You have a point, but then my rebuttal to this is that there are opportunities to do so without being awkward that aren't taken. Again I'm not necessarily speaking about here and us as a community. I'm telling you guys you need to value the people in your life more. Because they're here today and then they're dead tomorrow. There's always gonna be that regret of that you could've been better or you could've done something more, that will never go away. But it's not about how you feel, it's about making an effort to make your friends and family feel valued, and that they know you have their back.
I'd like to point out that many of us did express gratitude towards Sandtrap while he was still around, but within the confines of private conversation. I know I certainly did many times, but it's generally not something people would share publicly. Then there's the people who never really got the chance to express gratitude for reasons already explained. People are mourning. Not only that, but Sandtrap was different. There is no one else on this forum who cared as much as he did, so obviously it's going to hit home kind of hard for a lot of us.