One is survivorship bias. People who die young tend to be counter cultural and have risky or downright dangerous habits. Future conservative ghouls are risk averse by definition (Trump & Biden are teetotalers for example).
Second part is them lacking the time to publicly develop their flaws. I'm fully convinced that many idealized martyrs would go the way of Kanye if they lived long enough. Nobody truly knows how Tupac, Morrison or Hendrix would react to modern politics. On the other hand, if J.K. Rowling dropped dead after the last period on Harry Potter she'd be immortalized.
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Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 78d
I am floored.
I really love his music. The show he did for New Year's eve during COVID was so good.
I hope the death was fast and painless.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 78d
WHHHHUUUUUT!?
bruh. One of my faves
datavoid@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 78d
Crazy news, his bathtub full of flaming hot cheetos picture was inspirational
FluorideMind@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 78d
Me and my friends were talking. How come only good people seem to die from accidents? Dick Cheney gets to die from old age.
stickly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 77d
One is survivorship bias. People who die young tend to be counter cultural and have risky or downright dangerous habits. Future conservative ghouls are risk averse by definition (Trump & Biden are teetotalers for example).
Second part is them lacking the time to publicly develop their flaws. I'm fully convinced that many idealized martyrs would go the way of Kanye if they lived long enough. Nobody truly knows how Tupac, Morrison or Hendrix would react to modern politics. On the other hand, if J.K. Rowling dropped dead after the last period on Harry Potter she'd be immortalized.
can@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 77d
I'm familiar but haven't heard the term in a while so for those reading: Teetotalism
mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 78d
Only the good die young
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 77d
All dogs go to heaven
DrWorm@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 72d
Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell
radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 78d
fdnomad@programming.dev · 11 pts · 78d
I was looking forward to more quirky music. RIP
thisbenzingring@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 78d
Dude.. death by helicopter collision is shit...
Dude deserved an OD at least
yakko@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 78d
Dammit, starting to fuckin hate helicopters
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 78d
This fucking world sucks so much
too_high_for_this@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 78d
https://youtu.be/H8QQHGupPrs
Paper_Phrog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 75d
It's just horrible and unbelievable news. Not a fan of Reddit's practices, but the OT sub is full of positivity right now.