December 21st, 2009
Brittany Murphy, the actress who appeared in such films as “Clueless” and “8 Mile,” died Sunday, apparently of natural causes, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said. She was 32.
With the news of another celebrity death, people begin flooding social networking sites immediately creating RIP Brittany Murphy pages; and fresh Brittany Murphy in Death Twitter accounts. The “RIP Brittany Murphy” Facebook group includes posts such as:
We have now reached a massive 75,000 members! It has also been reported that Brittany died of ‘natural causes.’ If this is to be found true, atleast we know she passed in no pain.
Death is the most serious shit that could happen to a human. But these people who act like they are some how emotionally connected to Brittany Murphy’s death; are in reality emotionally detached from themselves. If you sat down and cried when Brittany died, you were actually crying about another aspect of YOUR life. Perhaps reflecting back on what YOUR life was like back in 1996 when the Clueless movie was released.
These celebrity mourners are unstable weirdos. How has Brittany Murphy’s death affected YOUR fucking life? She doesn’t star in movies. I mean she played a minor role in “8 Mile”. You can’t actually be sad that the voice of Luanne on “King of the Hill” will have to be replaced? However, if you truly are an avid “King of the Hill” fan, then you are the only group permissible to mourn Brittany Murphy, and miss the sweet voice of Luanne.
You might be saying, “Oh Chris, show some fucking sympathy!” When I start showing sympathy for the people in the local obituaries is when I will show sympathy for Brittany Murphy. Shouldn’t we first mourn the people who live near us, before we mourn Brittany Murphy of California?
And what is this Bullshit about her dying of natural causes at the age of 32? Humans don’t die naturally at that age. If my car died after having it for (2) years, I would want to know what happened to it. If the dealer just said, “Oh yeah, well it was old, it died naturally.” I would tell him to go fuck himself and take the manufacturer to court.
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I’m with you so far. Yeah, maybe you could have been a tad more diplomatic, but you bring up a good point. In this day and age, most are detached and unplugged from the ones they encounter everyday. I have witnessed these individuals. These are the individuals you will find sitting across from one another in a living room, freakin’ texting away in what appears to be a conversation between themselves. The art of communication is being lost on a generation. Without communication, we cannot engage our fellow humanity on a substantial level. I can not say communication is lost on a single generation. This spans generations and provides an unhealthy outlet for many an introvert; that, for one reason or another, cannot step outside of themselves to recognize the world around themselves. This individual is perfectly content to stay in the middle of the universe of their own making because, as we know, the world revolves around them. The only connection they maintain to the world around them begins with “https://” instead of “How can I contribute to someone that needs a hand-up?”. It may begin with “www.” instead of an empathetic “How Would you like me to Work With you?” or “How can I help someone today?”. It’s all about “ME”. Is their any wonder why the pharmaceuticals are making bank on antidepressants? We can concentrate on the “blog-worthy” events in our lives but we cannot connect to the world around us, choosing to live vicariously through social networking. Take the mother tweeting while her son fought for his life: “According to USA Today, Shellie Ross used the microblogging site to send this message Monday to her 5,300 followers: “Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool.” Nineteen minutes later, she was told he was dead.” (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-12-18-twitter-mom_N.htm)That is a deplorable commentary on our society. Not is the single senders act contemptible, but the voyeuristic actions of the 5,300 receivers are as well. Are we numb? Maybe we should unplug for a brief moment and plug in to our lives. Step outside yourselves and take notice. So, as for Chris’ commentary as to what he sees, I say, “Bravo!!”.