Episode 228
Like a Poltergeist: Mom's Back on Social Media!
Yo, we got a wild story to share about my buddy Philip and his unexpected ghostly adventures on Facebook! So, after losing his mom, he hops on her computer and – surprise, surprise – starts liking her old posts like she’s the social media version of Casper the Friendly Ghost! Imagine scrolling your feed, all sad and grieving, and BAM! There’s Margaret giving a thumbs up to your casserole pic from six months ago. Like, is she back from the afterlife or just really into the Wi-Fi up there? 😂 We dive into this hilarious, yet kinda weird way people cope with loss, and trust me, it’s a rollercoaster of laughs, puns, and a sprinkle of “what the heck?” moments! Grab your snacks and get ready to giggle, 'cause this one’s a doozy!
Takeaways:
- Our buddy Philip became a ghost intern for Facebook, liking posts from his late mom's account—talk about a digital afterlife!
- Imagine scrolling through your feed, and suddenly, your deceased friend's account pops up liking your casserole post—Margaret's back with a Wi-Fi upgrade!
- Grief hits everyone differently, but turning your mom into a social media poltergeist is a unique coping strategy, I guess.
- Philip thought his mom would love seeing her friends' posts, but they probably think she's haunting them with likes!
- You'd think afterlife vibes would be more peaceful, but nah, it's just Philip in sweatpants on a like spree!
- Next time you see a random like from a friend who's passed, it might just be their ghost hitting the 'like' button—spooky or sweet?
Transcript
It's Haystack and my friend Philip.
Speaker A:And, yes, I'm changing his name to protect the guilty here.
Speaker A:My friend Philip tells me this story months after his mother passes away, which is obviously a heavy situation.
Speaker A:Already he is visiting his father, and he logs into his mother's computer, and, yeah, she still, of course, logged into her Facebook.
Speaker A:I mean, he's starting to tell me about getting on her computer, and I think, oh, he's gonna go through photos and reminisce, right?
Speaker A:No, he becomes a ghost intern for Facebook and starts liking posts from her account months after she passes away.
Speaker A:Can you imagine?
Speaker A:And, you know, she's very elderly.
Speaker A:Was.
Speaker A:I should say.
Speaker A:And so her friends are mostly very elderly.
Speaker A:Can you imagine being one of her friends and scrolling and minding your own business, Maybe grieving and healing, and suddenly, Margaret liked your post.
Speaker A:What?
Speaker A:Margaret?
Speaker A:Margaret's been gone since March, and it's October, and now she's like, nice casserole, Linda.
Speaker A:People are refreshing their feeds.
Speaker A:Like, either there's an afterlife, or Margaret has better WI fi than I do in heaven or wherever she ended up.
Speaker A:And Philip is just sitting there, clicking away.
Speaker A:Oh, she would have loved that click.
Speaker A:Yeah, mom was big into minion memes.
Speaker A:Clickety click.
Speaker A:Her friends have to be losing it.
Speaker A:I knew she was watching over us.
Speaker A:No, she's not watching over you.
Speaker A:Philip is in sweatpants eating cereal, going, ah, she would have wanted you to see this.
Speaker A:And, you know, you know, there's one overly spiritual friend that's commenting or.
Speaker A:Or thing.
Speaker A:This is a sign she is still with us.
Speaker A:Yeah, she's with you.
Speaker A:And she's really into your vacation pics.
Speaker A:I told him, man, grief is weird.
Speaker A:I get it.
Speaker A:People cope in different ways.
Speaker A:But maybe don't turn your mother into a social media poltergeist, because now one day he's gonna stop, and then all her friends are gonna be like, she has finally found peace.
Speaker A:No, no.
Speaker A:Philip just forgot the password.
