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Here's why people are being so mean about the Titan going down - CBC (www.cbc.ca)
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I have to say I'm not sure what they were hoping for, the discourse hasn't felt overly mean by internet standards, but maybe that's just my bubble. I'm sorry they died, but now that we know all the details it's a bit like the guy that decided to hike up a lava field last year.

Also,

People's fascination with the wealthy is fuelled by both curiosity and envy. And when rich people find themselves in trouble, it makes the rest of us feel better, Pamela Rutledge, director of the California-based Media Psychology Research Center, wrote in a piece about social media and the submersible for Psychology Today.

I feel like "outrage" should be in there somewhere. It makes me mad that people can be that dumb with a quarter of a million dollars while I'm just glad to have a safe roof over my head, and other people (like the mentioned boat migrants) aren't even that lucky.

Alright, back off my soap box.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel bad for the kid, who had the opportunity to be better than his origins, but you fundamentally cannot be anything other than evil while being that rich. As such, there's one death to mourn and like four to actively celebrate.

[–] ttmrichter 0 points 1 year ago

Three to actively celebrate, one to (maybe) mourn (if you believe that he could actually be better than his origins), one is "meh".

Paul-Henri Nargeolet was not, I'm pretty sure, a billionaire. He wasn't hurting for money by any means, but he's not in the same league (by far!) as Rush, Harding, or the Dawoods.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As such, there's one death to mourn and like four to actively celebrate.

No death should be actively celebrated, imo. No matter who they were, or what they've done, they were people. Every single human being that has ever existed, or will ever exist, deserves at least the same level of baseline respect. And for me, that includes not celebrating their death.

I'm not telling other people not to feel the way they do, to be clear here. Emotions are individual, and no emotion is inherently wrong to feel. I just want people to leave me out of that celebration, and not assume I feel the same way they do.

(I realize that I started this thread here, so obviously not talking about you in particular. More people on the other parts of the internet I visit that don't take "please don't have this conversation with me" as a valid response to a topic I dislike)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No death should be actively celebrated, imo. No matter who they were, or what they've done, they were people. Every single human being that has ever existed, or will ever exist, deserves at least the same level of baseline respect. And for me, that includes not celebrating their death.

You're right, it is tragic that Hitler died.