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Metallo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6419	#1 Posted: 19:50:50 01/12/2013 \| Topic Creator Will we weep over the death of a celebrity so much that we forget the common man who joined him in death. I swear, sometimes I hate this country and its absurd materialism. I hate it.

wspyro Emerald Sparx Gems: 4422	#2 Posted: 19:57:45 01/12/2013 You hate the people in America?

Metallo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6419	#3 Posted: 19:59:22 01/12/2013 \| Topic Creator Quote: wspyro You hate the people in America? Not at all. I just hate how this happens.

DragonCamo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6632	#4 Posted: 19:59:25 01/12/2013 Someone died with him??? I find it ironic how he died in a car crash --- Gay 4 GARcher

CommanderGame Emerald Sparx Gems: 3610	#5 Posted: 20:03:24 01/12/2013 DAT GEM COUNT

wspyro Emerald Sparx

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#6 Posted: 20:07:28 01/12/2013

Quote: Metallo

Quote: wspyro
You hate the people in America?

Not at all. I just hate how this happens.

How the death of a celebrity is treated with more respect than the one with him?
Would you feel more grief by hearing the death of someone you know versus the one you don't?
Take your friend and someone you don't know. Which one would you be more hurt to hear the death of?

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arceustheprime Ripto Gems: 5362	#7 Posted: 20:07:34 01/12/2013 its finally confirmed, metallo really is satan alsowouldjustliketosaythisdoesn'tonlyhappeninamerica

wspyro Emerald Sparx Gems: 4422	#8 Posted: 20:09:22 01/12/2013 Quote: arceustheprime alsowouldjustliketosaythisdoesn'tonlyhappeninamerica Thanks, Arceus!
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Metallo Platinum Sparx

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#9 Posted: 20:13:48 01/12/2013 | Topic Creator

Quote: wspyro

Quote: Metallo
Quote: wspyro
You hate the people in America?

Not at all. I just hate how this happens.

How the death of a celebrity is treated with more respect than the one with him?
Would you feel more grief by hearing the death of someone you know versus the one you don't?
Take your friend and someone you don't know. Which one would you be more hurt to hear the death of?

This is different. None of these "grieving" citizens knew him personally. I understand that even celebrities who seem to have done no humanitarian work are still valued due to the morale they boost, and therefore I am not saying in the slightest that most celebrities don't deserve their fame. It just frustrates me so how much we value fame more than life itself.

Quote: arceustheprime

its finally confirmed, metallo really is satan
alsowouldjustliketosaythisdoesn'tonlyhappeninamerica

True.

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wspyro Emerald Sparx

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#10 Posted: 20:38:01 01/12/2013

Quote: Metallo

Quote: wspyro
Quote: Metallo

Not at all. I just hate how this happens.

How the death of a celebrity is treated with more respect than the one with him?
Would you feel more grief by hearing the death of someone you know versus the one you don't?
Take your friend and someone you don't know. Which one would you be more hurt to hear the death of?

This is different. None of these "grieving" citizens knew him personally. I understand that even celebrities who seem to have done no humanitarian work are still valued due to the morale they boost, and therefore I am not saying in the slightest that most celebrities don't deserve their fame. It just frustrates me so how much we value fame more than life itself.

Yup! But I'm not talking about personally. I'm talking about being aware of one's existance!~
You don't need to know them personally to develop deep feelings for them!~

Point is! Of course the celebrity is going to have more people sad to hear about his/her death, they knew of his/her existance and of his/her work. People are sad because someone they knew and liked died. They had emotions for them. When you talked about that celebrity they would react happily.

Seeing someone die without having any awareness of them would be sad, but how could we feel terrible about someone we don't have a clue on who exactly he was. Telling them about the death of someone they don't know wouldn't negatively impact them because they have no knowledge on what the guy has done.

HotDogAndZap Emerald Sparx Gems: 3531	#11 Posted: 20:38:30 01/12/2013 wait what who died

somePerson Diamond Sparx Gems: 8480	#12 Posted: 20:40:12 01/12/2013 I have one more gem then you. --- Star Wars didn't happen, but it's a rad movie.

EmperorKaos Emerald Sparx Gems: 4399	#13 Posted: 20:45:58 01/12/2013 .......

hardcoreignitor Gold Sparx Gems: 2583	#14 Posted: 21:43:17 01/12/2013 (Is sitting atop a snowy mountain in a handcrafted wooden throne with beavers serving me pancakes with maple Syrup and Bears destroying guns and loons flying from above spreading free healthcare and politeness all across the land) This is why Canada is a better place to live. --- nyeheheheheh hey lois, i’m dustah from mudda 3

arceustheprime Ripto Gems: 5362	#15 Posted: 21:56:03 01/12/2013 Quote: Spyrobaro well tbh not only america does this from what i've seen maybe i'm just dumb though lol yeah it happens in australia too

DragonCamo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6632	#16 Posted: 22:11:26 01/12/2013 Quote: hardcoreignitor (Is sitting atop a snowy mountain in a handcrafted wooden throne with beavers serving me pancakes with maple Syrup and Bears destroying guns and loons flying from above spreading free healthcare and politeness all across the land) This is why Canada is a better place to live. Go Communism! --- Gay 4 GARcher

HIR Diamond Sparx Gems: 9026	#17 Posted: 00:33:58 02/12/2013 Quote: DragonCamo Someone died with him??? I find it ironic how he died in a car crash I guess you could say that his death... puts on sunglasses left his fans furious. Too soon? <.< >.> --- Congrats! You wasted five seconds reading this.

MoonHorizons Gold Sparx Gems: 2826	#18 Posted: 01:15:03 02/12/2013 Honestly, these days, the attention you get from your death now relies on your fame. People die everyday and no one gives a fudge about them. Just some lucky few generate media attention. --- the more obscure your favorite cartoons are, the more refined your taste is

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#19 Posted: 01:28:17 02/12/2013

Well... celebrities are and always will be special group of people when it comes down to the terms of moaning about someone's death. We see them in movies, in television and etc. We form some kind of bond to them and when they go away from our lives for eternity they leave a hole that cannot be replaced for a little while. That's a difference between famous and regular people’s deaths. I did not watch any of Paul Walker's works but I must say that a young human life was taken away from this world way too soon and all prayers etc. are with him and his family and friends.

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DragonCamo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6632	#20 Posted: 01:50:48 02/12/2013 Quote: HIR Quote: DragonCamo Someone died with him??? I find it ironic how he died in a car crash I guess you could say that his death... puts on sunglasses left his fans furious. Too soon? <.< >.> I'll do the honors bricks --- Gay 4 GARcher

MoonHorizons Gold Sparx Gems: 2826	#21 Posted: 01:51:45 02/12/2013 Quote: Spyrobaro Quote: MoonHorizons Honestly, these days, the attention you get from your death now relies on your fame. Didn't it ALWAYS rely on your fame? Welp, I guess you could say that. --- the more obscure your favorite cartoons are, the more refined your taste is

HotDogAndZap Emerald Sparx Gems: 3531	#22 Posted: 01:51:47 02/12/2013 OH MY GOD SOMEONE ANSWER ME WHO THE DIED

DragonCamo Platinum Sparx Gems: 6632	#23 Posted: 01:55:13 02/12/2013 Quote: HotDogAndZap OH MY GOD SOMEONE ANSWER ME WHO THE DIED Paul Walker --- Gay 4 GARcher

somePerson Diamond Sparx Gems: 8480	#24 Posted: 02:38:29 02/12/2013 Quote: DragonCamo Quote: HotDogAndZap OH MY GOD SOMEONE ANSWER ME WHO THE DIED Paul Walker You could say he should've puts sun glasses on walked. Yyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhh --- Star Wars didn't happen, but it's a rad movie.

Ninpire Gold Sparx Gems: 2951	#25 Posted: 03:31:47 02/12/2013 Quote: DragonCamo Quote: HotDogAndZap OH MY GOD SOMEONE ANSWER ME WHO THE DIED Paul Walker Who the hell is that?

wspyro Emerald Sparx Gems: 4422	#26 Posted: 03:36:12 02/12/2013 Quote: Ninpire Quote: DragonCamo Quote: HotDogAndZap OH MY GOD SOMEONE ANSWER ME WHO THE DIED Paul Walker Who the hell is that? If you have watched Fast and the Furious, you might recognize the face.

joerox123 Yellow Sparx Gems: 1992	#27 Posted: 00:29:17 03/12/2013 I guess his friend was going a little too puts on sunglasses fast & furious. /badpuntoosoon --- the road is long, we carry on try to have fun in the meantime☠

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#28 Posted: 00:34:19 03/12/2013

Quote: DragonCamo

Quote: hardcoreignitor
(Is sitting atop a snowy mountain in a handcrafted wooden throne with beavers serving me pancakes with maple Syrup and Bears destroying guns and loons flying from above spreading free healthcare and politeness all across the land)
This is why Canada is a better place to live.

Go Communism!

Wrong! Canada is sort of halfway between, a thing called Socialism.

---
nyeheheheheh

hey lois, i’m dustah from mudda 3

pankakesparx456 Diamond Sparx Gems: 7795	#29 Posted: 12:28:45 03/12/2013 Quote: DragonCamo Someone died with him??? I find it ironic how he died in a car crash I'd make a joke about that but it's way too soon. --- Cool cool.

Samius Hunter

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#30 Posted: 13:08:28 03/12/2013

Well hey, no more Fast and Furious movies (hopefully).

Though I haven't seen the latest one/s so I don't know if he even starred in those.

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On a more serious note, this always happens when a known person dies. And I mean regardless of your country of origin.
It's a phenomenon that can be explained with various theories from social psychology, so there's really no use trying to put the blame on "others" or anything else.

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