Facebook gives one woman the notification we've all been waiting for

Bring it on.
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Marcus Gilmer
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Facebook gives one woman the notification we've all been waiting for
Death is coming. Facebook said so. Credit: Getty Images

Finally, Facebook has done something right.

Something that we can fully embrace in the middle of the dumpster fire of 2018.

Behold, the greatest notification one can receive: the notice of sweet, sweet impending death.

Yes, as tweeter Rachel/@underthenettle notes, the alarming notification that appeared on her phone screen was for a specific lecture about death and not the cold embrace of our final breaths.

Still, as those fun volcanic eruptions, racist Twitter imbroglios, and political garbage fires grow, maybe we just got a little overly optimistic about the final sleep.

Maybe next week.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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