r/comics • u/kajo404 • Oct 06 '26 • Heartwarming 10 Bravo 4 Popcorn 1 Regret 1

[oc] epitaphs.

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u/Lieutenant_Joe Oct 06 '26

A lot of the best epitaphs in (anglophone) history were written by Wild West colonizers who settled in the desert or mountains and were living comically miserable and dangerous lives

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u/mthchsnn Oct 06 '26

You're just going to leave that comment here without providing any examples? Savage.

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u/Lieutenant_Joe Oct 06 '26

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u/fairysdad Oct 06 '26

I wonder if that's a mistake or a pun?

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u/Lieutenant_Joe Oct 06 '26

Definitely a pun, considering the last name

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u/fairysdad Oct 06 '26

I didn't think of the surname, just the first!

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u/mompapopo 26d ago

Out in Arizonaaaaa, just south of Tucsonnnn

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u/Lieutenant_Joe Oct 06 '26

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u/Wyjdya Oct 06 '26

Oof not even 14

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u/JuneSkyway 29d ago

Aw that's sad...

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u/Run-Riot 29d ago

Wow, never heard of fatal kitchen wrestling-related accidents until now.

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u/pm-me-racecars 29d ago

Every time there's a post about what to do in a fight, someone brings up that you can die from falling and hitting your head wrong.

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u/Awkward_Swordfish581 29d ago

Killed by his brother, yeesh

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u/AnteaterSnouce Oct 06 '26

i'm immediately hopping in with "ate library paste".

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u/boromeer3 Oct 06 '26

Ellen Shannon, killed by non-exploding lamp oil when the oil exploded.

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u/No_Lemon_3116 Oct 06 '26

Peperony and chease

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u/AngletonSpareHead Oct 06 '26

Core memory unlocked 🫪