Crying-as-a-Service 😭

[nihkeys@mastodontti.fi]

@catsalad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_mourning ?

[schoentoon@mastodon.schoentoon.com]

@catsalad Caas. Almost sounds like Kaas, the Dutch word for cheese. Nothing to cry about in that case.

[c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io]

@schoentoon @catsalad but it is a line item for CaaS providers

[nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt]

@catsalad Actually something that has existed for a long time, believe it or not!

In Portugal we call them "carpideiras" (because they're usually women), people who traditionally were (are?) hired to mourn people during funeral proceedings.

In essence, you could (can?) pay people to look sad and cry during the mass preceding the funeral, during the funeral procession, and until the coffin is buried.

I assume in the olden days they were brought in so that the deceased person would be considered important. In a "Look how many people they touched! There are SO MANY people crying their eyes out because they're gone!" kind of way.

[rohini@mastodon.social]

@pa @catsalad came here to say this.

[nanianmichaels@tech.lgbt]

@pa TIL this practice actually has a Wikipedia page! Makes sense it would, I just never had thought about it.

And that it's been around for A LONG TIME.

Thank you for this piece of information!

[weezmgk@mastodon.social]

@catsalad Are you OK Ms C?

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@weezmgk Yeah. It's easy for me to cry.

All I have to do is think about only having 2 hands while the world has so many kitties!

[weezmgk@mastodon.social]

@catsalad Poor Catsy #pat #skritch ️

[rhelune@todon.eu]

@nanianmichaels @pa "In ancient Egypt, the mourners would be making an ostentatious display of grief which included tearing at dishevelled hair, loud wailing, beating of exposed breasts, and smearing the body with dirt."

Guess I should hire a few when my mother dies.

[riamaria@infosec.exchange]

@catsalad yo this is actually a thing in the Philippines x3

[tkissing@mastodon.social]

@catsalad Pretty sure that market has sever oversupply issues