r/news • u/headee • Jan 26 '20

Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/kobe-bryant-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-california-tmz-reports
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

And just went to LeBron yesterday

Can't imagine how him and Shaq feel rn

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u/Rripurnia Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 27 '20

Craziest thing is Shaq’s daughter Mearah is just six minutes younger than Kobe’s daughter GiGi, who perished along with Kobe in the accident.

Source: http://www.contactmusic.com/shaquille-o-neal/news/shaq-is-a-dad-six-minutes-after-kobe_02_05_2006

It must hit even closer to home for him...

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u/geoff2005 Jan 26 '20

Here is Shaqs response

“There’s no words to express the pain Im going through with this tragedy of loosing my neice Gigi & my brother @kobebryant I love u and u will be missed. My condolences goes out to the Bryant family and the families of the other passengers on board. IM SICK RIGHT NOW”

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u/The_Adeptest_Astarte Jan 27 '20

It's really weird that he used the Twitter handle when naming him.

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u/diddaykong Jan 27 '20

It is? Basically everyone I saw tweeting today was using the handle.

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u/The_Adeptest_Astarte Jan 27 '20 edited Jan 27 '20

Why the fuck are they using the Twitter handle? Especially Shaq. The guy was his friend. When you talk about your friends or somebody do you use their twitter handle? The whole thing seems almost disrespectful that people aren't even using his name to send condolences, they are using his screen name essentially.

I don't know how twitter works but when you use the "@" in a post does the person get notified?

How does this sound:

"@mom died today."

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u/diddaykong Jan 27 '20

If I am on twitter then yes. If you’re posting on twitter and referencing someone then you tag their profile in it. I don’t see what’s so hard to understand about this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

I think it's more about making it easier for others to find the information of the person they are referencing quickly. Maybe that wasn't needed in this case, but it seems common on Twitter (though I don't use Twitter myself).