Robin WIlliams

[Xev]

You know, I think I've never posted anything about a celebrity but Robin Williams dying and even worse of possible suicide just is really incredibly sad.

As a kid, when I didn't know how to handle stuff in my life one thing I could do is listen to some Robin Williams and he was like a hero that he made me laugh.

Every class clown knew at least some Robin Williams when I was in school, me included.

He's always been there and I appreciate his good spirit today as much as I ever did. I'm really really sad he had to go and feel lucky he found the courage to do the stuff he did and share it with me before he went.

[houtex]

I never feel I have good enough words.  Suffice to say that of all the people in the world, his was a voice I could identify with, and my world is a little less bright in more ways than just his comedy and amazing talent.

RIP Robin. 

:(

[Xev]

world is a little less bright

Can't be said any better than that. I feel exactly the same way.

Don't know him, never met him, but I feel that loss of light too.


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He was as much of a hero to me as anyone by helping to show me that light when I felt all I had was dark. If he were alive today he wouldn't have to do anything to earn hero status with me.

If you are a good person out there losing hope and feeling like things can only go bad while you're around I wanna tell you: just be. Just exist.  Sharing your good soul is your most valuable thing you can do while you are here on this earth. And take care of yourself! And keep trying.

That's something Robin helped teach me twice now. Pretty heroic to me although I definitely wish he could have made his point differently this last time.

I never feel I have good enough words. 

I usually have too many or none at all.

[Ohioknight]

Miserable (usually self-hating) comedian is such a commonplace it zooms right past cliche.  I often find the best comedians hard to watch in interviews -- just so sad.

Damn he was a fantastic performer.  One of the funniest stand-ups ever, incredible as an improv and absolutely BRILLIANT as an actor.  When he was so wasted in Branaugh's Hamlet, all I could think was how much I would have loved to see him take on the lead.

I am so so sorry that he is gone. 

[Xev]

I was online just a few minutes after the news had been reported and someone dropped it like a bomb in Zone. Had to check for myself to make sure it wasn't a bad joke..

Definitely ruined the mood to keep playing. Just totally blew my mind.

Thanks for the good thoughts.

[Magus Prime]

Two days ago, I was watching an old clip on youtube with him spending time with Koko the gorilla.  It was obvious he was having a moment and he seemed so at peace.  Right then my heart went out to him because his struggle with depression and drug use was something that's been on my mind, but it was my hope against all hope that things were looking up for him.  It breaks my heart that we have to carry on without him.

[FatherXmas]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had the best twitter tribute so far.

Genie, you're free

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[Relitner]

You know, I see all these Hollywood people going on about how much he was loved and will be missed; calling him brother, soulmate, etc...
Where exactly were these people when he really needed them? Robin was obviously in a really bad place. Where were they? Just sayin'  :'(

[Joshex]

You know, I see all these Hollywood people going on about how much he was loved and will be missed; calling him brother, soulmate, etc...
Where exactly were these people when he really needed them? Robin was obviously in a really bad place. Where were they? Just sayin'  :'(

all of this sort of stuff is just called "saving face". politicians do it all the time Obama is one of the most obvious of all; get caught doing somethign bad or ignoring something serious? get a dog, get caught again? get another dog. keep getting caught? act innocent and make sure it's in the news when you stroll in the public or have a meal with pen pals, or talk about how your kids like thier daddy, or tlk about how much you miss robin williams.

I think the worst part of Robins death is all the money the evil-sacks-of-long-rotten-feces will make off of publicity from it. "I loved robin like a brother it hurts me so much that I'm getting this movie offer because I said this and people like me"

pisses me off.

Robin was one of my favorites, in the end though he.. changed alot and started letting agents pimp him out for low rate political grooming shows.

seems all the greats are being taken away, what does it leave us with? subpar wannabees being spotlighted and raved about by media reporters with 1/1000000000000000th of a soul. "I need money to burn to help quench the fires of hell where my reporter soul resides, I'll do anything, I'll say anything to get it"

Edit;

screw it, I'll give it a go, not that people will allow me to try or anything.

I have been studying the possibilities of bringing recently deceased back from the dead, sorta like star trek could do, in theory it's not only possible but doesn't require surgery.

I am almost certain I can bring Robin back so long as they haven't embalmed him.

[Stone Daemon]

I have been studying the possibilities of bringing recently deceased back from the dead, sorta like star trek could do, in theory it's not only possible but doesn't require surgery.

I am almost certain I can bring Robin back so long as they haven't embalmed him.

Ah, Joshex. You always try to brighten up my day with your posts.

[Aggelakis]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had the best twitter tribute so far.

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That was actual Evan Rachel Wood: source

[Aggelakis]

Ah, Joshex. You always try to brighten up my day with your posts.

Brighten up our day with laughing at his insanity, you mean...

[Ohioknight]

I'm actually feel rather better learning some details of Mr. Williams' death...

One may reasonably suspect that what he was trying to achieve was NOT his death...
People actually trying to kill themselves by strangulation rarely do so seated in the manner of David Carridine

I like to think he went out "fighting the good fight" as it were

[eabrace]

Where exactly were these people when he really needed them? Robin was obviously in a really bad place. Where were they? Just sayin'  :'(

That's the problem with depression.  It's easy to hide.  Clinically depressed people don't answer the question, "How are you?" with "I'm feeling depressed."  They smile and tell you that they're feeling fine.

[Taceus Jiwede]

I have been studying the possibilities of bringing recently deceased back from the dead, sorta like star trek could do, in theory it's not only possible but doesn't require surgery.

I am almost certain I can bring Robin back so long as they haven't embalmed him.

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You never cease to amaze me Joshex

[Paragon Avenger]

Somewhere on Ork  Olsen sobs

Robin, see ya on the .other side.

[Joshex]

Ah, Joshex. You always try to brighten up my day with your posts.

I remember Lister and Rimmer joked on Red dwarf that earth might have made great advances in the 3 million years they were gone, "they might have cured death" says lister to which Rimmer replies "yes I bet doctor's surgeries are packed with the dead, hello mrs. johnson, take one of these 3 times a day and you'll soon be living again, Carol!, next corpse please!"

seriously though, I'll let the cat out of the bag, my hypothesis about "curing death" is just that, death has symptoms: no breathing, no blood production, no blood circulation = no oxygen, no central nervous current, cold temperature.

Frankenstein is what people think when they think of reanimated people, in truth the novel might be 10% in line with the real way (no the book's way wont work on it's own, plus he did alot of surgery). truth be told I think mediporter technology could be developed in the future after all they can teleport a banana.

but lets get to the cure for death, yes I'll let it out here but I claim all ownership rights to it of course.

to cure death we must cure all of it's symptoms simultaneously with an intact subject (wont work if the brain or vital organs are missing or if the body is pumped full of toxic chemicals such as embalming fluid)

no breathing: cure; A ventilator (brething aid in hospitals, it inflates and deflats the lungs with breathable air).

no blood production: protien enzymes (submerge protien in a vitamin C solution to get them), and a small quantity of air injection into the bone marrow, this will give the marrow energy to produce new blood.

blood + air from the lungs means a functioning and not stiff body.

next we need circulation of said blood;

no circulation: cure; using an electromagentrode (named myself) simulate the pulses of the heart's nerve onto the heart through the skin on the chest. Do the same with each artery to insure blood flow, a small electrical pulse through the electromagnetrode is necessary to achieve this.

No central nervous current: cure; line up a series of electromagnetrodes up the spinal collumn underneath the patient upto the bottom of his brain's stem and wrap an electromagnetrode helmet around the skull. Again only a small dose of electric current is necessary it will give the nervous system it's native energy allowing it to possibly induce control of the body agian and supply energy to the brain to let it begin functioning.

What is an electromagnetrode you ask? an electrode strapped to a magnet as it's only conductive medium, the output is not electricity or magnetism but electromagnetism the same kind of current we have in our nervous system.

why? electricity would fry the patient, magnetism will do next to nothing alone so the third force electromagnetism is necessary. Electromagnetism is a weak force but all we are doing is simulating life in the patient, sorta like jump-starting a car, once it has been simlated for long enough the body's cells and nuerons will begin functioning on thier own aka Life.

whether or not the patient will remember who they are is unknown.

cold body temperature: cure; the patient should be given a body temperature bath gradually raising the temperature from room temp to avoid shock to the cells, then once up to temperature place the patient in a body temperature room and apply vitamin water to the skin if dry where they will recieve the rest of the treatment stated above until conciousness is regained.

well? what do people think? it solves all the symptoms of death. Imagine if we could give suiciders a second chance, I think they'd value life more.

[Aggelakis]

Your understanding of electromagnetic force and the human "condition" is fundamentally flawed. Kindly keep that crazy out of this thread, which is for remembrance of a brilliant, tortured man.

[Mistress Urd]

It hit me pretty hard. Mork and Mindy was one of the first shows I really followed when I was a kid.

I think so many people are disappointed because we lost probably one of the best comedic talents in a generation. When you see him in a performance, you forget your problems even for a minute or two and you simply can't put a price on that.

[dwturducken]

I have mixed feelings about this. Hopefully, it will be one of his actual characters or, at worst, his character from The Fisher King or something, and not some uncanny valley caricature of the guy. I know WoW has tributes to people who have left us, but I haven't gone to investigate them for fear of what I might find.