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Buffa's Buffet: Good starts, dive bar sanctuary, Twitter's worth, and suicide's wrath

Buffa's Buffet: Good starts, dive bar sanctuary, Twitter's worth, and suicide's wrath

5 things on my mind, including untimely deaths and incurable foes.

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Dan Buffa
May 21, 2023
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For the record, death should never be considered a timely or untimely matter of affairs. But there are moments where you recognize someone has left the world too soon. The kind of brevity that leaves people speechless and shocked. Few things do this more fiercely and consistently than suicide.

The true unstoppable force

Time stamps on social media can be haunting reminders of this wrath. Like it or not, these networks are there for anybody and everybody to express their daily, in-the-moment, thoughts and pains. A passionate Baltimore Ravens fan took to Twitter on Saturday night to literally say goodbye to the world, before reportedly taking his own life shortly after.

His name was Chuck, who often debated and discussed his Ravens on Twitter and Instagram with pals. Many confused this superfan for being the real Chuck Clark Jr, an NFL player. But it turns out that this particular Chuck was merely someone who adored the sport and used it to light up his life.

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