How come whenever a celebrity dies...

[Ghonzor]

I've known all of the celebrities to die recently.
I hate the people who say cruel things about their deaths.
Honestly, it's tragic when anyone dies. No one should laugh at the loss of another human being.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

You knew who Dio was, so you're fine. That is to say I don't give a damn about popular culture so I don't care about most celebrity deaths, but in the case of Dio he was a damn fine musician therefore I am sad to see him go. Most of the time I don't know who the person is or I really don't care.

 

[Verex]

Come on... Gary Coleman?

 

[Kimarous]

Yes! How DARE I not recognize an actor who's sitcom existed before I was born and who's films I have never watched!

He was still all over TV. Parents only unlock the basement door and let you out of your gimp suit long enough to post dumb questions on forums?

*looks up his TV appearances*

Hey look! He makes the occassional guest appearance in shows I don't give a shit about!

Cry more, fanboy. Perhaps your tears will combine into a sentient blob that will teach you how not to get butthurt over a single person on the internet who DARES not to conform to your preconceptions about culture.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

How come whenever a celebrity dies, I have absolutely no idea who the person is? Seriously. Looking back add the various celebrity deaths over the past year, the only one I even remotely recognized was Ronnie James Dio.

you "remotely" recognized Dio? wtf dude?
You don't "remotely" regonize Jesus when he is cruicified!
You don't "remotely" recognize that fat happy golden statue as Buddah! (he is awesome!)
You don't "remotely" recognize Mohammed when... oh right, no pictures.
sorry. (no disrepspect intended)
You don't "remotely" recognize that guy with six arms as Shiva.
You don't "remotely" recognize the guy with the hair as Alber Einstein.
(I can go on forever)

Anyway, Dio is and will always be the God of metal.
You instanlt know, in your heart, who he is.

Why exactly arent you allowed to show pictures of mohammed anyway?

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I'll make it simple. Dennis Hopper was King Koopa in the Super Mario Brothers movie.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

You should really know ol Michael Jackson. But even if you do, the sheer amount of coverage was absurd, in contrast to Dio, and others.

Especially since Les Paul himself died a few days later, and got almost no coverage. Michael Jackson's style of music wouldn't have even been possible without the advancements that man made in multi-track recording. Not to mention, you know, inventing one of the first solid bodied electric guitars. No, not the Les Paul -- his first model was a proof of concept that Gibson laughed at, called the log. Gibson later hired him to make the Les Paul once they realized he was ahead of his time.

Seriously. The random deaths over the past couple years are depressing... and the fact that Dennis Hopper's death got next to no press here was just as depressing.

RIP Mr. Hopper. You shall be sorely missed.

 

[Mr.logic]

How come whenever a celebrity dies, I have absolutely no idea who the person is? Seriously. Looking back add the various celebrity deaths over the past year, the only one I even remotely recognized was Ronnie James Dio.

Am I culturally illiterate? Am I too young to know who they are? Is my disdain for what qualifies for a "celebrity" blocking out the really good talent? Do I just pay attention to the media but pay no heed to the folks behind it? Or is it just my inability to match faces with names at work?

what about michael jackson? he was pretty famous.(.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................)

 

[neoontime]

Wow, I don't even know who Ronnie James Dio is.
Please don't hurt me!

 

[StBishop]

How come whenever a celebrity dies, I have absolutely no idea who the person is? Seriously. Looking back add the various celebrity deaths over the past year, the only one I even remotely recognized was Ronnie James Dio.

you "remotely" recognized Dio? wtf dude?
You don't "remotely" regonize Jesus when he is cruicified!
You don't "remotely" recognize that fat happy golden statue as Buddah! (he is awesome!)
You don't "remotely" recognize Mohammed when... oh right, no pictures.
sorry. (no disrepspect intended)
You don't "remotely" recognize that guy with six arms as Shiva.
You don't "remotely" recognize the guy with the hair as Alber Einstein.
(I can go on forever)

Anyway, Dio is and will always be the God of metal.
You instanlt know, in your heart, who he is.

Had to google Dio. Heh.

You need to pay more attention to popular culture I suppose.

You aren't alone though. I don't really pay attention either.

NOBODY needs to pay more attention to popular culture. Pop culture is mind-rotting, celebrity-worshipping, culture-ruining trash and the world would be better off without it.

I take a measure of pride in not being able to pick a "famous person" out of a police lineup.

I can honestly say that of all of the people mentioned in this thread I knew who two of them were. MJ because of his popularity and Paul Gray because I listen to Slipknot.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Wow, I don't even know who Ronnie James Dio is.
Please don't hurt me!

I don't know who he was. I do know Dennis Hopper. Now to watch Super Mario Bros in honor of his memory.

 

[Kimarous]

How come whenever a celebrity dies, I have absolutely no idea who the person is? Seriously. Looking back add the various celebrity deaths over the past year, the only one I even remotely recognized was Ronnie James Dio.

Am I culturally illiterate? Am I too young to know who they are? Is my disdain for what qualifies for a "celebrity" blocking out the really good talent? Do I just pay attention to the media but pay no heed to the folks behind it? Or is it just my inability to match faces with names at work?

what about michael jackson? he was pretty famous.

I clarified on that later in the topic; I forgot that he died less than a year ago.

Updated the first post to prevent further confusion.

 

[CloggedDonkey]

I only really cared about three celebrities death:

Spoiler: R.I.P.

And even then, I still make jokes about how Billy Mays is a zombie.

 

[Socius]

How come whenever a celebrity dies, I have absolutely no idea who the person is? Seriously. Looking back add the various celebrity deaths over the past year, the only one I even remotely recognized was Ronnie James Dio.

you "remotely" recognized Dio? wtf dude?
You don't "remotely" regonize Jesus when he is cruicified!
You don't "remotely" recognize that fat happy golden statue as Buddah! (he is awesome!)
You don't "remotely" recognize Mohammed when... oh right, no pictures.
sorry. (no disrepspect intended)
You don't "remotely" recognize that guy with six arms as Shiva.
You don't "remotely" recognize the guy with the hair as Alber Einstein.
(I can go on forever)

Anyway, Dio is and will always be the God of metal.
You instanlt know, in your heart, who he is.

Why exactly arent you allowed to show pictures of mohammed anyway?

It's considered blasphemic since noone really knows how he looked like.

 

[StBishop]

Yes! How DARE I not recognize an actor who's sitcom existed before I was born and who's films I have never watched!

He was still all over TV. Parents only unlock the basement door and let you out of your gimp suit long enough to post dumb questions on forums?

What if you don't care about the names of actors in TV shows or, heaven forbid, don't watch TV out of choice.