Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon

Nowadays? This is a natural human response to crisis and has been for thousands of years.

Humans NEED to get back to business as usual as soon as possible. It allows them to repair the damage that has been done far faster. When things are ''normal'' then there isn't any hardship, right? We're still here; we're still alive; we'll continue to continue. Another thing is - as harsh as it sounds - those who aren't affected can only have so much sympathy for those who HAVE been affected. This goes for anything. It's hard to sound genuine when you never knew anybody involved and didn't affect you in any way. Even during 9/11, or Katrina, etc; People can only offer their condolences. You literally can do nothing more than that. Does this mean that your acknowledgement is ''fake''? No. It's the only thing we have. We can't zoom around like Superman and save everybody being affected by hardship on the entire planet. All we can do is acknowledge that they've had a bad turn in life and simply move on. It isn't JUST us either; those affected hope for things to go back to normal as well. If everybody is talking about the tragedy that happens for longer than it needs to be spoken of, then victims can't SHAKE that tragedy off their heels.

And don't get me wrong, of course there are those who DON'T give genuine sympathy to victims, but to just assume the worst in a situation like this just reflects badly on you.

While I see your point, it seems you misinterpreted mine. I was not saying that people should not offer their condolences, nor did I say that people are not supposed to move on. Clearly I do not expect people to stay hung up on things forever, there is far too much happening in our lives and our attention spans are being pulled in numerous directions constantly. To expect that prople should stay hung up on a tradegy like this is a ridiculous notion.

My point was that many people on social media are pretty full of s'hit. Yes, I understand that this is a pretty big deal and people need to cope in their own ways, but to feel the need to post how sorry you feel on facebook or how we will "get the bastards that did this" doesn't really provide much to anyone. If I had lost someone in this event, would it make me feel any better that people on facebook were being empathetic towards me without knowing me? Honestly, I am not sure how I would take it, but I would most likely cope in my own way, regardless of all these well-wishers on social media.

The fact that some people take advantage of these tradegies to get attention or "likes," while others get mad because you aren't being as empathetic are they are, also bothers me, but I think I"ll stop there.

Btw, I think you trying to make this about me seems a bit unnecessary, don't you think?