Submitted by [deleted] t3_yxazli in television
OneGoodRib t1_iwrxuub wrote
Reply to comment by iamamuttonhead in Robert Clary passed away today, the last surviving principal cast member of Hogan's Heroes by [deleted]
"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".
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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