(August 12, 2014 at 3:16 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote:(August 12, 2014 at 2:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: 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.
I get what you're saying, and in the vast majority of cases, I'm with you. In this particular case, there's something the man and I have in common, that's directly linked to his cause of death. That's what triggers the feelings of empathy that I have for him, even though I've never met him.
