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http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/28/obit.gary.coleman/index.html

RIP Gary Coleman

That sucks. That really sucks.

And my day continually gets better.

That's a shame, he was a funny actor who really got a raw deal in life.

R.I.P. Greatest Gretchin who ever lived...

Im aware its going to make me sound like a bad man, but.. Seriously, who gives a gak? Coalition soldiers die in Afghanistan and you dont see me spamming OT with obituaries. Last i heard he was wanting to get into politics, so i think its probably a good thing. The last thing California needs is another idiotic celebrity senator who knows nothing about politics. Whats with all this fake sympathy? How can you actually care when someone you never met dies? When people say 'oh i cried when i heard michael jackson died!' i almost laugh in their face. While it is sad when anyone dies relatively young, I care nothing at all about it. The world has bigger things to worry about than a dwarvish actor.

RIP, Gary. I remember watching you as a kid. Boy, did you get a gak sandwich after the age 18.

mattyrm wrote: The world has bigger things to worry about than a dwarvish actor.

Your attempt at dark humor pun = massive fail



RIP Gary, Thanks for the laughs.

mattyrm wrote:Im aware its going to make me sound like a bad man, but.. Seriously, who gives a gak? Coalition soldiers die in Afghanistan and you dont see me spamming OT with obituaries. Last i heard he was wanting to get into politics, so i think its probably a good thing. The last thing California needs is another idiotic celebrity senator who knows nothing about politics. Whats with all this fake sympathy? How can you actually care when someone you never met dies? When people say 'oh i cried when i heard michael jackson died!' i almost laugh in their face. While it is sad when anyone dies relatively young, I care nothing at all about it. The world has bigger things to worry about than a dwarvish actor.

Yeah.

Completely right.

Totally logical.

But we're human. I shed more tears over my dog (sniff, I loved that dog) than I did over hundreds of thousands of people who died in the 2004 tsunami. Coleman, never met the guy, but for a couple of years he came into my living room and made me laugh. So I feel a false connection.

I thought that was quite a good pun... :-)

mattyrm wrote:Im aware its going to make me sound like a bad man, but.. Seriously, who gives a gak? Coalition soldiers die in Afghanistan and you dont see me spamming OT with obituaries. Last i heard he was wanting to get into politics, so i think its probably a good thing. The last thing California needs is another idiotic celebrity senator who knows nothing about politics. Whats with all this fake sympathy? How can you actually care when someone you never met dies? When people say 'oh i cried when i heard michael jackson died!' i almost laugh in their face. While it is sad when anyone dies relatively young, I care nothing at all about it. The world has bigger things to worry about than a dwarvish actor.

AMEN to that, if it wasnt for the disrespect, I would fill the OT with the names of the dead coalition troops.

Rest in peace Gary, your life was too short...

@mattyrm-Maybe the people are not mourning for the celeb but for a peice of their childhood dying.

IMO, I think it is a mechanism for dealing with the process of aging and mortality. I see no problem with such as long as it isn't taken to levels of hysteria.

squilverine wrote:Rest in peace Gary, your life was too short...

http://instantrimshot.com/

The Dreadnote wrote:

squilverine wrote:Rest in peace Gary, your life was too short...

http://instantrimshot.com/

The pedant in me would like to point out that the sound played by visiting that link is not a rimshot....

I am shocked absolutely shocked people can be so flippant about Gary Coleman's death. Midgetry is a very important and often under-appreciated profession. Think how much poorer your life would be without midgets; every time you cross paths with a midget it brightens your day and fills you with laughter. It's like a surprise Christmas.

The world is now short one little person.

yeah focused fire hit it right.

A lot of my childhood memories have passed on in the past few years. Farrah, MJ, etc.etc.and one more icon of the 80's Gary.


GG

focusedfire wrote:@mattyrm-Maybe the people are not mourning for the celeb but for a peice of their childhood dying.

IMO, I think it is a mechanism for dealing with the process of aging and mortality. I see no problem with such as long as it isn't taken to levels of hysteria.

generalgrog wrote:yeah focused fire hit it right.

A lot of my childhood memories have passed on in the past few years. Farrah, MJ, etc.etc.and one more icon of the 80's Gary.


GG

focusedfire wrote:@mattyrm-Maybe the people are not mourning for the celeb but for a peice of their childhood dying.

IMO, I think it is a mechanism for dealing with the process of aging and mortality. I see no problem with such as long as it isn't taken to levels of hysteria.

Perhaps it is a matter of perception i know exactly when my childhood died, but is not a topic for discussion on a public forum,
on the other hand the subject of celebrity is a complete and utter load of bs,no one deserves the automatic right to be famous but each and every man/woman who gave and risked there lives deserve to be remembered

chub wrote:
Perhaps it is a matter of perception i know exactly when my childhood died, but is not a topic for discussion on a public forum,
on the other hand the subject of celebrity is a complete and utter load of bs,no one deserves the automatic right to be famous but each and every man/woman who gave and risked there lives deserve to be remembered

1)Then think not of it as your childhood dying but rather something from your youth that is now a reminder of your own mortality.

2)No one has said anything about a right to be automatically famous, but rather are paying respects to one whom had a difficult life and managed a modicum of success in the public eye despite facing a personal severe medical problem.

3) Start a thread in the off-topic forum listing such soldiers. There is nothing stopping you. You create it and I'll visit it, but the long and short of it is this thread is about Gary Coleman.

Gary Coleman had a short life, but he experienced all the glory it was to be human. May he find comfort wherever he now goes.

Should have gone out like in postal 2.

focusedfire wrote:

chub wrote:
Perhaps it is a matter of perception i know exactly when my childhood died, but is not a topic for discussion on a public forum,
on the other hand the subject of celebrity is a complete and utter load of bs,no one deserves the automatic right to be famous but each and every man/woman who gave and risked there lives deserve to be remembered

1)Then think not of it as your childhood dying but rather something from your youth that is now a reminder of your own mortality.

2)No one has said anything about a right to be automatically famous, but rather are paying respects to one whom had a difficult life and managed a modicum of success in the public eye despite facing a personal severe medical problem.

3) Start a thread in the off-topic forum listing such soldiers. There is nothing stopping you. You create it and I'll visit it, but the long and short of it is this thread is about Gary Coleman.

1)Sorry did I say childhood I meant life (which explains why I am miserable bastard)

2)No,. no one mentioned a right to be automatically famous but just because he was in the publuc eye and he was a short ass doesnt mean he was important

3) I would but it would be slatted and slagged ny antiwar posts from people who dont realise the troops arent there by choice

and finally for everyone out there Only one thing is Guaranteed in your life. YOU WILL DIE

that is all

chub wrote:

focusedfire wrote:

chub wrote:
Perhaps it is a matter of perception i know exactly when my childhood died, but is not a topic for discussion on a public forum,
on the other hand the subject of celebrity is a complete and utter load of bs,no one deserves the automatic right to be famous but each and every man/woman who gave and risked there lives deserve to be remembered

1)Then think not of it as your childhood dying but rather something from your youth that is now a reminder of your own mortality.

2)No one has said anything about a right to be automatically famous, but rather are paying respects to one whom had a difficult life and managed a modicum of success in the public eye despite facing a personal severe medical problem.

3) Start a thread in the off-topic forum listing such soldiers. There is nothing stopping you. You create it and I'll visit it, but the long and short of it is this thread is about Gary Coleman.

1)Sorry did I say childhood I meant life (which explains why I am miserable bastard)

2)No,. no one mentioned a right to be automatically famous but just because he was in the publuc eye and he was a short ass doesnt mean he was important

3) I would but it would be slatted and slagged ny antiwar posts from people who dont realise the troops arent there by choice

and finally for everyone out there Only one thing is Guaranteed in your life. YOU WILL DIE

that is all

Wow, you are morbid sir. Kudos my man. So dark, so haunting. A reminder as to why the 2002-2007 was a terrible time to be a kid and a music lover. (Screw you Fallout Boy)

Anyways, the reason people are sad that the man died is because he came into their living rooms and made them laugh as kids. He was there for them, cheering them up when maybe there was nobody else there. He was not an amazing actor, but he did his job and people loved him for it. He helped some through terrible times in their lives just by being on the television screen. If that helps some people get on with their lives and what is troubling them, then he has done more than most people have.

But either way, you keep on being emo there champ.

Yeah.... I don't get all of this misplaced anger towards people showing respect for Gary Coleman.

I mean it's similar to someone complaining about losing a game of 40k, then some dude with a chip comes barrelling in and saying something like..."Ohh yeah you just lost a game of 40k.....what about all the soldiers that have given there lives in "real" war.

I.E. Totally unnecesary comments.

GG

chub wrote:
Only one thing is Guaranteed in your life. YOU WILL DIE

Ah, so you are an avid partaker in the form of entertainment commonly known as tax evasion?

Its a shame that he kept having so many problems as he got older.

he'll always be the cheeky kid for me.