Ugh between Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, my household is in shambles. For the sake of the Gyral household, no one else is allowed to die.
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silence1186Character shields down!As a wingmanRegistered Userregular
I was very upset yesterday and today, but had managed to hold on in an an emotional but still functional state when I thought about this tragedy. But as I was driving home from work today, they confirmed the cause of death for Robin Williams, and I absolutely lost it. A grown man, openly weeping about the death of someone who I had never met, but who at the same time was so ever present during my childhood and adolescence that I felt I had lost a dear and close friend. When I was home watching the nightly news, my face was in my hand, wiping away my tears as they played a retrospective of Robins Williams life and all the roles he had played. A celebrity death has never in my life ever made me as distraught as I felt tonight.
How can someone who injected so much laughter, so much fun, so much pure unadulterated joy, not have had the opportunity to share in the wonder he spread with the world? There is truly no justice. I know mental disease is a physical problem with the brain, because otherwise how could someone who made so many people so truly happy not been able to share in that self same happiness? It boggles the mind. No one can know what was going through his mind in his final moments, but with my whole heart I hope and pray, he knew, on some level, how beloved he was, how much the world would miss him, and loved him, and how we are all poorer and emptier of spirit without him.
Now I'm getting emotional. Talk amongst yourselves. Here, I'll give you a topic. The human reproductive system is so insane, it must have been designed by committee.
RIP Robin Williams
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MalReynoldsThe Hunter S Thompson of incredibly mild medicinesRegistered Userregular
Having fought with depression since I was young, this scares me.
Having lost my fiance to the same fight, this scares me.
The idea that this might be me on one bad day, scares me.
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I went over to a friend's house today. He asked me if I had seen the clip of Conan O'Brien reacting at the end of his show last night. I hadn't so he played it. I teared up quite a bit.
I was very upset yesterday and today, but had managed to hold on in an an emotional but still functional state when I thought about this tragedy. But as I was driving home from work today, they confirmed the cause of death for Robin Williams, and I absolutely lost it. A grown man, openly weeping about the death of someone who I had never met, but who at the same time was so ever present during my childhood and adolescence that I felt I had lost a dear and close friend. When I was home watching the nightly news, my face was in my hand, wiping away my tears as they played a retrospective of Robins Williams life and all the roles he had played. A celebrity death has never in my life ever made me as distraught as I felt tonight.
How can someone who injected so much laughter, so much fun, so much pure unadulterated joy, not have had the opportunity to share in the wonder he spread with the world? There is truly no justice. I know mental disease is a physical problem with the brain, because otherwise how could someone who made so many people so truly happy not been able to share in that self same happiness? It boggles the mind. No one can know what was going through his mind in his final moments, but with my whole heart I hope and pray, he knew, on some level, how beloved he was, how much the world would miss him, and loved him, and how we are all poorer and emptier of spirit without him.
Now I'm getting emotional. Talk amongst yourselves. Here, I'll give you a topic. The human reproductive system is so insane, it must have been designed by committee.
RIP Robin Williams
Depression doesn't necessarily mean that you're never happy, and I don't think that it did in Williams' case.
I was very upset yesterday and today, but had managed to hold on in an an emotional but still functional state when I thought about this tragedy. But as I was driving home from work today, they confirmed the cause of death for Robin Williams, and I absolutely lost it. A grown man, openly weeping about the death of someone who I had never met, but who at the same time was so ever present during my childhood and adolescence that I felt I had lost a dear and close friend. When I was home watching the nightly news, my face was in my hand, wiping away my tears as they played a retrospective of Robins Williams life and all the roles he had played. A celebrity death has never in my life ever made me as distraught as I felt tonight.
How can someone who injected so much laughter, so much fun, so much pure unadulterated joy, not have had the opportunity to share in the wonder he spread with the world? There is truly no justice. I know mental disease is a physical problem with the brain, because otherwise how could someone who made so many people so truly happy not been able to share in that self same happiness? It boggles the mind. No one can know what was going through his mind in his final moments, but with my whole heart I hope and pray, he knew, on some level, how beloved he was, how much the world would miss him, and loved him, and how we are all poorer and emptier of spirit without him.
Now I'm getting emotional. Talk amongst yourselves. Here, I'll give you a topic. The human reproductive system is so insane, it must have been designed by committee.
Listen... if the people who were actually close to Mr. Williams want to be angry at him for the choice he made, it's not only their right but it's something that's pretty human in terms of a response.
However, Shepard Smith and random douches on Twitter, the overwhelming majority (guessing 99% of which) have never had to deal with depression or lose someone close to them because of, can kindly kiss the fattest, hairiest ass that ever existed.
And while their lips are busy grappling with butt-fat and ass carpet, with any luck they'll have no choice but to shut up.
The absolute last thing any family in grieving needs is other people thumping their chest at them about how much better they are than their recently deceased relative. It's no better than Westboro protesting the funerals for soldiers.
Sending a photoshoped image showing the deceased hanging himself to his daughter? Reminds me of a certain PA comic regarding Gabe's political inclinations, though I think saying anything more may start to infringe on edicts that are glorious in nature.
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ComradebotLord of DinosaursHouston, TXRegistered Userregular
Ah, well, would you look at that... apparently Westboro is planning to picket his funeral.
I'm legitimately not shocked in the slightest.
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Westboro has no idea what they're getting themselves into here.
*sigh* look, As a catholic (and im sure im not the only one), I say the honest truth. Westboro is nothing but a self-help group for attention whores. We should start a kickstarter for donations. the donations will go to hiring as many freelance clowns and mimes as we can afford to perform through the entire funeral in a ring around the westboro picketers.
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Eh, they're kinda late to the party on the 'bad opinions about Robin Williams' thing
Was sad for a second because I saw the name and thought it was comedian/actor Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade/Veep, but thankfully, no, it's just some douche I don't care about.
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Was sad for a second because I saw the name and thought it was comedian/actor Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade/Veep, but thankfully, no, it's just some douche I don't care about.
Yeah I was actually wondering if the better Matt Walsh was seeing like twitter backlash because of this shitty guys opinions
Westboro is not a church. It is primarily the family and a handful of others. Ive had the displeasure of seeing them up close and the cops ringing them apparently for their protection was almost insulting. Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
That's a pretty shitty dictum when applied to literally anyone besides the WBC; the consequences of your speech can frequently be illegal violence, whether you're the WBC or someone making an actual legitimate though unpopular case.
Plus if the cops weren't there, and the WBC were assaulted as a result, they would definitely sue for assault and win. They're a powerful law firm, and they use the damages from assault suits to fund their shittastic campaigns.
Plus anybody can be a church these days. It's become a complete non-word. I'm the head of a church consisting of myself and my two testicles.
Westboro is not a church. It is primarily the family and a handful of others. Ive had the displeasure of seeing them up close and the cops ringing them apparently for their protection was almost insulting. Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
IIRC, the "church" gets most of its funding by suing people that punch them, so police protecting them may actually be reducing their ability to raise funds.
Some celebrity deaths have affected me greatly recently. Perhaps it's because I'm getting older and want to enshrine valuable minds. Robin's death has made me extraordinarily sad... And when Terry Pratchett (the closest thing I have to a creative 'hero') dies, my shit is ruined. Just the thought of a world suddenly without imaginations on this scale makes me tear up. These people have entire universes living in their heads that we'll never get to see or enjoy.
Today I saw a lot of posts on social media saying that we shouldn't mourn Robin because of terrible atrocities commited around the world that are more important than his death. To them I say, the reason we at least try to fight those atrocities is so that people like Robin can exist and thrive anywhere. Most people want to be happy. To do this you do two things: remove factors that cause unhappiness, and promote and nourish things and people that cultivate joy. Mr. Williams was a shining example of the latter.
Yeah people my age probably have a bad decade ahead of us just with Terry Pratchett
and Mel Brooks...Sure there are plenty more reaching the expiration date..
Westboro is not a church. It is primarily the family and a handful of others. Ive had the displeasure of seeing them up close and the cops ringing them apparently for their protection was almost insulting. Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
IIRC, the "church" gets most of its funding by suing people that punch them, so police protecting them may actually be reducing their ability to raise funds.
True. Hope they leave Robins funeral alone. But as you and Kal said, im sure they know it will make people angry and push some to physical violence.
Westboro is not a church. It is primarily the family and a handful of others. Ive had the displeasure of seeing them up close and the cops ringing them apparently for their protection was almost insulting. Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
IIRC, the "church" gets most of its funding by suing people that punch them, so police protecting them may actually be reducing their ability to raise funds.
True. Hope they leave Robins funeral alone. But as you and Kal said, im sure they know it will make people angry and push some to physical violence.
If they actually go and picket the funeral there won't be physical violence.
It'll be several dozen of the worlds best comedians/actors doing an impromptu stand up show right there in their faces.
I have little to say about all of this, except that his death is incredibly depressing to me. His work was a sizable part of my life growing up, and I'll remember him fondly .
All the best to his family, and fuck all the wankers attention-whoring this situation and/or being scum of the earth about it.
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Westboro is not a church. It is primarily the family and a handful of others. Ive had the displeasure of seeing them up close and the cops ringing them apparently for their protection was almost insulting. Wanna practice free speech? Then be able to handle the consequences of your actions and words as well
IIRC, the "church" gets most of its funding by suing people that punch them, so police protecting them may actually be reducing their ability to raise funds.
True. Hope they leave Robins funeral alone. But as you and Kal said, im sure they know it will make people angry and push some to physical violence.
If they actually go and picket the funeral there won't be physical violence.
It'll be several dozen of the worlds best comedians/actors doing an impromptu stand up show right there in their faces.
No, do it far enough away that it will draw all the crowds and cameras.
WBC only does it for the publicity. Putting celebrities next to them plays into their hands. Taking the media away means they just wasted their time and resources.
If the people who went to Jeff Hanneman of Slayer's funeral could restrain themselves, I think just about everyone else can. They're the real-life equivalent of internet trolls and everyone would do well to ignore them.
If anything we need the news media to stop giving them the time of day.
I have for a long time been considering starting a thread on Depression and Addiction. Even asked if I could start a smurf account to do so. Maybe this is the impetus I need to do it, so ashamed was I to attach a potential stigma to my name on a forum full of people I've never met. or I would if I wasn't so fucking sad about this.
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Three days after Robin Williams’s death, people are looking for answers about why the beloved entertainer would take his own life. On Thursday, his wife, Susan Schneider released a statement that said Williams was in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease when he died.
“Robin’s sobriety was intact and he was brave as he struggled with his own battles of depression, anxiety as well as early stages of Parkinson’s Disease, which he was not ready to share publicly,” Schneider said. (Her full statement is below.)
The Parkinson's reveal makes the suicide... I don't want to say "make sense" but that's the only phrase I can come up with. The man used physical activity to keep his other problems in check, and then he gets diagnosed with a disease that's likely to take that all away? That's a pretty dark pit to be facing.
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When will this stop hurting?
It doesn't. You just learn to live with a hole in your heart.
How can someone who injected so much laughter, so much fun, so much pure unadulterated joy, not have had the opportunity to share in the wonder he spread with the world? There is truly no justice. I know mental disease is a physical problem with the brain, because otherwise how could someone who made so many people so truly happy not been able to share in that self same happiness? It boggles the mind. No one can know what was going through his mind in his final moments, but with my whole heart I hope and pray, he knew, on some level, how beloved he was, how much the world would miss him, and loved him, and how we are all poorer and emptier of spirit without him.
Now I'm getting emotional. Talk amongst yourselves. Here, I'll give you a topic. The human reproductive system is so insane, it must have been designed by committee.
RIP Robin Williams
Having lost my fiance to the same fight, this scares me.
The idea that this might be me on one bad day, scares me.
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My new novel: Maledictions: The Offering. Now in Paperback!
Depression doesn't necessarily mean that you're never happy, and I don't think that it did in Williams' case.
I'm right there with you, man. It's just so sad.
Can we, for once, not fucking regress to the mean? I know it's a lot to ask.
Hedgie
Those people arent human, they just look like us.
Listen... if the people who were actually close to Mr. Williams want to be angry at him for the choice he made, it's not only their right but it's something that's pretty human in terms of a response.
However, Shepard Smith and random douches on Twitter, the overwhelming majority (guessing 99% of which) have never had to deal with depression or lose someone close to them because of, can kindly kiss the fattest, hairiest ass that ever existed.
And while their lips are busy grappling with butt-fat and ass carpet, with any luck they'll have no choice but to shut up.
The absolute last thing any family in grieving needs is other people thumping their chest at them about how much better they are than their recently deceased relative. It's no better than Westboro protesting the funerals for soldiers.
Sending a photoshoped image showing the deceased hanging himself to his daughter? Reminds me of a certain PA comic regarding Gabe's political inclinations, though I think saying anything more may start to infringe on edicts that are glorious in nature.
I'm legitimately not shocked in the slightest.
http://whatismattwalshwrongabouttoday.com/robin-williams/#.U-uEN_ldXbM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
Was sad for a second because I saw the name and thought it was comedian/actor Matt Walsh from Upright Citizens Brigade/Veep, but thankfully, no, it's just some douche I don't care about.
Yeah I was actually wondering if the better Matt Walsh was seeing like twitter backlash because of this shitty guys opinions
Arch,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_goGR39m2k
That's a pretty shitty dictum when applied to literally anyone besides the WBC; the consequences of your speech can frequently be illegal violence, whether you're the WBC or someone making an actual legitimate though unpopular case.
Plus if the cops weren't there, and the WBC were assaulted as a result, they would definitely sue for assault and win. They're a powerful law firm, and they use the damages from assault suits to fund their shittastic campaigns.
Plus anybody can be a church these days. It's become a complete non-word. I'm the head of a church consisting of myself and my two testicles.
IIRC, the "church" gets most of its funding by suing people that punch them, so police protecting them may actually be reducing their ability to raise funds.
Today I saw a lot of posts on social media saying that we shouldn't mourn Robin because of terrible atrocities commited around the world that are more important than his death. To them I say, the reason we at least try to fight those atrocities is so that people like Robin can exist and thrive anywhere. Most people want to be happy. To do this you do two things: remove factors that cause unhappiness, and promote and nourish things and people that cultivate joy. Mr. Williams was a shining example of the latter.
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and Mel Brooks...Sure there are plenty more reaching the expiration date..
True. Hope they leave Robins funeral alone. But as you and Kal said, im sure they know it will make people angry and push some to physical violence.
The moment I get a little bit of downtime I remember that Robin is gone.
I think the saddest part of the day was when my four year old asked me "Why you so sad dad?"
oh I almost started crying
If they actually go and picket the funeral there won't be physical violence.
It'll be several dozen of the worlds best comedians/actors doing an impromptu stand up show right there in their faces.
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All the best to his family, and fuck all the wankers attention-whoring this situation and/or being scum of the earth about it.
No, do it far enough away that it will draw all the crowds and cameras.
WBC only does it for the publicity. Putting celebrities next to them plays into their hands. Taking the media away means they just wasted their time and resources.
Apt. Thank you
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If anything we need the news media to stop giving them the time of day.
Badda boom.