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iamamuttonhead t1_iwqq4zg wrote

Why use the euphemism "passed away". He died.

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OneGoodRib t1_iwrxuub wrote

"Passed away" implies that he died peacefully of natural causes, which he did. "Died" implies something less peaceful. Which is why it's hilarious when BoredPanda has to protect everybody's poor wittle feewings by saying someone "passed away of a shark attack".

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iamamuttonhead t1_iws218s wrote

It's a euphemism. You have it precisely backwards, The joke is that people use the euphemism to take the sting of death away, It doesn't matter if you die peacefully or die from a shark. You are dead.

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