Robin Williams found dead in his Bay Area Home...

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It's kind of strange how much we care about celebrities. I don't mean to sound cold or anything, but this is somebody that literally none of us knew at all.

Had he died of natual causes, I would have no fucks to give, honestly. It was the manner of his death - clearly the man was deeply troubled by his melancholy, and *that* is something I can identify with.

Again this is a hard position for me to take, especially because there have been multiple suicides in my family and I've had one close friend commit suicide as well. Those affected me because I knew and cared about the people. Robin Williams I didn't know. Whether or not I identify with the cause is irrelevant to it being sad for me. There is so much suffering in the world and I think that the enormous deal that is made out of celebrities and their problems is not healthy for us as a society.