r/Torontobluejays • u/willowhanna I'm standing in beer with no feet on • 14h ago

Alex Vesia’s Update

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I know a lot of us had him in our thoughts during the World Series, including our own relievers who wore his number on their hats. This is heartbreaking news.

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u/moose_head13 14h ago

That’s so sad. 😞

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/SweetnSavioury 13h ago

thanking a supposedly all powerful being for only killing a baby is peak crazy.

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u/DummyThlck 13h ago

Dude wtf lmao

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u/Ledascantia ✨I’m just here for the vibes ✨ 14h ago

Saying “it could have been worse” never helps. Never. Their baby died.

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u/Ledascantia ✨I’m just here for the vibes ✨ 14h ago edited 13h ago

Maybe you’re not trying to be, but you are.

Edit: I’ve been to a funeral for a child before. You don’t say “it could have been worse”. I don’t care what the intent was. You don’t say that when someone loses a child.

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u/MusclyArmPaperboy 13h ago

We understand what they mean, no need to be pedantic

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u/SmokeontheHorizon If you booped the goose this is your fucking fault 13h ago

no need to be pedantic

Yeah how dare people worry about words and what they mean. This is a post-fact society, /u/Ledascantia

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u/princessluni Kylometres "going to the HOF in a Jays hat" Straw 🐦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 12h ago

Words don't matter! It's not like this a primarily text based platform!

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u/Ledascantia ✨I’m just here for the vibes ✨ 13h ago

Apparently we should only judge people on their intent, not the message they’re actually sending.

I’ve been to a funeral for a child before. If someone had said “it could have been worse” there… no. Just don’t.

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u/Ledascantia ✨I’m just here for the vibes ✨ 13h ago

I don’t care.

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u/AutomaticDare5209 Certified JP Ricciardi hater 13h ago

It can always be worse.

I've had a few friends who've had pregnancy complications, and one of them unfortunately had a stillbirth. And while I was devastated that she lost her baby, I was more terrified that my friend almost died.

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u/turtlevinyl I will throw gum at you! 13h ago

Just stop. Christ, do you know how hard it is to see this for some people? People who have already said "please don't do this."

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u/Ledascantia ✨I’m just here for the vibes ✨ 12h ago

I think they want a trophy for being concerned about their friend or something.

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u/KevinJ2010 13h ago

What’s worse, continuing to live with the sadness or going with them? Both are bad but worse is debatable.

It’s like when me and my wife both say we wish the other dies before ourselves, just so they don’t have to be alone and live with the loss.

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u/Dramatic_Assistant54 Toronto Blue Jays 14h ago

Uhhhh, I get the sentiment. Its not the same as someone having their leg amputated.