Bringing this topic back to bring up another kind of online grieving: Youtube comments. You can find the kind I'm talking about when looking for a song you like. Short, but emotional stories about what-could-have-beens with a past love, a parent or family member that is no longer here, or a rough upbringing with the hope for a brighter future...
I hope I don't sound weird when I say this, but reading these things make me realize how connected we are all through music, and how a single song can contain infinite stories, not just the one embedded within its lyrics.
I know it's not a stable platform. Comments get dragged down to the bottom where only the most restless bored people scroll. Videos and accounts can be taken down. But for a brief but meaningful moment, these loved ones from strangers live once again, becoming part of my memory.
With time, the details may be eroded away - but never that feel of connection with humanity.
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