why are you sad?

punkfiction · June 2009

are you genuinely sad about MJ or FF? if so, why? i must be horrible bc i truly *never* feel sad about celeb deaths. sad for their families? sure. i guess. but truly sad inside? never. i don't know them. its like with heath ledger... the "sadness" (and over whelming obsession from lots of people) was weird.

LilMissLadybug · June 2009

For me, it's sadness for the families.

brandonsfuturewife07 · June 2009

more importantly, why are people so heartbroken over jon & kate?

betsey11 · June 2009

I have never cried over a celebrity dying but I am sobbing over Michael Jackson. I feel like part of my childhood has died.

betsnup · June 2009

It's a sadness for their families and for what they were and what they represented (MJ's music, not his molestation). Will I cry? No. But it's sad to hear.

punkfiction · June 2009

brandonsfuturewife07:
more importantly, why are people so heartbroken over jon & kate?

i think part of that hits home for some. marriage in turmoil and such. i think crying over michael jackson is 1000000x weirder.

kelbrian · June 2009

I don't like Michael Jackson, so I don't care that he died.

I was sad for Farrah Fawcett's family and for the way that she died, but I'm not torn up about it.

LittleMamaB · June 2009

I just think it's tragic when anyone dies so young. Fifty is YOUNG, as is 62...in the grand scheme.

nbjenni · June 2009

I agree that it feels like a part of my childhood is lost.

And if Alex Trebek ever passes, I don't know what I'll do without my Jeopardy.

punkfiction · June 2009

LittleMamaB:
I just think it's tragic when anyone dies so young. Fifty is YOUNG, as is 62...in the grand scheme.

i didnt even think MJ would live past 40 to be honest.

punkfiction · June 2009

i want to add that i am a super emotional person LOL so its not a general heartlessness. its just for things like this. i don't get it.

jess1984 · June 2009

To me I don't really care about MJ, but the heath ledger thing, was mainly really sad, becuase it hit close to home, dh is around his age, and he had a young child and stuff, so that just hit close to home. And it's sad to see anyone die at a young age... (not crying about it though)

Heather R · June 2009

hm. Well, I don't feel connected to Farrah-- not sure why.

MJ, on the other hand.... I am older than many of you, 32. I grew up in the prime of MJ's years, when he was the, I don't know, Jonas Brothers or NSync of the time. I watched him do the Moonwalk for the first time on that live Motown Special. MJ albums were under my Christmas tree for us. The way some little girls, maybe even some of the youngsters here, grew up doing the Britney Spears "played with your heart dance"-- I grew up imitating Michael Jackson dances. I had an family friend / aunt who actually lived nearby him, and I was the envy of all the other kids in school because I had these stories and sightings to tell. I grew up when MJ was still the King of Pop instead of a circus act. He feels like part of my childhood. I'm not in tears or anything, but I do feel like a part of my childhood is gone now.

meggiekins · June 2009

I don't get it either. Like I said, a moment of sadness for kids or family? Sure. But honestly, I have a slight smug smile on my face that there is one less child abuser in the world. Even if he weren't an abuser, I wouldn't give a crap. Farrah I just shrugged and moved on.

I find the overwhelming grief a little annoying actually. I'm gonna have to block some FB updates. I just don't get it.

roaringrock · June 2009

OUCH! geeeez. famous or not somebody died. someone with a family that cared about them.

I feel terrible for anyone that loses someone close. clearly you have never lost a loved one.

punkfiction · June 2009

Heather R:
hm. Well, I don't feel connected to Farrah-- not sure why.

MJ, on the other hand.... I am older than many of you, 32. I grew up in the prime of MJ's years, when he was the, I don't know, Jonas Brothers or NSync of the time. I watched him do the Moonwalk for the first time on that live Motown Special. MJ albums were under my Christmas tree for us. The way some little girls, maybe even some of the youngsters here, grew up doing the Britney Spears "played with your heart dance"-- I grew up imitating Michael Jackson dances. I had an family friend / aunt who actually lived nearby him, and I was the envy of all the other kids in school because I had these stories and sightings to tell. I grew up when MJ was still the King of Pop instead of a circus act. He feels like part of my childhood. I'm not in tears or anything, but I do feel like a part of my childhood is gone now.

so we're gonna go ahead and say like Elvis to our parents? or not that much?

punkfiction · June 2009

roaringrock:
OUCH! geeeez. famous or not somebody died. someone with a family that cared about them.
I feel terrible for anyone that loses someone close. clearly you have never lost a loved one.

huh? yes i have lost loved ones. MJ is not a loved one of mine. and i said, sure i feel for the families, but i also hope they can live a normal life now.

goodtobethelarkster · June 2009

I feel kind of sad any time I hear anyone dies because a death is always hard on loved ones and pretty much everyone has loved ones somewhere who are now going through a terrible time.

With celebrities, though, it's more a morbid, selfish thing for me at least in that it's a reminder of my and my loved ones mortality.

This person / figure was constantly in the public eye as a kind of tabloid news fixture. For months and months you couldn't get groceries without being visually assaulted by tabloids with Michael Jackson all over them and before that there was his pre-creepy period where you couldn't turn on the TV without seeing "Thriller" or go to a party without hearing the Jackson Five. He was just always there in the pop culture background. And all of sudden he's gone.

So it's kind of an unwelcome reminder that this will happen to everyone I know and love at some point. Life is fragile and transient. And that can be sad.

punkfiction · June 2009

meggiekins:
I don't get it either. Like I said, a moment of sadness for kids or family? Sure. But honestly, I have a slight smug smile on my face that there is one less child abuser in the world. Even if he weren't an abuser, I wouldn't give a crap. Farrah I just shrugged and moved on.
I find the overwhelming grief a little annoying actually. I'm gonna have to block some FB updates. I just don't get it.

yes this wraps it up.

punkfiction · June 2009

AshKStffr:
kelbrian:

I don't like Michael Jackson, so I don't care that he died.

I was sad for Farrah Fawcett's family and for the way that she died, but I'm not torn up about it.

aww Kel, i like you a whole lot, but this is way harsh. he has a family & young children

yeah. ok. she didn't say that she doesn't feel for the families. she just doesn't care that he died.

kelbrian · June 2009

AshKStffr:
kelbrian:

I don't like Michael Jackson, so I don't care that he died.
I was sad for Farrah Fawcett's family and for the way that she died, but I'm not torn up about it.

aww Kel, i like you a whole lot, but this is way harsh. he has a family & young children

That he shouldn't have been in care of. He molested children. I don't have any sympathy for people like that.

Heather R · June 2009

yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

meggiekins · June 2009

roaringrock:
OUCH! geeeez. famous or not somebody died. someone with a family that cared about them.
I feel terrible for anyone that loses someone close. clearly you have never lost a loved one.

Seriously? Huh?

punkfiction · June 2009

Heather R:
yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

lol i think that was weird too. i dunno.

mrse1107 · June 2009

I don't feel sad over it either-

feel sad for the loss to their families, and its not ever a happy thing when someones passed away, so perhaps I feel a sadness but not genuinely sad inside if that difference makes sense

roaringrock · June 2009

meggiekins:
roaringrock:
OUCH! geeeez. famous or not somebody died. someone with a family that cared about them.
I feel terrible for anyone that loses someone close. clearly you have never lost a loved one.
Seriously?

yep.

ABMcKinney · June 2009

Someone died... it's sad. But I kinda get the same way watching the news. Too much sad stuff going on in this world!

I will say though, I cried like a BABY when Christopher Reeve died. Besides being a huge Superman fan I truly felt like the world lost someone great that day. Same for when his wife died. It was a loss that everyone shared- not just that family.

meggiekins · June 2009

roaringrock:
yep.

LOL. Ok, well you go on with your bad self then. And I'll go on with my day.

brandonsfuturewife07 · June 2009

punkfiction:
Heather R:

yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

lol i think that was weird too. i dunno.

King of Rock & Roll... King of Pop.

if you don't get it, you don't get it. whatever.

maybe you'll cry when justin timberlake dies.

can't say · June 2009

I am sad for his family and the fact that he was so young. I loved him pre-90's...I grew up listening to Thriller, Billy Jean, etc. I, however will not cry over his passing although it is sad. Now, I totally cried when Michael Landon passed away...I loved and was raised on the Little House series so that is the one celebrity that truely hit home!

ABMcKinney · June 2009

brandonsfuturewife07:
punkfiction:
Heather R:

yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

lol i think that was weird too. i dunno.

King of Rock & Roll... King of Pop.

if you don't get it, you don't get it. whatever.

maybe you'll cry when justin timberlake dies.

I will cry when JT dies!

can't say · June 2009

brandonsfuturewife07:
punkfiction:
Heather R:

yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

lol i think that was weird too. i dunno.

King of Rock & Roll... King of Pop.

if you don't get it, you don't get it. whatever.

maybe you'll cry when justin timberlake dies.

This! and Farrah Fawcett dying is truely sad because she put up such a strong battle against cancer. She tried everything and never gave up the fight. Anyone dying from cancer is such a devasting loss.

*Bre* · June 2009

MJ was just *it* for me, ya know? He is a true American idol and really had an impact on many people's lives. He is a symbol of our youth and now he's gone. I can't be so callous.

NewlywednOhio · June 2009

Heather R:

hm. Well, I don't feel connected to Farrah-- not sure why.

MJ, on the other hand.... I am older than many of you, 32. I grew up in the prime of MJ's years, when he was the, I don't know, Jonas Brothers or NSync of the time. I watched him do the Moonwalk for the first time on that live Motown Special. MJ albums were under my Christmas tree for us. The way some little girls, maybe even some of the youngsters here, grew up doing the Britney Spears "played with your heart dance"-- I grew up imitating Michael Jackson dances. I had an family friend / aunt who actually lived nearby him, and I was the envy of all the other kids in school because I had these stories and sightings to tell. I grew up when MJ was still the King of Pop instead of a circus act. He feels like part of my childhood. I'm not in tears or anything, but I do feel like a part of my childhood is gone now.

Ditto exactly. I miss the "old" Michael Jackson. I will be 30 next week, and I was also raised around MJ's music. I remember being really young and BEGGING my parents for his new "Bad" record album. It's very strange that he's no longer around.

anardi · June 2009

NewlywednOhio:
Heather R:

hm. Well, I don't feel connected to Farrah-- not sure why.

MJ, on the other hand.... I am older than many of you, 32. I grew up in the prime of MJ's years, when he was the, I don't know, Jonas Brothers or NSync of the time. I watched him do the Moonwalk for the first time on that live Motown Special. MJ albums were under my Christmas tree for us. The way some little girls, maybe even some of the youngsters here, grew up doing the Britney Spears "played with your heart dance"-- I grew up imitating Michael Jackson dances. I had an family friend / aunt who actually lived nearby him, and I was the envy of all the other kids in school because I had these stories and sightings to tell. I grew up when MJ was still the King of Pop instead of a circus act. He feels like part of my childhood. I'm not in tears or anything, but I do feel like a part of my childhood is gone now.

Ditto exactly. I miss the "old" Michael Jackson. I will be 30 next week, and I was also raised around MJ's music. I remember being really young and BEGGING my parents for his new "Bad" record album. It's very strange that he's no longer around.

I'm 32 too and MJ was my childhood. Dancing in the basement, buying the albums - to this day I can still remember buying Thriller. It makes me feel old that someone who made my childhood memorable, died.

*Bre* · June 2009

I remember trying SOOO hard to moonwalk. Thriller and Bad were staples at the skating rink.

IckyThump · June 2009

*Bre*:
MJ was just *it* for me, ya know? He is a true American idol and really had an impact on many people's lives. He is a symbol of our youth and now he's gone. I can't be so callous.

I agree with this and everything Heather said. I grew up with MJ. I remember getting into a huge fight with my best friend because she stole my MJ button that I bought for 3 dollars at Spencers at the mall. I remember bringing my mom's Thriller album into kindergarten for show and tell. I remember desperately wanting to watch the Thriller video, but it always scared me, so I watched with one eye as I hid behind the couch.

Yep, a part of my childhood is gone, and it's sad.

rynhales · June 2009

I was sad when Bernie Mac died b/c he seemed so nice.

Stilts · June 2009

As another 32-year-old Heather, let me say that I am on the same page as Heather R. MJ was not just a big deal in the 80s, he was THE deal. My first purse was this little red thing with MJ's face on it and I thought it was the greatest thing ever.

He was an icon, a pioneer of pop. I'm not sitting here sobbing by any means, but it's a pretty big deal to me.

*Bre* · June 2009

I think at this point, those who get what Michael was to this country, the music industry and the civil rights movement are mourning. Those who don't get it, won't.

punkfiction · June 2009

brandonsfuturewife07:
punkfiction:
Heather R:

yes! Punk, Elvis is a good comparison from another generation.

lol i think that was weird too. i dunno.

King of Rock & Roll... King of Pop.

if you don't get it, you don't get it. whatever.

maybe you'll cry when justin timberlake dies.

maybe you are slow. i get it, i just think its weird. i would never cry over a celeb. they do not have an impact on my life. even if their music seriously influenced me in some way - then they live on through their music and thats it.

and are you pretending as if you are older than me LOL

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