zeldapsychology wrote:
Well this week we've had Farrah Fawcett,Ed Machmaon,and NOW Michael Jackson but I feel no emotion and with the Jackson news I laughed not due to the death but that for 1+months YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE 100 DIFFERENT Retrospecitive/History of Michael Jackson SPECIALS SHEESH IMO!! !! Now I'm not evil heartless etc. I cried when Christopher Reeves died he WAS Superman!! ! Also Steve Irwin was shocking (I loved his shows)
Otherwise IMO Oh great we have to deal with 100+ STUPID HISTORY SPECIALS (Oh and will anyone care when Shigeru Miyamoto the creator of Mario and other HUGE games dies NO!! !! !! !!
Wow, I didn't know those people had died. I thought Ed McMahon had died years ago, but the others are a big surprise.
And no, I don't laugh. None of these individuals had any particular special place in my heart, but they were all special to someone. A few weeks ago I went to the IMdB message board of my favorite actor (special interest kind of thing) and some troll had written that he died. After about a second, it was clear that it was just a troll trying to get a rise out of people, but the instant I read the subject line, my heart felt like it jumped out of my chest, and I felt physically ill for a long time afterward. Even after I knew, for absolute certain, that it was not true, I was left with a feeling that pretty much ruined the afternoon for me, because I DO care a whole lot. He's not a celebrity of Michael Jackson magnitude, though; reasonably well-known, but not a household name. (Well, maybe he is. I have no idea what people talk about in their households.)
However, I'm not terribly surprised at your reaction, and the reason for it. It can be hard to see those big mega-celebrities as regular people, and you're right; there will be a 100 TV specials. I won't see any of them, or even know about any of them, because my TV only gets turned on when I watch a dvd. I'm sure there are many, many people saddened by the deaths of these individuals. When I die, there will be like four people at my funeral, because that's all I know.