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Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

None of which makes sense without the context of what a enormous jackass Buckley had famously been in online spaces for YEARS. It’s not just that loss was a weirdly serious addition to a silly comic, it’s that it perfectly encapsulated the kind of sanctimonious self-important attitude Buckley espoused and instantly turned his shitty online persona into a joke.

I don’t know if it is genuinely possible to still appreciate loss the way it was without all of the enormity of that context.

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criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I think Cyanide and Happiness did a good job encapsulating your point and why everyone clowned on it at the time.

explosm.net/comics/dave-tim-actually-said-this

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- Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And as the image title implies, Tim actually said this.
  
  This is just one example of the kind of shitbag Buckley was notorious for being
  
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- shuzuko@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Holy shit
  
  I knew the dude was a cunt but fucking wow
  
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- HowManyNimons@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Never seen this one before. Thank you so very much.
  
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SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I used to feel this way but ultimately, what happened was tragic, even if it happened years prior. He expressed it publicly and some folks probably felt “seen” at the time. That’s a good thing. Talking about/hearing stories of trauma and loss and grief can be very empowering for folks who have experienced their own.

Like don’t get me wrong: yes he was (is?) all those things you described. But that was a serious loss and I think at some point folks need to recognize that we’re all human and maybe we shouldn’t attack someone working through the loss of their child. Even if we feel they don’t deserve to express themselves that way.

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- grue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Man, at this point some sociology student could probably write a dissertation just on the cultural context of this comic alone. Both the stuff you’re talking about regarding de-stigmatizing talking about trauma (and miscarriage in particular), and the way the comic itself has been meme-ified and distilled down to representations as abstract as “~~.:|:;~~”
  
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  - nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’d watch a 1-2 hour yt essay on this
    
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    SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Same
    
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    ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Better call HBomberGuy
    
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- Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I see your point and don’t entirely disagree, I’ll just its hard to feel bad about somebody suffering the consequences of their own actions (not the miscarriage obviously, but the reaction to it).
  
  You don’t really get to complain about feeling alone when you’re the one that burned all the bridges that lead to your house, imo.
  
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  - SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Maybe so but I’d still help them.
    
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    TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    “10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.” -Susan Sontag
    
    Thank you for being part of the merciful 10%.
    
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