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    So today I attended a funeral via webcam. Bizarre. My Mum is self isolating and I am her support bubble (hate this term) and I had to make sure she could see it as she knew him for 50 years and obviously couldn't attend. Sometimes you forget how weird this shit is.

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    • self isolating as in she's 81 and vulnerable, not that she's planning on going disco dancing or anything.fadein11
    • fairplay to the catholic church for getting tech'd up thoughfadein11
    • Decent of you Fadein. They've been doing it for a while in Ireland, I think for relatives overseas in Oz, etc. Had to set up a similar viewing for great aunt...PhanLo
    • ...to see her sisters funeral. It got quite stressful the closer it got to the start of the ceremony to get the connection.PhanLo
    • well this was actually quite easy, I didn't have to do much but knew my Mum wouldn't be able to make it work on her tablet alonefadein11
    • cheers phan.fadein11
    • My wife facetimed me for her Father's funeral. She flew back to Japan and I stayed with our kids. It was surreal, and painful. But little Japanese kids were...stoplying
    • running over to her phone to see the gaijin in the middle of the ceremony. Unforgettable.stoplying
    • sorry to hear stoplying. just crazy times, but it is becoming almost normal after 10 months of it.fadein11
    • damn man, so sorry to hear. it's nice that you were able to be "there" for her though.lvl_13
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