Comment by aiyodev | Hacker News Reader

Comment by aiyodev | Hacker News Reader

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> How many customers now? (She loved watching NanaGram grow)

And as my Nana lay on her hospital bed, struggling to breathe, she whispered into my ear, "Post this on Hacker News after I die. Alas, I now leave this world, but I want it to know all about the totally awesome features of NanaGram. My only regret in this life was not living long enough to see my grandson close his seventh funding round." And then she died, her spirit leaving her body as effortlessly as a text messaged photo sent to your loved ones through NanaGram. I believe my Nana is now in the embrace the triune God, which is one person of the trinity for every free photo you can send through NanaGram if you sign up on our website today!

I don't really know how to respond to this. She literally asked me that nearly every time I saw her. Word for word, she said, "How's the photo business?" and/or "How many customers now?" Ask anyone in my family. This is kind of a mean comment that I doubt you'd say to me in-person, especially if you knew just how much I deeply cared for my grandparents.

Mean is psychologically manipulating people, pimping out a dying loved one to raise money for a startup. I employed a rhetorical device called “hyperbole” to show you how your post comes off. I thought this was a cool story until I read this line. As someone who has lost loved ones, I cannot imagine exploiting their condition, reducing their life to an advertisement, for money or internet points. And I resent those that would. I have a grandmother with dementia and was considering showing your service to my wife until I read that line. Something to keep in mind.

I'm not raising money and this is a bootstrapped product. FWIW, those questions were things she asked me every time she saw me, not the last time she saw me.

What's wrong with you? His product is literally called "NanaGram". You might not even understand how disrespectful you are right now with this kind of comment.

You’re a real asshole to say something like this.

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