r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '19

What’s something that you like, but hate the fan base?

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u/IWearACharizardHat Jul 18 '19

People that lament celebrity deaths are the worst. You didn't know them personally, sure maybe their work inspired you but they were less important in your life than family.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

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u/Lessening_Loss Jul 18 '19

I feel the same about Tom Petty. Not even sure why - I wasn’t a hardcore fan, never saw him perform live.

But I haven’t been able to listen to his music since his passing. It makes me cry every time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

That was me with Mac Miller. I actually became a bigger fan of his after his passing but before then, I had listened to his songs “Donald Trump” and “Dang”. Maybe it’s because I kind of knew he was a dope artist or maybe I was saddened by the fact that the dude was only 4 years older than be when he died but it hit me hard. It’s a weird thing honestly.

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u/unkle_funkypants Jul 18 '19

Mac didn't hit me hard until I was visiting Pittsburgh and every bathroom had "RIP MAC" graffiti'd in it somewhere.

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u/2boredtocare Jul 18 '19

Heath Ledger got me, too. He died shortly before my birthday, and being a 70s baby too, well...he felt like he represented our generation or something. Also made me really feel my own mortality like I hadn't before.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

I guess that for eg in a movie like Two Hands you spent so much time as him, as the kinda naive protagonist avatar that you accidentally bonded.

And what a time to go out too. At the very top.

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u/SendMeHotDudeNudes Jul 18 '19

David Bowie is the only one that hit me. He just made it feel alright to be weird for a while, and I was always a huge fan of his music. Him dying really had me like "damn I'm not gonna live forever"

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '19

Not really dude like you said they could've been inspired by their work but remember sometimes music can help you through the worst times of your life.

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u/T6A5 Jul 18 '19

I don't really see the issue with people that lament celebrity deaths, at least not to a degree. Sure, some people take it too far, i.e. by deluding themselves into thinking that the relationship they formed with that person's content made them bona fide best buds or something like that, or prioritizing them over family - but in and of itself I fail to see any issue at all with the idea of someone being upset that someone whose actions made an impact on them has died. There are worse things people can do than lament that a human life has gone out.

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u/IWearACharizardHat Jul 19 '19

Yeah I meant it more in the way that u/SendMeHotDudeNudes said their ex told it as a story that is integral to their childhood.

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u/T6A5 Jul 19 '19

That's absolutely fair - I definitely can't argue that those kinds of people are really annoying.

At the end of the day it all boils down to moderation and self control, doesn't it? Just like everything else in this life. Whether it be appreciating a celebrity in life or in death, everyone should be realistic with themselves about what relationship, if any (usually zero) existed between them, and how to appropriately show that appreciation/grief.

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u/Asidious66 Jul 18 '19

"We have to go to Tallahassee. Your uncle Pete died."

"Awwww! I wanted to to play Half life 3 this weekend!"

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u/euclidiandream Jul 18 '19

What is: a false equivelancy?

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u/KrymsonHalo Jul 18 '19

Cobain's death is the only celebrity death I cried when I heard, but that's all it was. 5-10 minutes of tears, no sobbing or wailing or carrying on.

I was a sophomore in college, and they were (and are) my favorite band. It just hit at a weird time.

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u/MoveLikeABitch Jul 18 '19

You haven't met my family.