I wrote a blog post trying to articulate some of the thoughts and feelings that went through my mind.
Originally posted by Lord LucienI can't help how I feel, but I understand what you mean, though I disagree. I think a lot of things that don't personally involve you can be "deeply saddening", perhaps we just use different scales, your "deeply saddening" may be my "paralyzing despair" or something else.
That's still more of an "Aww too bad" thing more than a "deeply saddening" thing. People are deeply saddened when a close friend dies, but a technology mogul that introduced cool inventions, but whom you never knew, isn't in the same ball park.And if he is... wow.
But yeah, I understand what you mean, we feel very connected to celebrities now, even though we don't know them personally. But it makes sense, people works and lives speak to us, musicians, authors make us feel connected to them, that is part of the power they have. Steve Jobs, through years of close exposure through the media, spoke to me, and I admired him in many ways.
Perhaps you too have people you idolize whose deaths would sadden you even though you never met them or aren't close friends?
Originally posted by Bardock42Outside of the cast of television shows I like, I couldn't care less about any celebrity. If I don't know the person, their life or death means nothing to me. I'd only care about the TV actors cuz their deaths would leave gaping holes in the shows' character rosters. But even then, I'd be far more concerned with the direction the show takes from that point on more than I would the actor's death.
I can't help how I feel, but I understand what you mean, though I disagree. I think a lot of things that don't personally involve you can be "deeply saddening", perhaps we just use different scales, your "deeply saddening" may be my "paralyzing despair" or something else.But yeah, I understand what you mean, we feel very connected to celebrities now, even though we don't know them personally. But it makes sense, people works and lives speak to us, musicians, authors make us feel connected to them, that is part of the power they have. Steve Jobs, through years of close exposure through the media, spoke to me, and I admired him in many ways.
Perhaps you too have people you idolize whose deaths would sadden you even though you never met them or aren't close friends?