loads of people I've never met have died

[Tatsujin]

You still didn't get the point. As I mentioned above, mostly only people care about the death of a better known person, when they were emotional connected to them, for probably over a half of their lifetime or even longer.

musicians that made you happy uncountable times with their creations. actors that made you laugh, cry, feel good or just let you feel any kind of strong emotional feelings etc. for many times.

one person likes that, the other person likes this. so it very depends on which what one will have stronger, lesser or almost zero emotional feelings when someone had passed away.

you see, many people really loved prin diana, so they sure got very emotional about her death, but which for me never was a big thing to worry or care about much, beside it was a tragedy just like many other face every day.

but on contrary, when a john barry, richard wright or goerge harrison passed away, I was emotionally shocked as if someone very close to me died, since they had accompanied me my whole life.

[SignOfZeta]

And the opposite of that, like when Margaret Thatcher dies, we should all throw a party.

[Tatsujin]

And the opposite of that, like when Margaret Thatcher dies, we should all throw a party.

and dance to the track below:

[NightWolve]

You still didn't get the point. As I mentioned above, mostly only people care about the death of a better known person, when they were emotional connected to them, for probably over a half of their lifetime or even longer.

musicians that made you happy uncountable times with their creations. actors that made you laugh, cry, feel good or just let you feel any kind of strong emotional feelings etc. for many times.

one person likes that, the other person likes this. so it very depends on which what one will have stronger, lesser or almost zero emotional feelings when someone had passed away.

you see, many people really loved prin diana, so they sure got very emotional about her death, but which for me never was a big thing to worry or care about much, beside it was a tragedy just like many other face every day.

but on contrary, when a john barry, richard wright or goerge harrison passed away, I was emotionally shocked as if someone very close to me died, since they had accompanied me my whole life.

Yeah, that's pretty much my reply to this. I don't get why it wouldn't be understood. Saying that, well, since you've never met them and you don't personally know them, you shouldn't AT ALL care that they died is a simplification of the matter... You shouldn't care enough to pay a simple RIP respect, etc. That seems to be what I can discern of Soop's view.

I actually mentioned Roger Ebert's death recently myself. I'm a Chicagoan and I used to watch his show with Gene Siskel on occasion growing up, so I enjoyed his reviews. Learning of his death prompted a respectful RIP (unlike something that Zeta mentions, an opposite feeling, e.g. partisan hacks celebrating a political opponent's death). Anyway, big deal... So I wrote a short paragraph and shared a photo of the guy. His death of course didn't come as a shock given the state that he was in for a while and it being made known; due to the cancer, doctors took out his jaw, so he couldn't speak anymore, and far worse than that, he didn't really have a face anymore either, etc...

EDIT: Ah f*ck it, I couldn't resist! For comparison:

On Osama Bin Laden's death:

Rejoicing over someone's death is perverse, in this case even from a perspective of pure math.

On Margaret Thatcher's death:

we should all throw a party.

Quite an interesting change of heart by Zeta there...

At least Ebert won't continue to suffer, and I mean not having to review any more Tyler Perry movies not the cancer.

[esteban]

Hany, fighting back a tear, reveals, "I weep incessantly when celebrities die. I am stoic at funerals for my loved ones."