[Pixies news] In an uplifting Pixie moment Jseal has decided to relegate the word transitions to the postings relating to that oh so touchy subject... DEATH. Many Pixietes were seen dancing in the streets at this transition in though.

How's this one for the blunt approach... for the living transitioning to new things.. keep "transitions"... for those that croaked use "dead"... of course that might be a little too blunt for some. I have talked with a few doctors over the past few years (just conversation, nothing else) and I found it interesting that many of them choose not to use the terms like "passed on" or "left us" and just opt for the much simpler "they died." I am not sure why, but I am guessing it is just the more clinical approach to it. While the whole idea of someone I care about dying does suck I still think of those conversations and find myself wording it like they did.

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