# This photo and description may be the saddest thing I have ever seen

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 15, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174 "2020-08-15T11:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-photo-and-description-may-be-the-saddest-thing-i-have-ever-seen/918174/37 "2020-08-16T20:49:26Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> > [@eschrodinger](#):
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> > Wow. You can’t look at a sad photo and comment or not comment on it without looking for what there is to argue about? If someone posts a link to a funny cat video, do you take that as a statement that cats are better than dogs, and dive into a heated debate?
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> What kind of comments should I make?

That is of course up to you. But off the top of my head, you could analyze the photo, or the description which IMO is itself a powerful piece of writing. Or post similar photos that have moved you. Or connect it to works of literature or film about similar incidents.

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