# Shocking Obituary from Galveston, Texas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080 "2017-03-01T03:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/1 "2017-03-01T03:29:03Z")
Wow. Scroll down and read this! > **[Galveston Family's Angry Obituary Crashes Funeral Home Website](https://us105fm.com/galveston-familys-angry-obit-crashes-funeral-home-website/)** > > Leslie Charping's family penned an obituary so brutal and scathing that people from around the world flocked to the Carnes Funeral Home website to see it. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/2 "2017-03-01T03:33:47Z")
Sorry if you’re legit, but I have to report you. Nobody in their right mind would risk clicking on your link. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/3 "2017-03-01T03:34:59Z")
That is likely legit,but it’s already a thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819078&highlight=obituary](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=819078&highlight=obituary) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/4 "2017-03-01T04:18:02Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Sorry if you’re legit, but I have to report you. Nobody in their right mind would risk clicking on your link. Why? There is nothing suspicious about that link. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/5 "2017-03-01T05:50:38Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Why? There is nothing suspicious about that link. I suspect the problem isn’t with the link, but that the OP didn’t explain what the link was about, just posted, “Scroll down and read this!” It makes it sound like clickbait. We prefer a bit of explanation with links. ---
**Author:** ![Fruitbat2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/6 "2017-03-01T05:52:35Z")
The title explains what it is. But yeah, sorry, not the best post. Got it. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/7 "2017-03-01T06:36:11Z")
As others have explained, links without even a cursory explanation or comment about the content tend to arouse suspicion around these parts. But I have an inkling that you already knew that **Fruitbat2**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/8 "2017-03-01T12:05:13Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I suspect the problem isn’t with the link, but that the OP didn’t explain what the link was about, just posted, “Scroll down and read this!” It makes it sound like clickbait. We prefer a bit of explanation with links. Plus the Feb 2017 join date is a red flag on a “click this!” post. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocking-obituary-from-galveston-texas/781080/9 "2017-03-01T15:58:37Z")
This thread is a duplicate of an existing thread linked to up-thread. I’m going to go ahead and close this one.