Celebs who are now dead

[Shindig]

Dementia. Aye, the signs were there alright.

[Ian]

I hope Charles Insomnia is okay.

[Danny]

Heard he couldnt sleep when he heard the news.

[phonics]

OJ Simpson.

[Spikey M]

Did he do it?

[Lofty]

If the coffin doesn't fit, you will acquit.

[Kikó]

Vaccinated.

[Shindig]

40 mph funeral procession. It's what he would've wanted.

[Lofty]

Morgan Spurlock, the Supersize Me guy, 53. Cancer.

[Ian]

Wish I hadn't looked up how long ago that came out.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I remember it being a BIG DEAL when I was in the sixth form. Seems absurd looking back. What point was it trying to make?

[Ian]

I think the point was that it was even worse for you than you think and I'm sure the doctors who examined him before hand and predicted what'd happen with this diet (or some of them at least) were surprised at just how unwell it was making him. So that, I guess. But mostly probably just about making money.

[phonics]

What he failed to tell the audience is that he was a massive alcoholic which may have caused some of the issue.

[Shindig]

It all felt a bit Dave Gorman to me. I would say low-rent Gorman but that's Danny Wallace.

[Magic]

Rob Burrow. Obviously it's been coming but only 41. Jeez.

[Spikey M]

Scary shit seeing that play out.

[Alex]

I mean he's better off out of it isn't he, but it's very sad (and as Spikey rightly says very scary) what happened to him. I don't really find many people "inspirational" or whatever, but I genuinely admire what him and Sinfield have done over the last few years a lot.

[Baz]

What’s Sinfield gonna do with his life now

[Magic]

He could have him embalmed and stick him on his keys as a key ring.

[Lewis]

:lol:

[Mike]

Oh TTH, from genuine sympathy to that in three posts, that's why we all stick around :rosebud:

[Bam]

Who the fuck is Rob Burrow?

[Baz]

Who the fuck is Rob Burrow?

Rugby league player who had motor neurone disease.

[Manc]

Smallest fella to ever grace a rugby field.

[Bam]

Oh right. And we give a shit because..?

[Kikó]

It was a pretty big story for years you pikey.

[Bam]

You have some talk calling anyone a pikey.

[Spikey M]

Shut up you pair of Pikeys.

[Kikó]

You have some talk calling anyone a pikey

[Bam]

Shut up you pair of Pikeys.

[Spikey M]

You have some talk calling anyone a pikey

[randomlegend]

Shut up you pair of Spikeys

[Magic]

That annoying prick Michael Mosley has gone missing in Greece. 100% dead.

[Spikey M]

That's alot of hate for a TV Doctor.

[niko_cee]

He's probably just secretly testing the traumatic loss diet on his wife.

[Danny]

Did anyone check with Bam if we give a shit?

[niko_cee]

Was he walking near a river and/or can we get that sonar guy on the case?

[Spikey M]

One source said they think he "fell from a height", so I think we're back in balloon territory if anything.

[Shindig]

Were there any Chinese weather balloons in Greece airspace?

[Boydy]

That annoying prick Michael Mosley has gone missing in Greece. 100% dead.

Annoying prick? Why?

He always seemed like a nice man to me. I quite like his shows.

[Magic]

Annoying prick? Why?

He always seemed like a nice man to me. I quite like his shows.

He's a boring, sanctimonious one trick pony for the middle class housewives that don't work.

[Spikey M]

Was he walking near a river and/or can we get that sonar guy on the case?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl552xdq79do

[Spikey M]

Body found.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In a cave, rare L for bodies of water.

[Spikey M]

I am a big fan of caving disaster Youtube videos though.

[Magic]

He wasn't found in a cave, he was found on some rocks next to a beach. Greek news published photos lol. Pretty heavy.

[Shindig]

I wouldn't count water out. If it's a coastal cave he could've got trapped by an incoming tide.

EDIT: Oh, I guess gravity might've won.

[Magic]

Seriously looks like he tripped over a rock wearing totally stupid footwear.

[Waffdon]

At least share your findings

[SincereTheRebel]

I am a big fan of caving disaster Youtube videos though.

I watched that movie with those lads trapped in the caves of "Thirteen Lives". New fear unlocked. It was hard to watch.

[randomlegend]

Annoying prick? Why?

He always seemed like a nice man to me. I quite like his shows.

He is (was :uhoh:) a kind, intelligent man trying to improve people's lives by giving advice based on medical evidence.

Of course Magic hates him.

[Magic]

What diet to choose? I've always thought it would leave you stuck between a rock and a hard place.

[Clunge]

Always thought he was a good egg. Very engaging, broke big/high concepts down into much more manageable terms, advocated for actions with peer review, always made genuine attempts to bring science, health and nutrition to the masses. A force for good, I would say, in the same way people like Martin Lewis and Brian Cox have made similar strides.

[Dquincy]

Never heard of the chap until he went missing, but if he's a doctor, surely he knew not to go on a hike up a hill in 40deg heat. Poor stupid bastard. :(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Alan Hansen could be next.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn00k4gkpz3o

[niko_cee]

Bad week for people in their late 60s.

What happened to Kevin Campbell? Wasn't he in a bad way last week?

[Baz]

Milwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic, apparently?

[Spikey M]

Bovid baccine. 26 years old.

Also Serbia's Goalkeeper. I wonder if the game will go ahead tomorrow?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Montenegro's, so probably.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

"Short illness" strikes again.

[Spikey M]

Genuinely news to me that Serbia and Montenegro aren't still a joint team. That's somehow passed me by for about 20 years.

Lul.

[Dark Soldier]

What happened to Kevin Campbell? Wasn't he in a bad way last week?

dead mate

[Giggles]

Bancer?

[Danny]

Sad to hear about Campbell. His episodes on Undr the Cosh were very good ones.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9rrvdq3g9zo

Donald Sutherland :(

[Yevrah]

Was he watching England play football?

[niko_cee]

Thought he was older than that, although might have been confusing him with Kirk Douglas a bit.

[randomlegend]

Was he watching England play football?

"Long illness" so yeah sounds like it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd1117lwlxyo

Pirates of the Caribbean actor Tamayo Perry has died after being attacked by a shark while surfing in Hawaii.

The 49-year-old died on Sunday afternoon, Honolulu's emergency services confirmed in a press conference., external

Emergency services were called to Malaekahana Beach at around 13:00 local time.

But Perry, who was also a lifeguard, was pronounced dead by paramedics after being brought to shore by jet ski.

Should have chosen electrocution.

[Lofty]

Shifty Shellshock, lead singer of Crazy Town.

[Spikey M]

Shark or Electrocution?

[Baz]

So long as Stephanie’s okay.

[Spikey M]

Ahmed Refaat.

Bovid baccine.

[John Arne]

Craig Shakespear, 60. Leicester legend, I would have thought.

[Spikey M]

This guy :(


https://youtu.be/PeihcfYft9w?si=o7sxIJ0StEKyK6Be

[Danny]

Eating a succulent chinese meal with the angels

[Baz]

Not dead yet but Sven’s recorded his “final goodbye” and is in his final resting place, apparently.

[Manc]

Ulrika's bed.

[Spikey M]

Sleep well Sven. :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

One of the great football lives. When you read the obituaries and get an idea of him in the round, he seems to have just taken every job going for fifty years without questioning any of it, with a similar approach to women. Fair play.

[Trancemeister]

Johnny Gaudreau, one of the bigger stars in NHL dead at 31.

[Baz]

Johnny Gaudreau, one of the bigger stars in NHL dead at 31.

If I was his [dead] brother I'd be so pissed off. All the headlines are about Johnny Gaudreau and brother. Get dead bro, people only care about the hockey man.

[Giggles]

If I was his [dead] brother I'd be so pissed off. All the headlines are about Johnny Gaudreau and brother. Get dead bro, people only care about the hockey man.

You'd probably just be more pissed off about being dead.

[niko_cee]

Fatman Scoop.

[Spikey M]

All those chicken heads are going to get loud again now.

[Baz]

Sol Bamba’s dead.

[Dquincy]

Johnny Gaudreau, one of the bigger stars in NHL dead at 31.

Getting wiped out by a drunk driver, whilst on your bicycle with your brother, the day before your sister's wedding. Fucking hell.

[Baz]

Rich Homie Quan dead at 34.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KKbdErJkiY

[Gray Fox]

James Earl Jones :(

[Spikey M]

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Top, top shagger. RIP lad.

[Kikó]

Vaccinated?

[Baz]

James Earl Jones :(

Thought he’d been dead ages tbf. Always creeped me out in The Sandlot.

[Lofty]

Robbed us of Bristolian Darth Vader.

[Dquincy]

Thought he’d been dead ages tbf. Always creeped me out in The Sandlot.

Great film though. Might watch it.

[Lofty]

Dave Grohl's reputation.

[Magic]

What the fuck was he thinking lol.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I pissed myself at the statement. Reads like the baby just fell out of her one day and he spent an hour kicking bins over as a result.

[Danny]

missed a trick by not starting it with “I've got another confession to make”

[hfswjyr]

missed a trick by not starting it with “I've got another confession to make”

Truly inspirational songwriting.

[Giggles]

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[niko_cee]

Back when someone you'd literally never heard of could take the golden boot and nearly win the golden ball as well.

[SvN]

That could never happen these (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Schranz) days (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Mikautadze).

[niko_cee]

:D

If anything encapsulated quite how shit that tournament was that's it right there.

Call me when he comes second for the golden ball.

[Spikey M]

Maggie Smith

[Jimmy Floyd]

Kicking off a big few years as she, Dench, Andrews and ultimately Mirren and Walters all tumble off and leave the Mother of the Nation vacancy for Amanda Holden/Carol Vorderman. Decline.

[Shindig]

Maureen Lipman would probably take it on an interim basis. I assume Clive Everton hasn't commentated for a while but I feel like everyone whispers these days unless the cue ball gets going.

[Magic]

Surely Lorraine Kelly in with a shout?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maybe in your nation. Certainly a vacancy going there.

[Raoul Duke]

Give it Willoughby

[Shindig]

Nah, she's too close to Schofield.

[Manc]

Miriam Margolyes.

[Bam]

Is that the old Jewish lesbo? She must of been about 98.

[Spikey M]

Miriam Margolyes.

I was hoping this was a death rather than a suggestion. Disgusting old hag.

[Manc]

That was actually meant for the shameful lustage thread.

[Spikey M]

Still not worse than James' one.

[Bam]

That was actually meant for the shameful lustage thread.

:sick:


Still not worse than James' one.

What was James one? Nothing can be as bad as that.

[Lofty]

Allegra McEvedy. Lesbian chef with a head like Harry Maguire.

There's a lot of rumour Margoyles will be exposed at some point as the celebrity dyke's answer to Pip Schofield.

[Bam]

Oh right, yeah that is bad but not on Margoyles levels of badness.

[randomlegend]

Is that the old Jewish lesbo? She must of been about 98.

Must have.

[phonics]

Kicking off a big few years as she, Dench, Andrews and ultimately Mirren and Walters all tumble off and leave the Mother of the Nation vacancy for Amanda Holden/Carol Vorderman. Decline.

I tried to find it earlier but the video of all of them kicking off at Judi Dench for getting all the good roles always got a chuckle out of me.

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[randomlegend]

Guess this just comes across perverse after my behaviour in the other thread, but that is genuinely lovely.

[Magic]

Fabian Caballero only 46...

[Baz]

Fabian Caballero only 46...
https://i.imgur.com/1i7GkSu.png

What a strange career.

[Lofty]

Kris Kristofferson, 88.

[niko_cee]

Taggart [Beverly Hills Cop].

Presumably the other one is also long since dead.

[Giggles]

Taggart [Beverly Hills Cop].

Presumably the other one is also long since dead.

Judge Reinhold? He's still alive.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, Taggart was the old one and I was surprised to see him still kicking in that Netflix sequel recently. RIP.

[niko_cee]

Judge Reinhold? He's still alive.

No, the other Taggart, there's been a murder etc. Died 1994 apparently. :/

[niko_cee]

Dikembe Mutombo.

:(

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jimmy Carter.

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[Spikey M]

Jesus. Why would they show him like that?

[Pepe]

Fit for another go at the presidency.

[Pepe]

https://i.imgur.com/ho4rxxu.jpeg

:lol:

[niko_cee]

:D

That image isn't working in the thread for me so it sort of looks like you are laughing at your own post.

[Baz]

Fake news, looks like he died in August at the latest.

[Baz]

George Baldock

[Magic]

That's mental. Barrymore'd?

[Spikey M]

Bovid'd.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How does a professional athlete just drown in a swimming pool?

[niko_cee]

Probably fell in whilst walking his dog.

[Spikey M]

Probably fell in whilst walking his dog.

It's a male footballer, remember.

And... on that subject, we didn't get a good old "retard dies jumping in the pool from their balcony" story this summer, did we? I'll have £10 on that please IceBet.

[Lofty]

Alex Salmond, 69. Nice.

[Spikey M]

Lol. Bye m8.

[Waffdon]

Smoked Salmond

[-james-]

Jackmaster. :| Bad day for Scotland.

The sound of a lot of my early 20s clubbing days.

[Waffdon]

Liam Payne

Jumped off a balcony in Argentina apparently. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Guy has been off his face for years now

[Lewis]

The jokes write themselves if he went like that.

[Magic]

Some fall from grace.

[Spikey M]

Liam Payne

Jumped off a balcony in Argentina apparently. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Guy has been off his face for years now

I know very little about the bloke, but I've seen a few people taking the piss out of him on Social Media recently, so I had assumed he's been mental for a while.

[Shindig]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/800/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2024/10/17/51fab4e6-b751-49c1-a3c9-bfac86d81ba9.jpg.webp

[Dark Soldier]

t'internet , makes u think

1846735394802459010

[Waffdon]

I know very little about the bloke, but I've seen a few people taking the piss out of him on Social Media recently, so I had assumed he's been mental for a while.

1846686607052616156

Off his rocker.

His interview at the Oscars or wherever it was the other year was hilarious

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

1846672769129255145

Went out the way Waff would love to go.

[Lofty]

Everyone speculating he was assasinated for being some kind of whistleblower like he wasn't a renowned mess who was about to have a public court battle about what a piece of shit he was.

[niko_cee]

The original info was very politburo "the police arrived and then he fell off the balcony" but some of the twitter mongfoolery up thread is 10/10 batshit level. I reiterate again, why is there such an obsession with celebrity paedo trafficking rings with these nutters?

[Shindig]

He was groomed by Cheryl Tweedy, like.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He was pushed so he wouldn't be able to testify against Diddy.

[Magic]

Maybe he slipped over the edge with all that baby oil.

[Manc]

Paynefull way to go.

[Magic]

Sir Chris Hoy.

Not dead yet but terminal. Yeesh.

[Bam]

You're a fucking odd person. :saywhat:

[Lofty]

Sir Chris Hoy.

Not dead yet but terminal. Yeesh.

2 to 4 years prognosis.

[Magic]

2 to 4 years prognosis.

Doesn't really mean much does it. Will never forget the real life double page newspaper spread of his thigh width. Think it was the Daily Record or something. Awesome.

[Spikey M]

They gave my mum 6 months and she lived another 6 years. They appear to just pull these predictions out of thin air.

[-james-]

You have to wonder what the point in "excercise" and "not smoking" is if you can be one of the fittest men in the world and still get terminal cancer in your mid fourties.

[Spikey M]

It's probably a good idea to avoid all those "supplements" too, as many wrestlers and strongmen have found out the hard way.

[Baz]

Nah, AG1 is the business. Don’t listen to the haters. Keeps me fit and healthy.

Buy some here: https://fbuy.io/aguk/n5zy8fkb

[Jimmy Floyd]

I reckon it's your heart you want to look after (he says while smashing cheese on toast for Sunday brunch), cancer is essentially random or as near as damn it.

[Ben]

Nah, AG1 is the business. Don’t listen to the haters. Keeps me fit and healthy.

Buy some here: https://fbuy.io/aguk/n5zy8fkb

Surely if you’re eating fruit and veg (almost) every day then you don’t need this?

[Baz]

Surely it can’t hurt though? Extra vitamins/nutrients/whatever they claim is in the magic powder must be good for you.

[randomlegend]

They gave my mum 6 months and she lived another 6 years. They appear to just pull these predictions out of thin air.

It's just extremely difficult to predict. Most doctors would probably prefer not to make predictions at all because they will almost certainly not be all that accurate, but patients understandably want/need some sort of ballpark so what can you do?

[Shindig]

Yeah, we get terminal claimants that we have to review every 3 years because they keep on going.

[Magic]

Yeah, we get terminal claimants that we have to review every 3 years because they keep on going.

Lol now THAT is fucking grim.

[Giggles]

I know a lad through work that had was told stage 4 bowel about 5 years ago and not much hope, had it gone, came back 3 years ago and still going strong.

[Spikey M]

I know a lad through work that had was told stage 4 bowel about 5 years ago and not much hope, had it gone, came back 3 years ago and still going strong.

And then on the other hand you get fuckers that go from fine to dead in 6 weeks with it. It really does vary so wildly, they should just be honest and say it's impossible to give a time frame. I spent most of my mum's last 6 years in a constant state of anxiety because of it. It doesn't help anyone to give a timeframe that you can have absolutely no confidence in.

[Shindig]

Which is why we review cases. People respond differently to treatment. There's nowt grim about it and it's not like we ring the claimant to confirm that stuff.

[Ben]

Surely it can’t hurt though? Extra vitamins/nutrients/whatever they claim is in the magic powder must be good for you.

Yes but you get diminishing returns. If your diet is chicken nuggets and chips then I imagine the benefits are immense. If your diet is decent to begin with then £79 probably isn’t worth what you’d get out of it.

[niko_cee]

Aren't pretty much all supplements save for very specific ones, for example folic acid for pregnant women, largely pointless/pure mountebankery?

[Spikey M]

Aren't pretty much all supplements save for very specific ones, for example folic acid for pregnant women, largely pointless/pure mountebankery?

Mostly, yes. There may be a small benefit in some of them, but you piss most of it out because your body can only absorb so much in one hit.

[Giggles]

They're for gobshites with too much money.

[Baz]

:wave:

[randomlegend]

And then on the other hand you get fuckers that go from fine to dead in 6 weeks with it. It really does vary so wildly, they should just be honest and say it's impossible to give a time frame. I spent most of my mum's last 6 years in a constant state of anxiety because of it. It doesn't help anyone to give a timeframe that you can have absolutely no confidence in.

It's not this straightforward in reality. Most patients will absolutely push you to give an estimate (because of course they will, people need to know if they are likely to be dead in 2 weeks or 5 years).

If you give an honest, vague range they will often still try to pin you down further. Many people will also only hear the worst case scenario number and nothing else i.e. if you say "well, six months would be typical for someone with your diagnosis, but some people live significantly longer" they hear absolutely nothing after 6 months.

[Giggles]

:wave:

And referral links. You can't do than on an onion.

[Giggles]

If I got 6 months I'd be doing the goodbyes and go straight to the shed with a rope.

[Manc]

How small are you?

[Lofty]

Didn't someone on here recount the tale of someone they worked with going to their GP feeling a bit ropey before being shipped off to a hospice and dead within the month?

[Giggles]

How small are you?

How do you know the size of the shed you fucking idiot?

[Gray Fox]

Didn't someone on here recount the tale of someone they worked with going to their GP feeling a bit ropey before being shipped off to a hospice and dead within the month?

That'll be me. Original GP appointment to dead in about 2 weeks.

[Giggles]

That'll be me. Original GP appointment to dead in about 2 weeks.
The dream.

[Manc]

How do you know the size of the shed you fucking idiot?

Confirmed midget.

[Spikey M]

We're going to have to do a 2024 reboot of Cribs but "Sheds". Baz has already dropped the pilot episode. Giggsy; get your camera out.

[Baz]

*leprechaun

[Pepe]

How do you know the size of the shed you fucking idiot?

:lol:

[Dquincy]

If I got 6 months I'd be doing the goodbyes and go straight to the shed with a rope.
:D Fucking eck.

[Dquincy]

It's not this straightforward in reality. Most patients will absolutely push you to give an estimate (because of course they will, people need to know if they are likely to be dead in 2 weeks or 5 years).

If you give an honest, vague range they will often still try to pin you down further. Many people will also only hear the worst case scenario number and nothing else i.e. if you say "well, six months would be typical for someone with your diagnosis, but some people live significantly longer" they hear absolutely nothing after 6 months.

Just let the orphan vent will you. Jeez.

Sorry to hear that spikes. :(

[randomlegend]

His Dad might not be dead.

[Dquincy]

His Dad might not be dead.
One for Spikey to confirm.

[Lewis]

My nan was given six to twelve months and lasted five, and my friend's dog was given the same and lasted three. The vets obviously just lie about the timeframe to lead people down the hopeful (expensive) treatment route, but shocking incompetence from Our NHS once again.

[Spikey M]

His Dad might not be dead.

Abusive alcoholic, died when I was 11. Thanks for bringing that up, you monster.

[Dquincy]

Abusive alcoholic, died when I was 11. Thanks for bringing that up, you monster.

Quince 1 - 0 RL

(Sorry to hear that, Spikey)

[randomlegend]

RL 2 - 0 Spikey, though

[Lofty]

Tony Todd, 69.

[Spikey M]

How? Was it a really fat bird?

[Gray Fox]

John Prescott

[Spikey M]

More importantly, Milhouse. :(

[Jimmy Floyd]

Neither actor nor character are dead - unless you're mourning 30 years since Richard Nixon's passing, which would be entirely understandable.

[Spikey M]

Voice actor retired = character dead. We'll have no Maude Flanders replacement voice actors on my watch, thank you very much.

(Note: I don't think I've watched The Simpsons in about 10 years at this point)

[Baz]

Only 10?

[Magic]

I rewatch the golden years all the time. It gets better and better.

[Danny]

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[AJ23]

Fully deserved. Stay in your lane, members of the public. Otherwise we won't remember you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpLaEASoTms

[Manc]

The speed of that jab from Prescott. You never lose it.

[Spikey M]

Quality left. Farage has always pussied out.

RIP

[phonics]

Saw a William Hague tweet an obit of Prescott and got very confused because I thought Hague was also dead.

[Baz]

Eminem’s mum.

Fuck you, Debbie!

[Shindig]

Wonder if we'll (he'll :moop:)speak at the funeral.

[Spikey M]

Wonder if we'll speak at the funeral.

I doubt it, that would take ages.

[Giggles]

I'm up for it if someone else will too.

[Shindig]

Kiko's got a eulogy ready in six languages.

[Spikey M]

Eddie Stobart

[Jimmy Floyd]

If you'd asked me I would have said he died, maybe, 75 years ago. A new record for 'thought he was dead already'.

[Magic]

Another CEO gone. Good riddance.

[Ben]

Yeah surely this is junior?

[Lewis]

The younger worked himself to death turning the dog and pony show the old man had into a national concern, allowing the parents to sit around bible bashing and living to a ripe old age. There must be a metaphor in there somewhere.

[Yevrah]

Another CEO gone. Good riddance.

If your business idea had taken off would you have been obliged to kill yourself?

[Bam]

That was the dream. :(

[Magic]

If your business idea had taken off would you have been obliged to kill yourself?

No because I could never be a cunt which is why it failed lol.

[Yevrah]

No because I could never be a cunt

And in a nutshell, that is what everyone thinks.

[Magic]

And in a nutshell, that is what everyone thinks.

What a sad view of the world you have.

[Yevrah]

What a sad view of the world you have.

You misunderstand me I think. No one (or very few people) go into these things actively trying to be a cunt, let alone believing they are and they will come up with a myriad of reasons why they're not and that they're doing things for the greater good overall. Some are, some aren't. Being a CEO no more automatically makes you a cunt than not being one doesn't.

[randomlegend]

. Being a CEO no more automatically makes you a cunt than not being one doesn't.

Bull. Shit.

[Magic]

You misunderstand me I think. No one (or very few people) go into these things actively trying to be a cunt, let alone believing they are and they will come up with a myriad of reasons why they're not and that they're doing things for the greater good overall. Some are, some aren't. Being a CEO no more automatically makes you a cunt than not being one doesn't.

Believe what they want. To hold a position of power that holds corporate ideals above human ones makes you a complete cunt.

[randomlegend]

The personality traits and behaviours which are virtually prerequisites to climbing the corporate ladder to the level of CEO are those of a cunt.

[niko_cee]

Bull. Shit.

It isn't though is it, other than it more likely marks you out as a probably well connected wrong'un at elite level, and a bit of a div if you are calling yourself a CEO of your one man band homemade cat food enterprise.

And what Yev is saying is that the people who work for Nestle, the people who work for whoever else, that do questionable things in the eyes of some, the people who don't adequately respond to concerns about children being abused, don't do them for knowing badness, they do them as 'part of their job' and they use that to rationalise themselves as not bad people.

I say again, is Warren Buffet a bad guy? What about that Patagonia guy who gave all his money/his company away to charitable causes? Bill Gates?

[Spikey M]

No because I could never be a cunt

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[John Arne]

Being the CEO of a company doesn't make you a cunt. However, choosing to work in an industry that leads to poverty and the death of poor people makes you a cunt, and being the CEO of said company makes you a super cunt. You can't choose to work in an industry that is so horrific and not expect to face any blowback.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, fucking Doogie Howser MD, burn the cunt.

[Lewis]

Believe what they want. To hold a position of power that holds corporate ideals above human ones makes you a complete cunt.

In attempting to justify the extrajudicial killing of somebody on the basis of their 'corporate ideals' you are doing exactly this you massive mong.

[Yevrah]

Bull. Shit.

How many CEO’s have you spent any time or (ideally) worked with?

[Yevrah]

In attempting to justify the extrajudicial killing of somebody on the basis of their 'corporate ideals' you are doing exactly this you massive mong.

This is the bit I simply can’t get my head around. “Killing is wrong, well, apart from those times where I really don’t like the person”.

I mean, what in the actual fuck?

[Yevrah]

The personality traits and behaviours which are virtually prerequisites to climbing the corporate ladder to the level of CEO are those of a cunt.

You’ve been watching too much Succession (or the like) as this is absolute nonsense. In some cases, sure, but you’re basically marking them all as exactly the same which is moronic.

[Spikey M]

This is the bit I simply can’t get my head around. “Killing is wrong, well, apart from those times where I really don’t like the person”.

I mean, what in the actual fuck?

I mean, how many tears did you cry when Osama Bin Laden got shot in the face? Not many, I imagine. Why would anyone sympathise with a scumbag dying?

[Yevrah]

I mean, how many tears did you cry when Osama Bin Laden got shot in the face? Not many, I imagine. Why would anyone sympathise with a scumbag dying?

I didn’t cry any tears, but I sure as shit wasn’t celebrating it either and I maintain to this day that unless it was absolutely necessary it shouldn’t have happened.

And it’s not about sympathy, more about the right thing to be doing and (unless an actual war is happening) killing people is not the right thing to be doing. Celebrating it is fucking weird and for me marks someone out as an unhinged.

[Baz]

Even Henry?

[Yevrah]

Which makes me think, marking all CEO’s out as scum is merely a reflex action to defend a position said unhinged person knows is wrong, isn’t it?

[randomlegend]

No, because as I have exhaustively reiterated, I fundamentally disagree with the death penalty regardless of how scummy the person is. Whether that's delivered by the state or vigilantes.

I don't celebrate this guy being killed. My position is that if you squash people enough and make inequality extreme enough, this kind of thing is an inevitable outcome. Whether I agree with it or not (I don't) is irrelevant.

[Ben]

And it’s not about sympathy, more about the right thing to be doing and (unless an actual war is happening) killing people is not the right thing to be doing.

Just playing devil's advocate here. Why does one country deciding to declare war on another (eg. Russia on Ukraine), suddenly making killing people acceptable?

[niko_cee]

It doesn't, necessarily, hence war crimes etc, but isn't the point that killing people is somewhat of a necessity in a war situation, so if the war is just, then so might be the killings?

[randomlegend]

At what point does it become "just" for the people to go to war with the powers that be?

[Jimmy Floyd]

War is when reality wipes its muddy feet on the doormat of good intentions that governs our lives the rest of the time.