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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 19:22:04 GMT -5
Oh wow. Words cannot express my shock and sadness. Many of his works were personal and creative inspirations tome. Just kind of stunned right now, as I just got back on th e computer a few minutes ago and saw this news.
R.I.P. Robin...O Captain, my captain!
-M
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 11, 2014 20:07:45 GMT -5
Wow, I'm pretty shocked. I knew he had battled with depression in the past but I thought I had read he was doing better. It's a huge loss for the world of comedy. Godspeed on your journey back to Ork Robin:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 21:01:40 GMT -5
I know he's appeared on any number of "famous people with bipolar disorder" lists. Not that those are definitive, of course, but still. Oddly, from my reading (which is probably a bit more extensive than most people's because of my own inherited tendencies in that direction), people with bipolar are particularly likely to kill themselves when they're on a high rather than when they're really in the depths. Evidently, it's the dreadfully certain knowledge that they'll be plunged back into the pit of utter despair that they just can't deal with.
A horrible shame, of course. There but for the grace of fate go a lot of people. Obviously, I can relate.
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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 11, 2014 23:05:27 GMT -5
Now if they'd just work out a similar arrangement for WKRP in Cincinnati... Cei-U! I summon Dr. Johnny FEVAH! And Frank's Place....
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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 11, 2014 23:21:42 GMT -5
I'm really bummed out about Robin Williams right now. I had that "Good Morning, Vietnam" soundtrack memorized backwards & forwards when I was a kid. Met him a couple years ago and he was a super nice guy.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 23:56:22 GMT -5
I'm really liking that dropdown menu allowing me to navigate to any part of the board with one click.
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Post by Jesse on Aug 12, 2014 0:42:54 GMT -5
Yeah I've also found it to be convenient.
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 12, 2014 3:23:11 GMT -5
I am right now being audited at work. They're now going over client files. The ones they asked for were not the ones I would have picked if they'd given me a choice, but oh well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 3:25:45 GMT -5
I am right now being audited at work. They're now going over client files. The ones they asked for were not the ones I would have picked if they'd given me a choice, but oh well. Good luck man! -M
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 12, 2014 3:48:58 GMT -5
Thanks. Meanwhile, here's the cadaver of a rotting two-headed dolphin.
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 12, 2014 6:12:25 GMT -5
It went quite well and I am keeping my job.
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Post by the4thpip on Aug 12, 2014 7:38:40 GMT -5
... not that I don't have a job interview on Sep 1 anyway.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Aug 12, 2014 7:56:12 GMT -5
I know he's appeared on any number of "famous people with bipolar disorder" lists. Not that those are definitive, of course, but still. Oddly, from my reading (which is probably a bit more extensive than most people's because of my own inherited tendencies in that direction), people with bipolar are particularly likely to kill themselves when they're on a high rather than when they're really in the depths. Evidently, it's the dreadfully certain knowledge that they'll be plunged back into the pit of utter despair that they just can't deal with. A horrible shame, of course. There but for the grace of fate go a lot of people. Obviously, I can relate. I came home from work and my wife is sitting on the floor holding her phone and crying. She told me what happened and I thought my wife has a better grasp on empathy. (Not to say I felt nothing just never knew him personally.) Then she told me he was bi polar, which I did not know. And my immediate response was "this doesn't mean you're going to kill yourself". Don't know if that was a good thing to say to someone who is undergoing something I can only try to understand and still not, but it's what I thought she was crying about. That's the connection I made. And while she said that was a concern she was just sad that someone who suffered as she did got to a point where they felt that trapped. And then I have that same worry that I've had for a long time, that I don't tell her, that I might face that someday, and this just reminded me of that. I cannot imagine what would prompt a person to take their own life because I cannot fully grasp what these people go through each day to function as best they can. I know my wife has been in some low swings that have really scared me. I know if it's a hard thing for me to handle admist work, kids, and everyday concerns; it's even harder for the person that suffers with it.
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Post by zryson on Aug 12, 2014 8:54:30 GMT -5
There is a stigma attached to suicide. People are very uncomfortable talking about it and depression is one of those things society is still grappling with. Often under-estimating the effects not only upon those who have it, but those around the person struggling to cope with the effects. So its a roller-coaster of pain and emotion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2014 9:33:17 GMT -5
I know he's appeared on any number of "famous people with bipolar disorder" lists. Not that those are definitive, of course, but still. Oddly, from my reading (which is probably a bit more extensive than most people's because of my own inherited tendencies in that direction), people with bipolar are particularly likely to kill themselves when they're on a high rather than when they're really in the depths. Evidently, it's the dreadfully certain knowledge that they'll be plunged back into the pit of utter despair that they just can't deal with. A horrible shame, of course. There but for the grace of fate go a lot of people. Obviously, I can relate. I came home from work and my wife is sitting on the floor holding her phone and crying. She told me what happened and I thought my wife has a better grasp on empathy. (Not to say I felt nothing just never knew him personally.) Then she told me he was bi polar, which I did not know. And my immediate response was "this doesn't mean you're going to kill yourself". Don't know if that was a good thing to say to someone who is undergoing something I can only try to understand and still not, but it's what I thought she was crying about. That's the connection I made. And while she said that was a concern she was just sad that someone who suffered as she did got to a point where they felt that trapped. And then I have that same worry that I've had for a long time, that I don't tell her, that I might face that someday, and this just reminded me of that. I cannot imagine what would prompt a person to take their own life because I cannot fully grasp what these people go through each day to function as best they can. I know my wife has been in some low swings that have really scared me. I know if it's a hard thing for me to handle admist work, kids, and everyday concerns; it's even harder for the person that suffers with it. Most people with bipolar don't attempt suicide, much less succeed at it, of course, but the odds are higher than for people with other types of depression, IIRC. (My go-to book on the subject is Kay Redfield Jamison's Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide. Jamison is an absolutely luminous writer & an expert on bipolar disorder; she also suffers from it herself & has attempted suicide. I'm in awe of her, though not for the last-listed detail, of course.) I've tried myself, at a particularly low ebb back in mid-December 2004. Once you've opened that door, it's not as if it can't be closed ... but you do know it's there & that it's accessible, so to speak, which is a pretty sobering thought. All things being equal, I've long been amazed that my mother never (AFAIK) tried. She certainly threatened it enough when I was a kid. *sigh*
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