seat. The rest of the day we just drank, ate and listened to the stories being told about my friend's dad. It was awesome - like being at a family reunion but I barely knew anyone. No fist fights, though, so maybe it wasn't a true Irish wake...

The argument about whether or not it's "appropriate" to take selfies at a funeral/memorial/wake/celebration of life/whatever is pretty subjective in my opinion. Mandela probably would have enjoyed seeing world leaders being so chummy, so I say no foul.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

When someone lives an amazing life, changes the world and dies in their 90s there's little to be sad about I reckon.

Even though my dad's side of the family moved out here in the 1850s, he was the first to marry outside the church. Weddings and funerals on his side of the family are generally an excuse to get as many people in one places as possible and give them as much alcohol as possible. Of course, you usually have to sit through two hours of church first, but I'm pretty sure that's just to make everyone start drinking as quickly as they can once it's over.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

...the good things about having known me...

Assuming there were any.

[ericcoleman.livejournal.com]

You do all know that this was not at the funeral? Right?

[dexeron.livejournal.com]

Shh! Don't get in the way of the narrative!

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

What fucking chord is he trying to play there? It's like a G#add8 or something, it'd sound more horrendous that his policies. I guess it's better than seeing actors playing guitars on tv with all of their fingers touching all of the strings...