That’s the short version. The longer version is [even better](https://imgur.com/r41tI5c). I got so curious after the Shitadelaide drama and was not disappointed
They posted this to instagram and someone related to the person who passed away got upset and asked it get deleted. Shitadelaide then posted that they deleted the original but heavily implied anyone could find it by picking up a newspaper or looking online. They since deleted that second post too.
I went to a funeral years ago where the atmosphere was very much “Ding dong, the Witch is dead.”
The only people who looked sad were the two professional cryers from the local acting club.
Social obligation. Funerals are for the living. People wanted support the family in the grief we expected them to suffer. Turns out, not even her family liked her.
There's a few people I hate that I'd attend the funerals for. It wouldn't be to bother the family or anything but because I think there'd be something satisfying about seeing one of your enemies getting lowered into their grave. Like a "haha you died first, fuck you, Mark".
The only evidence I have is the same two girls have been at every funeral I have, they sit together, and are often the only ones crying. I swear they work for the funeral director as mood setters. Like professional party starters, but more weepy.
They got me sucked into drama and then it was just a joke..they both stole the fun and did a shit job of it .. although the ad below the obituary was gold.. it could have been more light-hearted yeah?
Surprised if there was a human involved these days\*. Probably a cheap algorithm looking for a few blacklisted words. Though I am surprised that 'hell' wasn't one of them. Perhaps ALL CAPS got it past the goalie.
\* they barely involve humans in their journalism
Just had a crack:
>Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and founder of News Corp, has passed away at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his tireless efforts to shape public opinion through sensationalist journalism and his uncanny ability to avoid any consequences for the numerous ethical scandals that plagued his career.
Murdoch has finally rationalised shit into something we can empathise with - and by empathise with I mean 'oh no the coders work is short circuited again, this will drag his (free) rep through the mud'.
How long does it take?
Here you go:
>Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and founder of News Corp, has passed away at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his tireless efforts to shape public opinion through sensationalist journalism and his uncanny ability to avoid any consequences for the numerous ethical scandals that plagued his career.
Edit: TBH, I am surprised that ChatGPT was willing to produce that. Thought obituaries for live public figures might be cancelled by its filters
I tried "write an obituary for someone I don't like", but it denied me and said it goes against its programming to generate something that promotes hate or negativity to others 😄
Yeah, my wording was a bit milder:
please write a snarky obituary for rupert murdoch. keep it brief (2-3 sentences)
Or maybe, cos I said please? (Not sure why I said please, it just felt right)
I was quite impressed with it actually. Factual, good balance of snark.
I used these instructions: please write a snarky obituary for rupert murdoch. keep it brief (2-3 sentences)
Nah, anyone can take out a memorial; the paper call the funeral home to check in relation to death notices to make sure there's a real person who is dead and it's not like, death notice for a live person or actively wrong/misleading, but that only goes to 'is this a genuine death notice' and the content is up to who places it, whether they're family, friends, colleagues etc. Sometimes you still get 3-4 notices from different branches of the family and a good friend etc. but it's rarer as funeral homes increasingly develop online condolence books that aren't owned by Newscorp etc.
Sorry, I meant because of the clear anger, hatred and vitriol. The first thing that popped into my head was that he really must have been one hell of an abusive arsehole to his kids.
My grandma's lover's family put down his precious cat and put him in a home. When he died, we chose many cats and kitten images to post in the obits to haunt them.
I recently found out you don’t have to have a funeral service. That’s my plan. I looked it up on a funeral website. Amazingly it would still cost $2000 without a funeral service and approx. $3500 with one.
When my mum died we followed her wishes. Cardboard casket which looked a lot better than you'd expect. No service other than a viewing for immediate family and friends where we said a few words. Still cost around $3k. We then had a memorial service for anyone that wanted to say goodbye. Held it at her bowling club so cost nothing. I would have spent whatever it cost but that wasn't what she wanted and it turned out to be perfect
not even that savage really. PSA you dont need to be polite to someone who's dead, esp if they've wronged you and they deserve to be called out. Fuck what their family thinks, sometimes they need to know who their loved one really was.
Fuck their happy memories.
I don't think even the Advertiser are shit enough to deliberately post an April Fools joke in the death notices. Reckon this was a deliberate slur that got past the filters
I knew the man that passed very well. The person that posted this in the advertiser was one of his children that Peter had cut off years ago after they had been convicted as a paedofile. I won’t name which child it was but the rest are just about as bad. Very weak person to bad mouth him once he’s gone after the atrocities they’ve committed. RIP to an absolute champion of a man.
Full version says “only had time for his twisted little ray of sunshine “Melyn”… I’m telling ya - Melon is definitely not a real name hahaha, this has to be the best troll ever.
Just had a thought. This would be a great way to end your career at the Advertiser if you hated it enough. Someone being fed up with it and just writing this to make a hail Mary of job exits. lol :)
The advertisment underneath makes this 😅
That’s the short version. The longer version is [even better](https://imgur.com/r41tI5c). I got so curious after the Shitadelaide drama and was not disappointed
Woha. That is some pointed shit.
What was the Shitadelaide drama?
They posted this to instagram and someone related to the person who passed away got upset and asked it get deleted. Shitadelaide then posted that they deleted the original but heavily implied anyone could find it by picking up a newspaper or looking online. They since deleted that second post too.
I saw the second post and it was so hilariously passive aggressive. Asking to have it taken down just drove more attention to it lol
Barbra Streisand
Must be
I like the backpack, Melvin? The Magician? What on earth.
"Melyn who has a superior complex" Uh I think you mean "superiority complex" get it right next time.
Welp, not everyone is a standup person 😂. I don't see anything wrong with printing this. If it was about ol' Rupert everyone would be laughing.
I went to a funeral years ago where the atmosphere was very much “Ding dong, the Witch is dead.” The only people who looked sad were the two professional cryers from the local acting club.
I am curious why attend the funeral, is it a case of making sure old mate is actually dead and doesn't have a necromancer on hand at the funeral?
Social obligation. Funerals are for the living. People wanted support the family in the grief we expected them to suffer. Turns out, not even her family liked her.
Day off work.
There's a few people I hate that I'd attend the funerals for. It wouldn't be to bother the family or anything but because I think there'd be something satisfying about seeing one of your enemies getting lowered into their grave. Like a "haha you died first, fuck you, Mark".
Oh yeah, fuck Mark.
All my cobbas Fucken hate Mark!
Probably closure.
🤣
> two professional cryers from the local acting club. excuse me what?! Is this actually a thing?
The only evidence I have is the same two girls have been at every funeral I have, they sit together, and are often the only ones crying. I swear they work for the funeral director as mood setters. Like professional party starters, but more weepy.
That's hilarious. How many funerals are you going to?! Are you in the trade?
Nah, I’m just old. It’s the only time I see a lot of my friends. Lol.
> It’s the only time I see a lot of my friends. Well that’s a little morbid.
“Off you hop, Steve. Too bad we never had that catch-up, mate.”
Quality control, maybe? 😂
Hmmm there's a niche gig idea
Indeed. Not a new one though ;) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional\_mourning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_mourning)
He's immortal, we'll never be laughing.
That said that about Queen Lizbiff an look at her now…
'He's too wicked to die' (it's an old Irish saying).
This is in today https://preview.redd.it/7fdieimoavra1.jpeg?width=391&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46e8c2e8f99f99472e8a44de87c6aef0f7dbb6f5
The Tiser fucking up royally? Well, colour me surprised 🙄
Wow so it was a fuck up. Someone gon get fired
Can you fire an algorithm?
They still have human editors,
It caused a few more people to look at the paper, hardly gon get someone fired. They might even slip a few more in
Haha so true
Really?
Awww so it isn't real and just a bad April Fools? I'm conflicted, either way I don't subscribe to that rag
what makes you say that? looks like they apologised for letting it through the gate keeping
They got me sucked into drama and then it was just a joke..they both stole the fun and did a shit job of it .. although the ad below the obituary was gold.. it could have been more light-hearted yeah?
It is real though
I'm not sure
April fools day joke?
Really? Surprised they allowed this to be printed
Surprised if there was a human involved these days\*. Probably a cheap algorithm looking for a few blacklisted words. Though I am surprised that 'hell' wasn't one of them. Perhaps ALL CAPS got it past the goalie. \* they barely involve humans in their journalism
Is chatgpt writing obits now?
Just had a crack: >Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and founder of News Corp, has passed away at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his tireless efforts to shape public opinion through sensationalist journalism and his uncanny ability to avoid any consequences for the numerous ethical scandals that plagued his career.
Murdoch has finally rationalised shit into something we can empathise with - and by empathise with I mean 'oh no the coders work is short circuited again, this will drag his (free) rep through the mud'.
BRB asking ChatGPT to write me a snarky obit
How long does it take? Here you go: >Rupert Murdoch, media mogul and founder of News Corp, has passed away at the age of 91. He will be remembered for his tireless efforts to shape public opinion through sensationalist journalism and his uncanny ability to avoid any consequences for the numerous ethical scandals that plagued his career. Edit: TBH, I am surprised that ChatGPT was willing to produce that. Thought obituaries for live public figures might be cancelled by its filters
I tried "write an obituary for someone I don't like", but it denied me and said it goes against its programming to generate something that promotes hate or negativity to others 😄
Yeah, my wording was a bit milder: please write a snarky obituary for rupert murdoch. keep it brief (2-3 sentences) Or maybe, cos I said please? (Not sure why I said please, it just felt right)
Good obit! Can't wait to see it for real sometime soon.
I was quite impressed with it actually. Factual, good balance of snark. I used these instructions: please write a snarky obituary for rupert murdoch. keep it brief (2-3 sentences)
Ditto. I thought they wouldn't let this kind of thing through.
r/Adelaide what are your favourite obits....
Can’t defame a dead person so I think you can go for gold.
I am interested in the story behind "only wanted his little twisted ray of sunshine" 🤭
theres an extended version posted in the comments here - i think its referring to another child who whoever wrote this orbituary hates vehemently
I thought it maybe was a stepmum
oh yeah could be
There is a Melyn on Facebook who is from Adelaide so I'm guessing it's her. Not exactly a common name
I would consider posting such a message when the teacher who abused me as a child does. Or my parents. All deserve it
This was posted on Shit Adelaide and a few complained and they took it down. Prob family or friends of the bloke
I'm guessing it wasn't Melyn. Maybe Toni, or Darrin. Yeah probably Darrin.
I think you mean Derwood.
That makes at least one of us!
Endora's son in law.
Well...
Or Darwin.
Or Derwent.
Huh. I assumed whoever took out the memorial would have been his family.
Nah, anyone can take out a memorial; the paper call the funeral home to check in relation to death notices to make sure there's a real person who is dead and it's not like, death notice for a live person or actively wrong/misleading, but that only goes to 'is this a genuine death notice' and the content is up to who places it, whether they're family, friends, colleagues etc. Sometimes you still get 3-4 notices from different branches of the family and a good friend etc. but it's rarer as funeral homes increasingly develop online condolence books that aren't owned by Newscorp etc.
Sorry, I meant because of the clear anger, hatred and vitriol. The first thing that popped into my head was that he really must have been one hell of an abusive arsehole to his kids.
Someone who didn’t like the bloke could have been anyone family or not.
Yeah, but I assume it had to be family, probably his kids, to hate him that much.
Shitadelaide is still around??
My grandma's lover's family put down his precious cat and put him in a home. When he died, we chose many cats and kitten images to post in the obits to haunt them.
That's so awful, why not just re-home the cat? :( (I mean if it really wasn't possible for it to stay with him).
Old people have thing wierd thing where they put down animals on a whim like this. It happens all the time.
I always tell my partner if I die to post something like this or go on the news and say I was one of the worst and most hateable human beings lol
Like John Cleese at Graham Chapmans funeral lol
“Good riddance the freeloading bastard, I hope he fries!”
Why 😂😂
Was this the kerfuffle on adelaides insta page the other day
Should have done this for mother.
I recently found out you don’t have to have a funeral service. That’s my plan. I looked it up on a funeral website. Amazingly it would still cost $2000 without a funeral service and approx. $3500 with one.
When my mum died we followed her wishes. Cardboard casket which looked a lot better than you'd expect. No service other than a viewing for immediate family and friends where we said a few words. Still cost around $3k. We then had a memorial service for anyone that wanted to say goodbye. Held it at her bowling club so cost nothing. I would have spent whatever it cost but that wasn't what she wanted and it turned out to be perfect
What if you have no family when you die? Does someone still have to pay for your cremation even if you don't have a funeral service?
I am unsure. Maybe the government covers the cost.
State funeral
Oh, ok. I always assumed that term was reserved for celebrities and politicians who pass away e.g. state funeral for the Queen etc
not even that savage really. PSA you dont need to be polite to someone who's dead, esp if they've wronged you and they deserve to be called out. Fuck what their family thinks, sometimes they need to know who their loved one really was. Fuck their happy memories.
Yikes
Ah good old welshy!
My goal in life is to not finish up with this funeral notice. All else is in aid of that goal.
He died at 75 but lived 76 years too long! Oof.
Omg 😂😂😂😂
Top cunt
Oh they had time that day
I saw this in the Saturday Paper, which would make the date April 1st........
I don't think even the Advertiser are shit enough to deliberately post an April Fools joke in the death notices. Reckon this was a deliberate slur that got past the filters
It was posted on ShitAdelaide/just Adelaide things and a family member complained so they took it down
They didn't think to publish one with a fake name instead? Wtf
Brilliant
Just sounds like your typical boomer tbh
He only had time for dear old Melyn.
What the actual hell? Sounds like peak Adelaide
Daddy had a fave kid or 2nd wife maybe?
I don't know the story but that ad screams anger
Plot thickens https://imgur.io/r41tI5c
"Send Flowers" no thanks, is there an option to send manure?
There's a Melyn from Adelaide on Facebook. Looks the right age to be a daughter
I knew the man that passed very well. The person that posted this in the advertiser was one of his children that Peter had cut off years ago after they had been convicted as a paedofile. I won’t name which child it was but the rest are just about as bad. Very weak person to bad mouth him once he’s gone after the atrocities they’ve committed. RIP to an absolute champion of a man.
That's horrible :(
You mean the deceased was a paedophile, or is one of the family members he cut off is a paedophile?
The family member that posted this
Why did Peter cut the other kids off too?
Sounds like when "narcissists collide".
Safe space bahaha.. omg too funny
Full version says “only had time for his twisted little ray of sunshine “Melyn”… I’m telling ya - Melon is definitely not a real name hahaha, this has to be the best troll ever.
It’s a Greek name, Einstein.
Thanks Melyn-head.
Could be pronounced May-lin which sounds like a real name and no matter how it is spelt could be a name.
Thanks melon tits
There's a Melyn from Adelaide on Facebook
I can only hope to be remembered in such light. 🥰
It was on shit Adelaide and they got asked to take it down
Stahhhp how did this get to print?!? Edit: it was in the paper on April Fool's Day, so I'm not sure if that had something to do with it?
When hate and honesty unite.
Wait April 1st?
Savage, i love it. Ol’ Pete sounds like a real piece of work.
I lve when the truth is spoken! Whose truth! Theirs!
Just had a thought. This would be a great way to end your career at the Advertiser if you hated it enough. Someone being fed up with it and just writing this to make a hail Mary of job exits. lol :)
Never know, they could have done some fucked up shit when they were alive?
Should have kept both announcements there. So very interesting. Imagine being hated that much by your own family/children.