facebook second death syndrome
The weird habit of people acting like they just heard about a celebrity dying, even though they've been dead so long it's like they're your uncle’s pet goldfish.
A tweet: 'I just found out that Kobe died. I cried for 5 minutes.', it was 2021.
A message: 'I just realized that Lady Gaga died in 2019. That’s so unfair!', from a 12-year-old.
A post: 'I thought my favorite singer was just on vacation. I didn’t know she was dead.'