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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Cobra951 on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 04:12:18 AM
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RIP, Robin.
I'm numb. What is the point of anything. Everything goes to shit. Everything ends in death. Fuck.
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The news hit me rather hard especially due to the circumstances.
I would like to say something positive instead, depression is a state of mind, it's vitally important to seek help about it. There are always options.
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Shazbot.
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I found out yesterday around 7:30pm EDT. I have the Circa app installed on my mobile phone and it had created a breaking news notification. Since I have the Moto X, I have Active Notifications, which means I can get a quick preview of the most recent notification. I picked up my phone, put my thumb on the little circle on the screen and suddenly saw "Breaking: Robin Williams has died at age 63." I almost dropped my phone.
I've never been as stunned by a celebrity death before. Either they were slow battles with injury or disease that we knew about, they were completely bonkers like Michael Jackson, or it was a celebrity of lesser status.
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I found out yesterday around 7:30pm EDT. I have the Circa app installed on my mobile phone and it had created a breaking news notification. Since I have the Moto X, I have Active Notifications, which means I can get a quick preview of the most recent notification. I picked up my phone, put my thumb on the little circle on the screen and suddenly saw "Breaking: Robin Williams has died at age 63." I almost dropped my phone.
I've never been as stunned by a celebrity death before. Either they were slow battles with injury or disease that we knew about, they were completely bonkers like Michael Jackson, or it was a celebrity of lesser status.
Fixed.
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I'm sorry for sharing my story and that it did not meet your standards.
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Weird to think of him being gone. I think it's always that way with people you associate with cheerfulness or humor. That guy had such a smile. He'll be missed.
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I've never been as stunned by a celebrity death before.
Yeah, to be perfectly honest this is the first time I felt my heart sink at all upon hearing about a celebrity death. Not sure why, but it really is sad.
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I think the circumstances amplify the sorrow.
It's a sick joke that someone so talented at bringing other people joy struggled internally as he did.
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I'm sorry for sharing my story and that it did not meet your standards.
I was just kidding. I didn't mean to offend you. I apologize.
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I think the circumstances amplify the sorrow.
It's a sick joke that someone so talented at bringing other people joy struggled internally as he did.
A lot of comedians I know are struggling with depression. I almost wonder if the comic stuff is a front to hide the inner demons.
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Joan Rivers was crying about it in some interview, and blurted out "we're all manic-depressives" (meaning comics).
So I'm not alone in my surprising, crushing grief over this. That's interesting. What is it about this man that makes his departure such a loss to us all? Part of my reaction is due to personal demons, but still. It surprised me that I cried about it as if a close relative had died unexpectedly.
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He touched so many of us through his work and he seemed like a genuinely nice person. I was in shell shock for about 30 minutes after I found it. It made me sad randomly throughout the day. I don't know why.
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I'm surprised and saddened, but far from overwhelmed with grief. I've had way too much of the real thing in the past two years, so I suppose that comes with a little perspective.
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I don't really feel anything. I rarely do when a celebrity dies. None of them have ever been particularly important to me, even if I liked their work, so I guess I've never quite understood gut-level reactions like this to their passing. At some point I guess I decided that I couldn't know anything about these people from such a distance, and in the end, whatever they present isn't likely to be who they really are. Which isn't to say they're all out to deceive us, necessarily, but ... I guess just that while I can certainly be sad about the passing of another human being, and certainly feel respect for the loss of their talent, I know I have never on any level known them as a person, only as a product. Such is the case here. I loved Robin Williams the product. I never had the pleasure of meeting the man.
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I don't really feel anything. I rarely do when a celebrity dies. None of them have ever been particularly important to me, even if I liked their work, so I guess I've never quite understood gut-level reactions like this to their passing. At some point I guess I decided that I couldn't know anything about these people from such a distance, and in the end, whatever they present isn't likely to be who they really are. Which isn't to say they're all out to deceive us, necessarily, but ... I guess just that while I can certainly be sad about the passing of another human being, and certainly feel respect for the loss of their talent, I know I have never on any level known them as a person, only as a product. Such is the case here. I loved Robin Williams the product. I never had the pleasure of meeting the man.
Same here
#teamdeadinside
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Same here
#teamdeadinside
;D ;D ;D
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Hahaha, I feel bad laughing in this thread, but that got me. I suspect Mr. Williams would have approved, so it's okay.
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I want :(, but not really shocked or with too much care, so yeah, #teamdeadinside.
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The silver lining in all of this is that maybe, just maybe he can bring some much needed attention to mental health in the US.
It's doubtful, though.