[Mountaindewed]

I can assume who it would be.

But Stephen King would really get to me. Or Tim Curry.

[lizardlady]

I don't think it will be shocking, but I believe people around the world will mourn Sir Paul McCartney.

I saw a news story a couple of weeks ago that Jimmy Carter is close to the end. His passing will be very sad to me.

Agree with you about Sai King and Tim Curry.

[MuddyBoots]

Are people really, I mean REALLY, shocked by celebrities dying though? I've been told at least once in my life that everybody dies, and at least once that celebrities are people too,, so, maybe my logic is wrong here but I think that means celebrities die too. Unexpected ways, I guess, but I mean unless Jared Kushner died because Vermin Supreme got elected, didn't sprinkle his [VS's] glitter on him [JK], and Kushner got sat on by the pony he was forced to have or Michael Jackson came back to life and then aliens came and struck him w ith a laser that just completely disintegrated him or similar types of situations...I don't know. It doesn't make sense to be shocked at death, just the manner of death which you can make a good guess at but you can never be sure.

edit: I know. I'm not good at answering these questions with actual answers

[Mountaindewed]

Originally Posted by MuddyBoots

Are people really, I mean REALLY, shocked by celebrities dying though? I've been told at least once in my life that everybody dies, and at least once that celebrities are people too,, so, maybe my logic is wrong here but I think that means celebrities die too. Unexpected ways, I guess, but I mean unless Jared Kushner died because Vermin Supreme got elected, didn't sprinkle his [VS's] glitter on him [JK], and Kushner got sat on by the pony he was forced to have or Michael Jackson came back to life and then aliens came and struck him w ith a laser that just completely disintegrated him or similar types of situations...I don't know. It doesn't make sense to be shocked at death, just the manner of death which you can make a good guess at but you can never be sure.

edit: I know. I'm not good at answering these questions with actual answers

Idk. People really lost it over Matthew Perry last year. My therapist still won't watch Friends.

[MuddyBoots]

Yeah, I know people get shocked, but I just don't get why when there are no confirmed cases of people living past 122 years old (and if anyone else lives that long NO ONE better be fking shocked), and the AVERAGE age of death is like 77 y/o with presumably a giant skew.

I'm just saying, *I don't think* any celebrity deaths in themselves are shocking. No clue what the rest of the world is thinking about who when or what. I'm not sure being shocked is the same as losing [their] cool either. Maybe people just look at certain celebrities and are just *upset* (or see the cause of death and have some reaction to that).

Not a hill I'm willing to die on to take this thread elsewhere further.

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by MuddyBoots

Yeah, I know people get shocked, but I just don't get why when there are no confirmed cases of people living past 122 years old (and if anyone else lives that long NO ONE better be fking shocked), and the AVERAGE age of death is like 77 y/o with presumably a giant skew.

I'm just saying, *I don't think* any celebrity deaths in themselves are shocking. No clue what the rest of the world is thinking about who when or what. I'm not sure being shocked is the same as losing [their] cool either. Maybe people just look at certain celebrities and are just *upset* (or see the cause of death and have some reaction to that).

Not a hill I'm willing to die on to take this thread elsewhere further.

I don’t think mountain meant that people be in actual literal “shock” as they expected celebrities to live forever or thought that celebrities aren’t people.

Sometimes death of a celebrity that one admires means there’ll be no other book written by them or no other play acted or no other painting painted or no other good deed accomplished by them. It could mean many things to many people.

[divine1966]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

Idk. People really lost it over Matthew Perry last year. My therapist still won't watch Friends.

Agreed. Death of Matthew Perry was extremely sad because he fought addiction his entire life and didn’t make it at the end. He was too young to die

[mote.of.soul]

What do you think will be the most shocking celebrity death?

I like that: The "most shocking" celebrity death. The sensationalist media way of framing it up Don't be fooled people! heh

There's a lot of them really but Bob Dylan, Dolly Parton (probably) and Sir David Attenborough's (the godfather of nature!!) passings should likely 'reverberate around the world'. It's funny but, for me, I don't have to actually "know" the person as such, to feel a certain connection to them but just have to "know about" things I like about them or find interesting. It's like that for a lot of people I think.

[MuddyBoots]

Originally Posted by divine1966

I don’t think mountain meant that people be in actual literal “shock” as they expected celebrities to live forever or thought that celebrities aren’t people.

Sometimes death of a celebrity that one admires means there’ll be no other book written by them or no other play acted or no other painting painted or no other good deed accomplished by them. It could mean many things to many people.

Sorry but I'm back. I just really want to understand this. Is the general public as equally upset (I don't want to use the word "shocked") when somebody retires, switches professions, or plain ole' stops doing their thing?

Tom Brady comes to mind. I live in die-hard Pats nation where everybody has strong opinions of the dude, and I think people flipped more when he turned to the Buccaneers than when he retired (at least the first time). When I picture his death, I can't imagine people being genuinely upset. Maybe they'll hear about it on the news by a reporter that acts like it's some huge thing like reporters do, and then say some shyt like "day-um, the GOAT is gone. He's the only guy in a Dunks commercial to make me question my sexuality. Sad." and then get on with an unaffected life. I think it'll be a less intense situation than the Buccaneers crap.

For the sake of this question, is there a point celebrities stop being considered celebrities and those folks are kinda excluded from this? Like, today someone's a celebrity but fades into the background and isn't heard about for a couple or so decades so people don't make as much of a dead as if they died while they were at peak publicity?

[Nammu]

The whole thing with celebrities is so fake. The hundreds of people who fake mourn don’t know the celebrities at all. They just know the persons projected self.

[Mountaindewed]

If Biden died before his second full term was up that would be pretty shocking.

A whole bunch of "I told you so" people and stuff.

[Nammu]

Not really he’s old. It would be shocking if he was assassinated.

[FooZe]

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