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Editing a Coworker's Cancer Farewell Video
from The Fixer (Bronx Jonny) · #86
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3 minJohnny describes being tasked at work with cutting a farewell/eulogy video for a boss's boss dying of cancer, riffing on the man's love of chicken fingers, dark jokes about death, and a story about an uncle's friend jumping into an open grave.
- 1:33Tim's editing a farewell video for a coworker with cancer, initially thinking it was a get-well message
- 2:04The video features people sharing anecdotes about the dying man loving chicken fingers and being fun
- 2:21Tim notes the dark irony of praising someone's chicken finger diet while they're dying of cancer
- 2:39The video shoot wasted his entire workday while the coworker was in a coma
- 2:50Tim suggests making an executive decision to highlight all chicken finger mentions in yellow with slow-motion shots
- 3:09He jokes about the kid at the wake only remembering his father for loving chicken fingers
- 3:27Tim admits the situation is sad and notes he struggles to express sadness without joking
- 3:40Humor becomes his coping mechanism because he can't just sit with sadness anymore
- 3:54Tim recalls seeing his uncle's best friend throw himself into the grave during the funeral
- 4:07The friend may have had romantic feelings for the deceased based on how attached he was