Did people really react like this when someone famous died? The women all seem to cry when Marilyn Monroe, JFK, and MLK died. Surely it's some sort of exaggeration, right? I've literally never met anyone that's cried over the death of a celebrity.
I just assumed it was some US thing that Americans cry when famous people that they have never met died. Guess they are all more emotionally charged.
I've never seen it happen in Europoor land.
they probably didnt give a shit but their world was about fitting in and crying for them was the IN THING TO DO, thats my take on it anyway
>>70709014
True, that makes sense.
Such news stories were a bigger deal back then because information moved a lot slower. Icons were more relatable in the sense that the sphere or common information was more attuned.
Now you have instant access to everything. For instance, if a shooting happened on the other side of the country, no one would really know about it, or even give a shit.
Now whenever there is a shooting, the internet erupts and people are constantly checking twitter, writing opinion pieces, listening to police scanners, posting ITS HAPPENING, etc.
i live in brazil and people here do cry for days when celebrities die, specially international ones
JFK's death was kinda like 9/11, a very clear bfore-and-after point in the country's history.
>>70709297
so you're saying that JFK's death was an inside job?
>>70708673
My mom said she cried as well as her mom and friends when JFK died. Ot was like a forbearance of uncertainty and bad things to come.
>>70709375
well, yeah. but it was the treasury that got him ded, not the cia
>>70709297
This. My dad was only 10 when it happened, but he still remembers everything that was going on around him when he found out.
>>70709844
Why the treasury?
>>70708673
The people who cry are usually the most irrelevant persons you can imagine. Just some stupid boring people with some meaningless job and nothing going on in their life. In that state they just pick up stuff they hear on the news and pretend it's somehow part of their little life. When they are acting like that, they are suddenly not some stupid housewife, but part of a big movement of "fans" that share their grief. It makes them feel relevant and in touch with not just the neighbourhood, but the whole country.
By the way, JFK's death may be something different. Back then cold war was getting pretty heated, and people were constantly confronted with uncertainty. When he was shot nobody knew what was going to happen. People were legitimately scared.
>>70708673
In the 60s, celebrities weren't assholes. People actually liked the people they saw on television.
>>70710079
True, I can understand JFK's death because of what was happening politically, but I certainly didn't understand the celebrities. MLK could possibly be an exception, but probably only for the blacks.
>>70709203
>Icons were more relatable in the sense that the sphere or common information was more attuned.
I think the opposite, I think they were less relatable and that's what made them more ethereal and godlike. You couldn't go on twitter and see them living normal lives, so many of the big actors never did television interviews or anything, they were just these mysterious beings who people saw in the best light in film and were enamored by.
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>>70710137
JFK was assasinated by the jews who own the federal reserve because he wanted to introduce the silver dollar and move away from the fractional reserve fiat faux scam system
>>70708673
the world was smaller, much smaller
>>70709844
Wow, you can't even get the flawed, crackpot conspiracy theory correct. The idea is that the Fed had him killed because the he tried to transfer their power to the treasury through the use of silver certificates. Now, this isn't true and his EO remained in place until Nixon and did nothing to change the Federal Reserve's power, but at least get the fucking theory right instead of trying to look like the smart one who's in the know unlike these sleeping sheeple. You're just being lazy.
>>70710163
This must be what autism looks like.
>>70708720
You faggots cry after losing soccer games.
>>70710135
That's fucking crazy, they were way bigger assholes than they are now. You couldn't get anywhere near them and they were much more pampered and demanding. Plus almost all of them were drug addicts (mostly pills) and alcoholics, even moreso than now.
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>>70710201
Kill yourself you virgin sperglord libshit lmao
>>70709203
I thought this was the case, if there's less access to massive public personalities then when they die it'll be a bigger deal
>>70710305
football actually means something
>>70710412
Let's add a new layer to the bottom called "incoherent rambling and half baked ideas".
>>70710412
no u
>>70708673
>he didn't shed a manly tear for steve irwin and leslie nielsen
>>70708720
>I've never seen it happen in Europoor land.
What about when Amy from Evanscence died. Britbongs couldn't stop wailing and making movies in tribute to her even though all she did was crystal meth and look ugly.
>>70712474
Steve Irwin, maybe, but that's because he's a national hero.
>Leslie Nielsen
Literally who?
JFK was the goddamn President and MLK was the President for black people (also everyone was worried the nigs were going to burn down every major city in the country).
No idea about Marilyn Monroe. They only show women giving a shit, which makes sense.
>>70708720
Thousands of people went out in the street to mourn a random cop who died in a stupid accident in my country.
>>70712485
Amy Winehouse, you mean?
>>70708673
I firmly believe that people tended to not be so uncaring and sociopathic as they are today since the average person wasn't oversaturated with information and morbidity.
>>70709259
when that criastiano araujo faggot died i got really surprised with all the crying, even my fucking sister and her daughter cried
wtf
>>70712485
>What about when Amy from Evanscence died.
*chuckle*
For real though Britbongs and whole world was sad when Princess Diana died
>>70708673
>JFK, and MLK
Weren't celebrities.
>>70710305
IT'S NOT A GAME IT'S A MATCH
REEEEEE
>>70713023
That depends on your definition of a celebrity.
I only cry when an important figure of my childhood died. When Jackson and Williams passed, I was shocked to the core. But I never followed boxing, so Ali's death didn't register more than "Well, that sucks".
I never cried but the only celebrities I gave a shit about dying were David Bowie and Rik Mayall
>>70713128
Who the fuck is Rik Mayall?
>>70708673
A President's death is always huge.
>>70710481
i guess when it's the only form of entertainment, sure
>>70713070
If you don't know the difference between political activists, politicians and a big-boobed blond bombshell I feel sad for you americans.
>>70713724
According to dictionairy.com:
>celebrity: a famous or well-known person
I'd say JFK and MLK would be considered celebrities.
>>70708720
Are you fucking kidding me?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/england-recalls-diana-death-hysteria---with-cringes/article1081164/?page=all
>>70708673
Worst part about celebrity deaths are when people try and use it to make themselves look like as if they were a huge fan all along but on a typical day they wouldn't have so much as giving a shit about the person in question.
>>70708673
>>70708720
This is what happened in the 50s when celebrity meant CELEBRITY and not disgusting reality cable facebook twitter trash.
Kennedy and Monroe dying was like watching the death of the gods
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>>70708720
>I've never seen it happen in Europoor land.
>>70714086
>>70708673
>>70708720
>>70708673
And this is upper crust New York we are talking about. Not the rest of the country.
>>70714170
>>70714086
>>70708673
>>70708720
>>70714086
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>>70714205
literally who gives a fuck about her
some bitch who got everything and never has to work a day in her life because she's "royalty"
>>70714237
tens of millions of people around the world
maybe hundreds of millions
>>70714170
RIP Queen of out Hearts.
She died too soon.
Before the proliferation of smartphones and mass Internet usage the two of which would almost have ensured that a picture of her asshole was a matter of public record.
>>70714086
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>>70714205
>UK
>European
The fire rises you dirty fucking continental
>>70714237
A lot of people did bro. Youre probably too young to even remember or werent alive but it was a big deal.
>>70714486
He wasn't alive. He's probably 14.
>>70714358
>>70714486
Yes, I was five years old when she died, so I didn't even know who she was back then. All I know is that she's the princess of Wales, and she died in a car crash. What did she do that made people care about her? Because I never heard of a damn thing she did that was important.
>>70714628
Fuck tonnes of humanitarian work. Also the she put a fresh and likeable face on the royal family, wich probably means jack all to americans but lots of colonial countries still see that shit as a big deal.
>>70710146
that's essentially what i meant. just worded it poorly. i meant relatable among the people.
the national narrative was a lot more streamlined then
>>70714628
literally nothing whatsoever to justify any of her fame
and yet tens (maybe hundreds) of millions of people cried when she died, just because she was on tv and got married to the right person
>>70710201
Dees isn't autistic.He's paranoid schizophrenic.
>>70714766
>Royal family
>colonial countries
LOL gets me every time. What a cucked system of government
>comparing JFK and MLK to literally who celebrities
One was the fucking president and the other a civil rights leader during the 60s
As for Marilyn Monroe seeing someone famous and rich and had the world going for her killing herself would be shocking to a lot of people
Just look at Robin Williams suicide
