>>>Say, your own mother or sister - would not it bother you at all?
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>>Sorry to tell you, but I'd get by. I might wonder for a bit if it were my mother, but as long as I knew I was only twitted, and not that she'd died, or something, I'd get over it.
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>But let's face it, Naomi, that's really a pretty silly example considering what we are really talking about here. You weren't twitted by family.
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>We're talking about you now, not me. So, I can use whatever example I like.

Ok.

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>Ok, let's say it was your best friend. What would you do?

Same. As long as I knew she/he was ok (not dead or hospitalised), and I'd only been twitted, I'd get on with my life.