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Tarrik Dane
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2010, 02:16:53 PM » |
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Looks like him and his career finally caught up with each other.
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chrisb
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2010, 02:18:37 PM » |
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Looks like him and his career finally caught up with each other.
Really? HAHAHA his career was dead like his stupid dead face is now dead! BOO-YAH! HIGH-FIVE! |
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2010, 02:23:07 PM » |
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The death of Gary Coleman brings up an interesting question.
Which celebrity death will be completely fair game for making fun of? Who has to die to where a person could make fun of the deceased and not get shit for it?
Because apparently, it isn't Gary Coleman. And if not Gary Coleman... then who?
EDIT: After some thought, my money is on Spencer Pratt.
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harry
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2010, 02:28:43 PM » |
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EDIT: After some thought, my money is on Spencer Pratt.
Hopefully he won't still be culturally relevant enough to merit jokes when he dies. |
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Hawkboy
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2010, 02:34:01 PM » |
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The death of Gary Coleman brings up an interesting question.
Which celebrity death will be completely fair game for making fun of? Who has to die to where a person could make fun of the deceased and not get shit for it?
Because apparently, it isn't Gary Coleman. And if not Gary Coleman... then who?
EDIT: After some thought, my money is on Spencer Pratt.
I dunno; it happened today. People can't wait until next week to be a dick? |
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chrisb
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« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2010, 02:40:32 PM » |
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The death of Gary Coleman brings up an interesting question.
Which celebrity death will be completely fair game for making fun of? Who has to die to where a person could make fun of the deceased and not get shit for it?
Because apparently, it isn't Gary Coleman. And if not Gary Coleman... then who?
Not sure. While I sometimes contemplate top 10 songs or 10 top movies, I haven't yet found myself contemplating a top-10-list-of-people-I-can't-wait-to-mock-1-hour-after-their-death. Some nurse is still in the middle of mopping up the contents of his expired bowels; I don't find myself hoping that she first took a moment to look at his face and crack "Gee, I guess that was a Diff'rent Stroke!". |
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Magoonie
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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2010, 02:42:07 PM » |
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Looks like him and his career finally caught up with each other.
Don't be a dick man, he JUST fucking died, have a tiny amount of tact and respect! Which celebrity death will be completely fair game for making fun of? Who has to die to where a person could make fun of the deceased and not get shit for it?
Because apparently, it isn't Gary Coleman. And if not Gary Coleman... then who?
My view on it is celebrity or not, making fun of a death of a innocent person is very disrespectful and isn't cool no matter if the comment is funny. |
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"IT'S STILL REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!"
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2010, 02:50:48 PM » |
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Not saying anyone here is doing it, but I think that pretending to care about a celebrity (or anyone, really) just because they're dead and therefore associating yourself with a tragedy is also insanely disrespectful.
So if its between that and jokes, I choose jokes. At least its more honest. And I don't think that anyone actually means anything by them, anyway. There's nothing *that* serious that you can't make fun of it - even death.
It was just a hypothetical, no harm meant. Still have money on Spencer Pratt, though, as I'm sure he'll figure out a way to keep in the public eye up until the moment he dies.
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Hawkboy
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2010, 02:54:58 PM » |
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Not saying anyone here is doing it, but I think that pretending to care about a celebrity (or anyone, really) just because they're dead and therefore associating yourself with a tragedy is also insanely disrespectful.
Is it really insanely disrespectful to say, "Gosh, I'm sorry that he had a hard life and it's unfortunate that he's dead."? I mean, sure, Spencer Pratt is a dick. When he dies, go nuts. But Gary Coleman kinda had a rough go of things and got fucked over by a lot of people, including his parents. Maybe give him, say, 12 hours before letting loose with "I guess the kid with the broken halo got himself a real one, huh? Huh? This thing on?" |
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Steve Lilley
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« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2010, 02:55:59 PM » |
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Wow, that "kid with the broken halo" thing flew RIGHT over my head.
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Magoonie
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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2010, 03:00:57 PM » |
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Not saying anyone here is doing it, but I think that pretending to care about a celebrity (or anyone, really) just because they're dead and therefore associating yourself with a tragedy is also insanely disrespectful.
So if its between that and jokes, I choose jokes. At least its more honest.
It was just a hypothetical, no harm meant. Still have money on Spencer Pratt, though, as I'm sure he'll figure out a way to keep in the public eye up until the moment he dies.
Hey I'm not saying I personally cared about him but I don't think it's right to be mocking a guy who died. And why is careing about a celebrity disrespectful, he was part of a show I watched as a kid and while I'm not sitting here crying I do feel bad for him and his family/friends. So yeah I guesse I'm being disrespectful actually showing some sympathy for somebody who died whether I knew him or not. I dunno, I just thought that was being human, guesse not. |
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Hawkboy
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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2010, 03:03:30 PM » |
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Wow, that "kid with the broken halo" thing flew RIGHT over my head.
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harry
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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2010, 03:39:21 PM » |
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Can I make a joke if it's in a post about how wrong it is to make jokes?
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« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2010, 03:52:02 PM » |
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Oh, man. I am genuinely and deeply sad at this. No joke, no irony. I cannot tell you how I LOVED Coleman as a kid. I forced my family to go see JIMMY THE KID in the theater. I watched every episode of DIFF'RENT STROKES; I had a framed *poster* of it in my room. (My dad worked for an NBC affiliate, and took it off the wall from the station's offices as a present to me.)
It always made me sad that for all that success and fame, he was never able to be happy or feel whole as a grown man, and became such the gleeful butt of jokes.
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