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    Why is it that whenever someone famous dies that everyone starts gushing about how AWESOME and WONDERFUL they were, like they were saints or something & none of the not so good things are ever mentioned?

    I noticed that immediately after Nancy Reagan's death was announced & honestly? it made me wanna
    "Much butthurt I sense in you, cry like a bitch you should"

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    They're glad that person is gone, and they don't want to give their ghost a reason to come back and haunt them.
    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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    • #3
      Well, famous or not, many people believe that to speak ill of the dead is to invite misfortune (especially the recently deceased). Going to the opposite extreme feels odd to me, as well.
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      • #4
        As an alternative point I offer this quote:

        Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in middle age, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst we do all we can to destroy it.
        Now I'm not saying this is MY personal perspective, just an alternative one.
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        • #5
          Quoth CorneliaMarieRocks View Post
          Why is it that whenever someone famous dies that everyone starts gushing about how AWESOME and WONDERFUL they were, like they were saints or something & none of the not so good things are ever mentioned?

          I noticed that immediately after Nancy Reagan's death was announced & honestly? it made me wanna
          All I gotta say is that if people do that when Kanye West dies, I really WILL

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          • #6
            Aria, they likely will, so get your bucket ready

            Eric..oh, so I guess my singing "Ding Dong The Bitch Is Dead" to myself when I saw the news was wrong?? oops

            "Much butthurt I sense in you, cry like a bitch you should"

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            • #7
              Quoth Aria View Post
              All I gotta say is that if people do that when Kanye West dies, I really WILL
              They say you should never speak ill of the dead.

              So officially I will have nothing to say about him when he dies.

              I used to have a co-worker who claimed to have gone to high school with Kanye West. To this day I regret not asking him if he was the same attention-whoring jackass in high school that he is now.
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              • #8
                My father-in-law died this week, and he really deserved the accolades she got. I was trying to explain to a cousin (not a relative of the dearly departed) that I really wasn't interested in Nancy Reagan's funeral, and she said, "Regardless of your politics, it should matter to you that she passed away." I managed to get out of that one by saying that my attention was focused on my father-in-law, who was a wonderful, creative person. (I lucked out - I got the type of in-laws other people only dream about.)

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                • #9
                  FWIW,George Martin has passed away.I think musical genius would not be overselling him.
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                  • #10
                    Quoth Aria View Post
                    All I gotta say is that if people do that when Kanye West dies, I really WILL
                    When that happens, my only comment will be, "Kanye who?"
                    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                    • #11
                      well, I mean, shit every single articleI read about her death was all roses & unicorn farts

                      not a one mentioned how terribly she treated the Secret Service while they were in the WH & how cold & distant she was with her kids

                      and let's not even start on how we spent an entire week mourning her passing

                      NEWS FLASH:

                      SHE WASN'T IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANYMORE

                      that ended YEARS AGO!!!

                      Sparky, I am truly sorry for your loss..you're right, your FIL sounded like a wonderful man
                      "Much butthurt I sense in you, cry like a bitch you should"

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                      • #12
                        Quoth CorneliaMarieRocks View Post
                        well, I mean, shit every single articleI read about her death was all roses & unicorn farts
                        Seems those articles come out whenever someone famous dies. Well those...and the stupid bandwagon of idiots who knew *nothing* about the person that they claim to be a fan of now.
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                        • #13
                          Quoth Aria View Post
                          All I gotta say is that if people do that when Kanye West dies, I really WILL
                          I'll be right there with you, Aria. We can hold each other's hair.
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