# No candles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 15, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876 "2019-12-15T01:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876/1 "2019-12-15T01:39:42Z")

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Recently my wife was driving somewhat agressively, causing me to remark that I am too young to die. Mid-twenties stepson from the back-seat: “Actually, Isosleepy, they don’t hold candlelight vigils for 50 year old guys”  
I knew this, I guess. I mean the notion didn’t surprise me. But it was a touch harsh to be confronted with the fact that my dying past a certain age is really not that sad an affair. I guess with wrinkles comes dispensibility. Unless you’re a mom or Robin Williams.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876/2 "2019-12-15T01:43:52Z")

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Man that was harsh!! He was in the car as well. You shoulda told him, Smart Alec 20 somethings don’t get much in the way of vigils either.

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**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876/3 "2019-12-15T03:24:12Z")

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I think your stepson was probably referencing a Louis CK bit about no candlelight vigils for 50-year-old fat guys. (Yuk, yuk. Never cared for Louis CK.) Still, I think candlelight vigils are more about the circumstances than the age. People are more likely to hold candlelight vigils for a young person who got shot than a young person who OD’d.

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**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-candles/844876/4 "2019-12-16T05:47:31Z")

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> I think your stepson was probably referencing a Louis CK bit about no candlelight vigils for 50-year-old fat guys.

So he’s a plagiarist to boot. Gonna be a cold, skinny Christmas for him…