The Crocodile Hunter killed by Stingray

[GameMaster]

Originally Posted by Dyne

Sigh.

I wonder if the new video will be finished and shown, though. It takes more than one person and a lot of resources to make a movie.

I would elect to abandon the project. It all seems so meaningless when a life is lost.

[Typhoid]

As someone said on another forum, that seemed to make sense to me:

Originally posted by: Chris-Guy
I LIKE HOW PEOPLE ARE PRETENDING TO CARE THAT HE DIED.



IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG POP CULTURE THING, EVERBODY ACTING ALL SAD AND ****.

JUST GO SEE SNAKES ON A PLANE, TALK ABOUT CHUCK NORRIS, AND SHUT YOUR ****ING FICKLE FACE.

[Perfect Stu]

Sounds like "Chris-Guy" is a real @sshole. Well, good for him. He won't 'pretend to care'. Yep, that'll show 'em. I thank him kindly for his valuable insight.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Perfect Stu

Sounds like "Chris-Guy" is a real @sshole. Well, good for him. He won't 'pretend to care'. Yep, that'll show 'em. I thank him kindly for his valuable insight.

Well, to be fair to him that other forum has about 300 members, and there were about 20 threads on "Omg, the crocodile guy is dead".

I mean, as much as it sucks, none of us should 'care', in the meaning of the word. We didnt know him. He never personally changed one of us. And if he did, that's awkward and strange, but still. Celebrity doesnt make you connect to people.

While it still sucks for people who knew him, and his family, and the people who loved his show and stuff, the fact a bunch of people who dont know him are so seemingly and actually crushed sort of waters down the situation, in my mind.

[Spasmolytic]

Wait, didn't you post a sad smilie earlier saying that the event single-handedly ruined your night?



It's no different than a tragic movie or book. We all feel we knew his story as that of a likeable, ambitious family man, and were therefore moved by its tragic end.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Spasmolytic

Wait, didn't you post a sad smilie earlier saying that the event single-handedly ruined your night?

Internet sarcasm.
I forgot it doesnt portray well.

[Dylflon]

The reason we feel sad when celebrties die is because even though we don't know them, they have made an impact in our own personal universe.

Sure a million people in Africa die a day but it can't hit home because to us they are as good as non-existant because they've never made any form of entrance into our own lives. If we met or even saw an interview featuring a bunch of Rwandans and then found out they all died, this would mean something to us because they have left a foot print in our indivudual universes.

Even if it's not a personal connection, people on TV still make a connection with our lives, allowing us to glimpse into their world and see what they are all about.

They make an impact, even if it's a small one.

That's why it's okay to be sad when they die.