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Raemon comments on Solstice 2015: What Memes May Come (Part II - Atheism, Rationality and Death) - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Raemon 07 November 2015 10:23PM

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Comment author: Raemon 08 November 2015 05:46:38PM *  0 points [-]

This is definitely a contender. It's currently unclear to me how universal it is. (It seems to be fairly popular in nontranshumanist circles, so I think works for Solstice but also doesn't really feel like an appropriate thing for an actual funeral - not everyone is going to be in a mental state for this poem to be helpful)

Comment author: PipFoweraker 08 November 2015 10:02:39PM *  1 point [-]

Anecdotally, all of my matriarchal pre-funeralees have all indicated a strong dislike at both this poem's mild sexism and its somewhat mournful, rather than explicitly celebratory, approach.

Copyright shouldn't matter in these instances.