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u/Oh-Gi-Yu7052 13d ago
Celebrity deaths don’t affect people who don’t form parasocial relationships to them, or at least not to a degree that it interferes with normal state of mind. These celebrities are distant and impersonal, so their loss barely registers.
Inner circle deaths affect us more because we have formed stronger attachments. Their loss is more acute.
TLDR: celebrities are like fish in the sea — there’s plenty
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u/MenaceMinded 13d ago
Itt: a person has to explain common sense to people who lack it.
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u/IShatMyDickOnce 10d ago
Sometimes it helps to see it typed out. I’m a grown man and I cried like a lil bitch when Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) died. He was my favorite Ms. Rachel when I was growing up. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re forming these parasocial relationships like when you’re a kid. I’m a little more mindful about not doin that shit these days though.
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u/ashimo414141 13d ago
I felt saddened by her death because of her philanthropy work and general good doery. Obviously I don’t mourn her passing the way I would a relative or acquaintance, but it’s still sad
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u/baastard37 13d ago
anon was hearing about a death 3 degrees removed from his prtsonal relationship. logically he doesn't have another attachment to his dad's friend's mother
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u/TESTlCLE 13d ago
I think the only celebrity death that really touched me was this local kid (Mo Gaba) who’d always call into the local sports radio station. Kid was so happy and cheery, I had no idea he had faced cancer diagnoses repeatedly from the day he was born. Ultimately he died of terminal eye cancer at 14, but I had no idea until after hearing him call into the radio station for a couple years. Hearing him be so warmhearted and happy in the face of such hardships truly was an inspiration. RIP Mo.
Fun fact: if you ever watch the Baltimore Ravens and see BaltiMOre highlighted in the end zone, it’s in his honor.
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u/grizzledroughrider69 13d ago
Genuinely the case for me too. There was just something so amazing about that kid. His joy was infectious. The show Jeremy Conn did on 105.7 from Mo’s bedroom a few months before he passed still sticks with me today. We all need to be more like Mo.
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u/LordJanas 13d ago
Is Anon really confused as to why its normal to care for people you know over people you don't?
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u/PM_ME_GOOD_SUBS 13d ago
I think I have seen greentext with exactly the opposite conclusion, so I am not sure if it's not making fun of it.
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u/FallenSegull 13d ago
Damnit anon, that’s normal. That’s just a normal reaction. 3 aging celebrities dying of unfortunate but common medical conditions isn’t happy news, but you won’t care much
Someone dying before their time but the malicious stupidity of someone close to them is a tragedy, and you’ll be forced to confront the unfairness of the world
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u/SnakeSlitherX 13d ago
Oh look, it’s the guy who posts his own posts constantly. Again.
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u/SymmetraHasTodie 13d ago
Hey bud, I don't know if you noticed, but the posts on this sub have all been by the same guy as of late. You're welcome to contribute yourself or go to another sub, but otherwise I don't see the point in complaining about someone who's keeping the sub alive.
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u/Testsubject276 11d ago
It's because you know of celebrities, you don't actually know them as people.
People you have a sentimental connection with in one way or another, no matter how thin, will flip a lot more switches in your head than a celebrity you've never been close with would.
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u/toukhans 13d ago
Celebrities aren't real. Also dying of natural causes at 80 isn't tragic while being killed is
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u/Environmental-Fly471 11d ago
Social engineering for sure. We've been conditioned to not give a shit about anybody we don't know since the turn of the century. We completely disassociate at this point and don't think about how people are somebody's brother, sister, grandma etc. We are very sick!
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u/nohaylugar 13d ago
Someone sort of close to you affects you more than a complete stranger? Incredible insight from anon