The Tuesday Chattery - In Which We Chat About Social Media Sympathies & Condolences

Hey All and welcome back to The Chattery

We passed by Jervis Street last night and the footpath was filled with flowers and dedications to Yao Webster from Donabate in Dublin who lost her life there yesterday in a road traffic accident. It was only when we arrived home that we learned that Peaches Geldof had passed away too. Two huge shocks for two heartbroken families and, to a much lesser extent, for those of us learning of the news. 

There has been much debate online about people tweeting and updating their Facebook to offer condolences to people they didn't know and whether it is, in fact, 

attention seeking behaviour for themselves. 

I don't think it is, for the most part, it is human nature to react with shock to a life cut short, regardless of our connection to that life and to feel empathy toward a family in grief. 

Tell us, what do you think of people using social media to offer their sympathies to celebs who have recently passed or to those documented in the media? 

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*Spoiler Alert* The Thursday Chattery - In Which We Discuss the How I Met Your Mother Finale!!

Morning All, I'd like to dedicate The Chattery to something a little different this morning. TV shows that we can't discuss openly. HIMYM in particular. 

Too often, because our TV service is woejus, the best, most loved series' finales are spoiled as the States see the episodes months before us. 

It's hard when you're Twitter timeline balks at the idea of a Spoiler and that's fair when they've no access to see the show (as for the likes of Love/Hate etc, if you don't watch it on time, you've no business on social media, whinging about spoilers). 

On Monday night the final in a 9 series long, much loved series, How I Met Your Mother ended. The very premise was intriguing, Ted (gobshite, needly, needy Ted) spent 9 whole episodes telling his children how he met their mother (a weird Lily/Robin hybrid lady imho). 

At it's peak, the show was one of the funniest on TV as the younger, cooler 'Friends' shared their life stories on the build up to the big reveal. As can often happen, when that big reveal happened people weren't happy. People were mad. Big, big mad. 

If you're a fan of the show I'd love to hear your thoughts on the finale below, if you haven't yet seen it, this video AND the comments come with a HUGE SPOILER ALERT. Ye've been warned. 

I came across this video last night of an alternate ending and I'd love to know what you think - would you have preferred this one? 

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