OT-Robin Williams - Dead

[deadballfreaK]

I was having a really good day until I saw this news. Then I am crying. It would have been bad if it was a heart attack or a car wreck. But hard to think he could come to suicide when so many millions loved him. His brain operated on a faster and different wavelength than the rest of us for sure.

[CMIZ5290]

Was not trying to start anything, no offense intended. These guys were just some of my favorites....

[ZachS]

I was just telling my wife that I've never really cared about a celebrity death... until today.

[calvindog]

I never found him funny at all. Not once.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by calvindog

I never found him funny at all. Not once.

Jeff,

Why dismiss his entire body of work on the day of his passing? Just curious.

Best regards,

Eric

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Jeff,

Why dismiss his entire body of work on the day of his passing? Just curious.

Best regards,

Eric

He's a public figure and I am pretty certain his family isn't reading this. Just because I think he was unfunny does not mean I am making light of his suicide.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by calvindog

He's a public figure and I am pretty certain his family isn't reading this. Just because I think he was unfunny does not mean I am making light of his suicide.

Jeff,

I never thought (nor did I say) that you were making light of anything.

As for his family reading this, it is the Internet. Chances are good that they will eventually see this thread...someone close to them will send a link.

Nothing personal here...I simply believe that there is a time and place for everything. And this thread might not be the best place to air negativity (or a lack of humor found) regarding the recently departed or his work.

Just my two cents. And I do appreciate your reply.

Best regards,

Eric

[Fripples]

Everyone realizes that he killed himself, correct? He didn't just *die.* Like he would have woken up tomorrow, heart beating normally, all bodily functions working, not blind, not deaf, all his limbs attached, etc., had he not killed himself. No one seems to think that's a bit, oh I dunno...SELFISH?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Fripples

Everyone realizes that he killed himself, correct? He didn't just *die.* Like he would have woken up tomorrow, heart beating normally, all bodily functions working, not blind, not deaf, all his limbs attached, etc., had he not killed himself. No one seems to think that's a bit, oh I dunno...SELFISH?

Well, he was battling depression.

[TNP777]

Originally Posted by Fripples

Everyone realizes that he killed himself, correct? He didn't just *die.* Like he would have woken up tomorrow, heart beating normally, all bodily functions working, not blind, not deaf, all his limbs attached, etc., had he not killed himself. No one seems to think that's a bit, oh I dunno...SELFISH?

My initial reaction was to blast you. I want to call you ignorant (among other things), but it would be presumptuous of me to say that. Maybe it's just that you really don't understand what it feels like to think that you have no hope. That you have no one that you can turn to. That you don't matter.

Williams' death is tragic, at least to me. I don't have a particular emotional attachment to him, but I do know that a tremendously talented, beautiful life was cut short. It hurts to think that he found himself in a place where he felt he had no other option. Believe me, being selfish was the last thing on his mind.

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by Fripples

Everyone realizes that he killed himself, correct? He didn't just *die.* Like he would have woken up tomorrow, heart beating normally, all bodily functions working, not blind, not deaf, all his limbs attached, etc., had he not killed himself. No one seems to think that's a bit, oh I dunno...SELFISH?

Either way you show a profound ignorance in regard to depression and suicide.

[ksabet]

Originally Posted by CMIZ5290

Was not trying to start anything, no offense intended. These guys were just some of my favorites....

Apologies if I was insensitive. I was just trying to be humorous. Probably not the best thread for that.

[Fripples]

"One of the worst days of my life." Seriously? On your deathbed when you're taking stock of the worst days of your life, this day that Robin Williams died will be one of them? Dude...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Some of his very early material was can't stop laughing funny. He had one routine where he was making fun of racial stereotypes, or maybe even making fun of people making fun of racial sterotypes, one part of it was something like Leroy's Funkified Badass School of Soul, it was just so off the wall and insane that you couldn't stop laughing.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Some of his very early material was can't stop laughing funny. He had one routine where he was making fun of racial stereotypes, or maybe even making fun of people making fun of racial sterotypes, one part of it was something like Leroy's Funkified Badass School of Soul, it was just so off the wall and insane that you couldn't stop laughing.

Um. Na-nu, na-nu.

[drazz5]

Originally Posted by Fripples

"One of the worst days of my life." Seriously? On your deathbed when you're taking stock of the worst days of your life, this day that Robin Williams died will be one of them? Dude...

agreed. either your life is no where near difficult, or you should really revaluate your priorities.