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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: Suu on August 25, 2012, 08:33:19 PM

Title: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 25, 2012, 08:33:19 PM
:cry:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Nephew Twiddleton on August 25, 2012, 08:35:25 PM
Rest in peace
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Cain on August 25, 2012, 08:35:52 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINYgVtRVjU)
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 25, 2012, 08:38:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 25, 2012, 08:35:52 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINYgVtRVjU)

Mood saved.

:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Demacrux on August 25, 2012, 11:30:46 PM
Quote from: Suu on August 25, 2012, 08:38:06 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 25, 2012, 08:35:52 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINYgVtRVjU)

Mood saved.

:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:

hehe, definitely.  :p
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Cuddlefish on August 25, 2012, 11:43:19 PM
This is sad news.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Cuddlefish on August 25, 2012, 11:43:53 PM
Quote from: Cain on August 25, 2012, 08:35:52 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19381098 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINYgVtRVjU)

And this is... This... is just sad.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 03:41:26 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 25, 2012, 08:33:19 PM
:cry:

:cry:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 04:04:24 AM
(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa417/DoktorHowl/g-120825-cvr-neil-6pgrid-6x2.jpg)
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 04:07:30 AM
Christ, this is upsetting.  The biggest hero from the coolest thing our country ever did - in fact, one of the few things that justifies our country's existence - has died.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 04:25:53 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

YEAH, THE FUCKING SOVIETS WOULD HAVE BUSTED ANYONE ELSE OUT, RIGHT?

Christ.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 26, 2012, 04:33:44 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 04:25:53 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

YEAH, THE FUCKING SOVIETS WOULD HAVE BUSTED ANYONE ELSE OUT, RIGHT?

Christ.

Sarcasm is my primary coping mechanism.

You should have seen the faces I got at my favorite Aunt's funeral.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 26, 2012, 04:39:16 AM
(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa417/DoktorHowl/armstrong1.jpg)
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Murmur on August 26, 2012, 06:40:31 AM
I'm gonna say some sappy thing like, "They'll plant a flag in Heaven for ya, Neil."

Sappiness completed.  :sad:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 26, 2012, 06:48:53 AM
"Future"? Yeah, I remember that.  :sad:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.

-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Cain on August 27, 2012, 12:07:50 AM
Fuck you Suu, my dad died from being sarcastically gassed alongside holocaust deniers.  In a fire.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 27, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.
Okay.

Quote
-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
That's why I was making fun of them.

But I guess I should know by now not to go disrespecting sacred cows around Discordians.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2012, 12:25:00 AM
Okay, everyone...Calm down.

If this wake turns into a brawl, I will personally be nice to all of you.  NOT KIDDING.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 27, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.
Okay.

Quote
-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
That's why I was making fun of them.

But I guess I should know by now not to go disrespecting sacred cows around Discordians.

Jesus fuck.

I used to think you were a grown-up. What the hell happened?
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 12:29:15 AM
82 is not too shabby. Well done, Neil, and thank you.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 27, 2012, 12:31:05 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 27, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.
Okay.

Quote
-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
That's why I was making fun of them.

But I guess I should know by now not to go disrespecting sacred cows around Discordians.

Jesus fuck.

I used to think you were a grown-up. What the hell happened?

I flew off the handle and told somebody to die in a fire because they responded sarcastically to the death of a national idol, instead of fawning and getting all weepy about the Good Old Days.

Oh wait that wasn't me.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2012, 12:33:17 AM
Okay, that fucking does it.

From now on, I'm going to be pleasant as fuck until you bozos learn to get along.

Starting...NOW.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 12:37:30 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 27, 2012, 12:31:05 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:28:38 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 27, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.
Okay.

Quote
-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
That's why I was making fun of them.

But I guess I should know by now not to go disrespecting sacred cows around Discordians.

Jesus fuck.

I used to think you were a grown-up. What the hell happened?

I flew off the handle and told somebody to die in a fire because they responded sarcastically to the death of a national idol, instead of fawning and getting all weepy about the Good Old Days.

Oh wait that wasn't me.

It's funny, that whole "socially appropriate behavior" thing. Most of us learn by around age 12 that sarcastic comments about things people care deeply about (especially if that thing is a recently dead person) are not usually welcome. I'm not even particularly fond of the universal forum tradition of Parade Of Dead Celebrities, but come on, man. Really? Do you also make fun of fat kids to their faces? At least an authentic apology might be in order, instead of blaming Suu for her reaction to your inappropriate behavior, or blaming Discordia for not being totally down with antisocial behavior.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on August 27, 2012, 12:43:17 AM
Perhaps what You People need is a nice, hot chai.  That usually makes me feel better.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: tyrannosaurus vex on August 27, 2012, 12:54:34 AM
I apologize for taking sarcastic liberties in my response to the death of a national hero.

Although mark my words, it won't be five years before somebody says that at a Whit House Correspondents' Dinner.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

That's a very odd thing to say. Have you lost anyone close to you? I don't think anyone is a "fan" of being upset, but would you say something like that if your kid died? Or when you lose a parent? I would think that if you were emotionally impacted by the death of an astronaut, you would probably be more impacted if someone you knew personally died. The only thing that makes that really makes that comment make sense is if it's still only theoretical to you.

I don't think it's a tragedy when an old person dies of natural causes, as that's what happens and hopefully old age means a full life well-lived. But upset is a normal reaction to death and loss, even when it's a normal death at the end of a long life.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 02:04:24 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

That's a very odd thing to say. Have you lost anyone close to you? I don't think anyone is a "fan" of being upset, but would you say something like that if your kid died? Or when you lose a parent? I would think that if you were emotionally impacted by the death of an astronaut, you would probably be more impacted if someone you knew personally died. The only thing that makes that really makes that comment make sense is if it's still only theoretical to you.

I don't think it's a tragedy when an old person dies of natural causes, as that's what happens and hopefully old age means a full life well-lived. But upset is a normal reaction to death and loss, even when it's a normal death at the end of a long life.

Well, this is going to be fun.  Not that I blame you for asking, most people do when it comes to my reaction to the recently dead.

I suppose I shouldn't have said that I'm not a big fan of being upset when people die.  Of course no one likes being upset. I just really couldn't care less.

I'll start by answering the question of whether I've lost people I was close to.  Yes, several.  Including family members.  All four grandparents, one step grandfather (I guess you'd call him that, anyway.)  Aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

This isn't just a recent development, in fact my family mostly thinks I'm freak for it.  They all still talk about when I lost my maternal granfather when I was five.  From what I'm told I witnessed his death, and merely remarked, "Old Papa's alllllllllll gone."  I then proceeded to happily play with my toys.

I honestly don't understand it myself.  Death makes me feel nothing, and it never has.  No frowns, no tears, no matter how much I loved a person.  When I was younger I used to try to force myself to cry during funerals just so I'd fit in. 

It's not that I don't care about people.  I cry frequently when bad things happen to people I love.  I threaten people who hurt my friends within an inch of their life, and have been known to make good on those threats.  I protect my son to the point that I'd just love to keep him in a bubble.  I bitch at my husband for doing dangerous man-things.  I donate to food pantries and have on occasion paid for a stranger's child's medicine.

But as far as the already deceased, I can't even force myself to give a single fuck.  I feel like a horrible person for it sometimes, and it makes me jealous that other people do feel something for it.  I keep on expecting it to bother me eventually, but it never does.

So if it was my child?  Maybe, but I really hope I don't have to find out.

My parents are a different story, but I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire for other reasons.

As for Mr. Armstrong, it hit me in the gut for science past was all.

This thread is getting way off topic. >.<

Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 27, 2012, 02:27:49 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 27, 2012, 12:07:50 AM
Fuck you Suu, my dad died from being sarcastically gassed alongside holocaust deniers.  In a fire.

:lulz:

Quote from: v3x on August 27, 2012, 12:23:01 AM
Quote from: Suu on August 27, 2012, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: v3x on August 26, 2012, 04:22:17 AM
It's true. Nobody will ever be able to wear a bungee cord and bounce around on a sound stage like Neil Armstrong.

Sarcasm or not, as a granddaughter of a former and well-respected employee of Grumman in Bethpage, Long Island, NY who's hands touched every single Lunar Excursion Module ever made, I am obligated to tell you to eat shit, die in a fire, and burn in hell. I hope Buzz Aldrin punches your miserable teeth out.
Okay.

Quote
-Suu
Thinks moon landing conspiracy theorists should be rounded up with the Holocaust non-believers and gassed. Thank you.
That's why I was making fun of them.

But I guess I should know by now not to go disrespecting sacred cows around Discordians.

Congratulations on your sarcasm, I'm going to bed.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 02:49:08 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 02:04:24 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

That's a very odd thing to say. Have you lost anyone close to you? I don't think anyone is a "fan" of being upset, but would you say something like that if your kid died? Or when you lose a parent? I would think that if you were emotionally impacted by the death of an astronaut, you would probably be more impacted if someone you knew personally died. The only thing that makes that really makes that comment make sense is if it's still only theoretical to you.

I don't think it's a tragedy when an old person dies of natural causes, as that's what happens and hopefully old age means a full life well-lived. But upset is a normal reaction to death and loss, even when it's a normal death at the end of a long life.

Well, this is going to be fun.  Not that I blame you for asking, most people do when it comes to my reaction to the recently dead.

I suppose I shouldn't have said that I'm not a big fan of being upset when people die.  Of course no one likes being upset. I just really couldn't care less.

I'll start by answering the question of whether I've lost people I was close to.  Yes, several.  Including family members.  All four grandparents, one step grandfather (I guess you'd call him that, anyway.)  Aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

This isn't just a recent development, in fact my family mostly thinks I'm freak for it.  They all still talk about when I lost my maternal granfather when I was five.  From what I'm told I witnessed his death, and merely remarked, "Old Papa's alllllllllll gone."  I then proceeded to happily play with my toys.

I honestly don't understand it myself.  Death makes me feel nothing, and it never has.  No frowns, no tears, no matter how much I loved a person.  When I was younger I used to try to force myself to cry during funerals just so I'd fit in. 

It's not that I don't care about people.  I cry frequently when bad things happen to people I love.  I threaten people who hurt my friends within an inch of their life, and have been known to make good on those threats.  I protect my son to the point that I'd just love to keep him in a bubble.  I bitch at my husband for doing dangerous man-things.  I donate to food pantries and have on occasion paid for a stranger's child's medicine.

But as far as the already deceased, I can't even force myself to give a single fuck.  I feel like a horrible person for it sometimes, and it makes me jealous that other people do feel something for it.  I keep on expecting it to bother me eventually, but it never does.

So if it was my child?  Maybe, but I really hope I don't have to find out.

My parents are a different story, but I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire for other reasons.

As for Mr. Armstrong, it hit me in the gut for science past was all.

This thread is getting way off topic. >.<

Well, at least you're not an attention whore about it, or anything.  :lulz:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 27, 2012, 02:50:01 AM
I interrupt my bed-going for this related post.

(http://i.imgur.com/57oUB.jpg)

:horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth: :horrormirth:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 02:51:18 AM
What is this I don't even
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 27, 2012, 02:53:01 AM
That, Nigel, is the new futuretm of mankind.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 02:54:54 AM
Oh, apparently it's just a running gag among Green Day fans. Nothing to despair about, beyond the fact that Green Day fans exist.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 02:56:00 AM
I know it's Green Day fans saying this, but I say guilt by association in this instance, and shoot them all.
Unless of course they are:  :troll:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 02:58:35 AM
Also: SUU I hope this makes you happy before bed! I found something cool I want to share.
(http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/405225_10150978111386324_1370822422_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Suu on August 27, 2012, 03:09:29 AM
He belongs there more than Hayden Christensen and Sebastian Shaw put together. True story.

Also, my grandmother claims to have had Neil Armstrong over for dinner. My dad and my aunt both disagree.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Placid Dingo on August 27, 2012, 03:30:40 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 02:04:24 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

That's a very odd thing to say. Have you lost anyone close to you? I don't think anyone is a "fan" of being upset, but would you say something like that if your kid died? Or when you lose a parent? I would think that if you were emotionally impacted by the death of an astronaut, you would probably be more impacted if someone you knew personally died. The only thing that makes that really makes that comment make sense is if it's still only theoretical to you.

I don't think it's a tragedy when an old person dies of natural causes, as that's what happens and hopefully old age means a full life well-lived. But upset is a normal reaction to death and loss, even when it's a normal death at the end of a long life.

Well, this is going to be fun.  Not that I blame you for asking, most people do when it comes to my reaction to the recently dead.

I suppose I shouldn't have said that I'm not a big fan of being upset when people die.  Of course no one likes being upset. I just really couldn't care less.

I'll start by answering the question of whether I've lost people I was close to.  Yes, several.  Including family members.  All four grandparents, one step grandfather (I guess you'd call him that, anyway.)  Aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

This isn't just a recent development, in fact my family mostly thinks I'm freak for it.  They all still talk about when I lost my maternal granfather when I was five.  From what I'm told I witnessed his death, and merely remarked, "Old Papa's alllllllllll gone."  I then proceeded to happily play with my toys.

I honestly don't understand it myself.  Death makes me feel nothing, and it never has.  No frowns, no tears, no matter how much I loved a person.  When I was younger I used to try to force myself to cry during funerals just so I'd fit in. 

It's not that I don't care about people.  I cry frequently when bad things happen to people I love.  I threaten people who hurt my friends within an inch of their life, and have been known to make good on those threats.  I protect my son to the point that I'd just love to keep him in a bubble.  I bitch at my husband for doing dangerous man-things.  I donate to food pantries and have on occasion paid for a stranger's child's medicine.

But as far as the already deceased, I can't even force myself to give a single fuck.  I feel like a horrible person for it sometimes, and it makes me jealous that other people do feel something for it.  I keep on expecting it to bother me eventually, but it never does.

So if it was my child?  Maybe, but I really hope I don't have to find out.

My parents are a different story, but I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire for other reasons.

As for Mr. Armstrong, it hit me in the gut for science past was all.

This thread is getting way off topic. >.<

Not intuitively having the 'appropriate' reaction doesn't mean you don't actually care. It's OK not to cry or be outwardly emotional. If you lose someone and you know you're gonna miss them, well thats caring.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 03:40:57 AM
Quote from: Placid Dingo on August 27, 2012, 03:30:40 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 02:04:24 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 12:54:58 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 12:46:46 AM
I'm not usually a big fan of being upset when people die, whether it's someone I know personally or not.  Eighty two is pretty ripe, and that would generally lead me to feel less upset about it.  This one got me in the gut just a little, though.

That's a very odd thing to say. Have you lost anyone close to you? I don't think anyone is a "fan" of being upset, but would you say something like that if your kid died? Or when you lose a parent? I would think that if you were emotionally impacted by the death of an astronaut, you would probably be more impacted if someone you knew personally died. The only thing that makes that really makes that comment make sense is if it's still only theoretical to you.

I don't think it's a tragedy when an old person dies of natural causes, as that's what happens and hopefully old age means a full life well-lived. But upset is a normal reaction to death and loss, even when it's a normal death at the end of a long life.

Well, this is going to be fun.  Not that I blame you for asking, most people do when it comes to my reaction to the recently dead.

I suppose I shouldn't have said that I'm not a big fan of being upset when people die.  Of course no one likes being upset. I just really couldn't care less.

I'll start by answering the question of whether I've lost people I was close to.  Yes, several.  Including family members.  All four grandparents, one step grandfather (I guess you'd call him that, anyway.)  Aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

This isn't just a recent development, in fact my family mostly thinks I'm freak for it.  They all still talk about when I lost my maternal granfather when I was five.  From what I'm told I witnessed his death, and merely remarked, "Old Papa's alllllllllll gone."  I then proceeded to happily play with my toys.

I honestly don't understand it myself.  Death makes me feel nothing, and it never has.  No frowns, no tears, no matter how much I loved a person.  When I was younger I used to try to force myself to cry during funerals just so I'd fit in. 

It's not that I don't care about people.  I cry frequently when bad things happen to people I love.  I threaten people who hurt my friends within an inch of their life, and have been known to make good on those threats.  I protect my son to the point that I'd just love to keep him in a bubble.  I bitch at my husband for doing dangerous man-things.  I donate to food pantries and have on occasion paid for a stranger's child's medicine.

But as far as the already deceased, I can't even force myself to give a single fuck.  I feel like a horrible person for it sometimes, and it makes me jealous that other people do feel something for it.  I keep on expecting it to bother me eventually, but it never does.

So if it was my child?  Maybe, but I really hope I don't have to find out.

My parents are a different story, but I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire for other reasons.

As for Mr. Armstrong, it hit me in the gut for science past was all.

This thread is getting way off topic. >.<

Not intuitively having the 'appropriate' reaction doesn't mean you don't actually care. It's OK not to cry or be outwardly emotional. If you lose someone and you know you're gonna miss them, well thats caring.
This is the perfect match of words that I was looking for.

When my cousin was murdered, I could not cry. I was too angry. When my uncle died, I saw it coming through a long period of drug abuse. When my great uncle died to Agent Orange, I saw a long period of decay, and there was more sadness during the last of his life than his death. When my grandparents died I saw them hooked up and knew it was their time. I think I personally find an excuse to NOT cry, though in my cousins case I honestly can't see more of a reaction that anger, frustration and a bit of instability even from a "normal" reaction standpoint.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 04:01:27 AM
Quote from: Placid Dingo on August 27, 2012, 03:30:40 AM
Not intuitively having the 'appropriate' reaction doesn't mean you don't actually care. It's OK not to cry or be outwardly emotional. If you lose someone and you know you're gonna miss them, well thats caring.

Yeah, that's about it.  "I miss this person, and probably always will.   Anyway, let's get back to shit."

And yeah, I was kind of attention whorey about it >.< I just always feel a need to explain it thoroughly for fear of sounding like a twat that hates people.

Back to relevant things. If the Green Day/Neil Armsrong thing weren't just a gag, I would have a good reason to be a twat that just hates people.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 27, 2012, 04:09:50 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 02:56:00 AM
I know it's Green Day fans saying this, but I say guilt by association in this instance, and shoot them all.
Unless of course they are:  :troll:

Tour de France? Three Armstrong :troll:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:

I'll never be able use it again now that I relate it to a skinny guy's bunghole, but it's my "Ugh... dammit" face.  And my face does exactly that.  So on occasion, my face looks like a skinny guy's bunghole.

I really thought that one was in widespread use.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 05:37:04 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:

I'll never be able use it again now that I relate it to a skinny guy's bunghole, but it's my "Ugh... dammit" face.  And my face does exactly that.  So on occasion, my face looks like a skinny guy's bunghole.

I really thought that one was in widespread use.

It probably is, I just don't know these things.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 06:17:29 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:

I'll never be able use it again now that I relate it to a skinny guy's bunghole, but it's my "Ugh... dammit" face.  And my face does exactly that.  So on occasion, my face looks like a skinny guy's bunghole.

I really thought that one was in widespread use.

Widespread use? C'mon? Seriously? That was my FIRST TIME.  :argh!:
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 27, 2012, 06:38:10 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 06:17:29 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:

I'll never be able use it again now that I relate it to a skinny guy's bunghole, but it's my "Ugh... dammit" face.  And my face does exactly that.  So on occasion, my face looks like a skinny guy's bunghole.

I really thought that one was in widespread use.

Widespread use? C'mon? Seriously? That was my FIRST TIME.  :argh!:

I use the skinny guy's bunghole on facebook sometimes. They don't have this one :x and anyway, facebook needs LOTS of skinny guy's bungholes.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: PANGO! on August 27, 2012, 07:22:53 AM
NEIL ARMSTRONG: FIRST MAN TO INVADE MASSIVE, CRATERED, UNEARTHLY BODY WITH THIN UNBREATHABLE ATMOSPHERE. SECOND WAS YOUR DAD.

R.I.P. NEIL ARMSTRONG.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 27, 2012, 09:14:49 AM
Quote from: PANGO GILLESPI, M.D. on August 27, 2012, 07:22:53 AM
NEIL ARMSTRONG: FIRST MAN TO INVADE MASSIVE, CRATERED, UNEARTHLY BODY WITH THIN UNBREATHABLE ATMOSPHERE. SECOND WAS YOUR DAD.

R.I.P. NEIL ARMSTRONG.

:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:

Best eulogy ever.
Title: Re: Fucking hell, Neil Armstrong died.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on August 27, 2012, 04:21:06 PM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 06:17:29 AM
Quote from: HandsomeGirl on August 27, 2012, 05:30:04 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 05:19:55 AM
Quote from: The Dark Monk on August 27, 2012, 05:18:38 AM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on August 27, 2012, 04:56:30 AM
What is this: >.<  ?

A really, really skinny guy's bunghole?

What does it mean?
Heh. I'mma put this back in the safe, it wasn't mean for this type of publicity, heh, you see, my ex got really mad once, and she put it on the interwebz, and we did uh...nvm. Just gonna take it and leave.....

:lulz:

I'll never be able use it again now that I relate it to a skinny guy's bunghole, but it's my "Ugh... dammit" face.  And my face does exactly that.  So on occasion, my face looks like a skinny guy's bunghole.

I really thought that one was in widespread use.

Widespread use? C'mon? Seriously? That was my FIRST TIME.  :argh!:

:lol: