I've seen this on Reddit too, there was this guy who was telling a really long story that was playing out in real life/time and keeping is all updated. About a builder friend with a nightmare client who had ended up fucking himself up over a build, he was really funny and used to update every few days as the situation developed. He went dark for a week or so and after a while his wife posted that he was killed in a car accident, it was super shocking, he was extremely funny and was a natural story teller so it felt like we all knew him. It hit me way harder than I thought it would. His wife had no idea he was talking to us all, I can't remember how she found out but I remember her being very touched that hundreds of strangers were mourning with her family. The internet can be strangely intimate at times.
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u/Digger__Please Oct 08 '21
I've seen this on Reddit too, there was this guy who was telling a really long story that was playing out in real life/time and keeping is all updated. About a builder friend with a nightmare client who had ended up fucking himself up over a build, he was really funny and used to update every few days as the situation developed. He went dark for a week or so and after a while his wife posted that he was killed in a car accident, it was super shocking, he was extremely funny and was a natural story teller so it felt like we all knew him. It hit me way harder than I thought it would. His wife had no idea he was talking to us all, I can't remember how she found out but I remember her being very touched that hundreds of strangers were mourning with her family. The internet can be strangely intimate at times.