Dead in 2017

[Tomahawk]

Chester Bennington

[Rome]

Another suicide.  JFC these people...

[Eagles_Legendz]

Saw them two years ago in concert.  Wasn't expecting much but they put on a great show.

[SD]

Saw STP play at the MMRBQ with Scott Weiland
Saw STP play at the MMRBQ with Chester Bennington

Weiland killed it with STP. They were awful with Bennington.

[Diomedes]

Another suicide.  JFC these people...

I kind of admire people who kill themselves, to be frank.  I get why someone would do it, and I'm not judging any suicide.  I didn't walk in his shoes.

[Rome]

I'm not going to get into a big debate about life and how to live it.  I can see suicide being a perfectly reasonable solution if you're in agony or have a terminal illness with no hope of recovery.  But these guys are killing themselves because of mental illness issues that are for the most part treatable.  In short, it's just a sad, horrible waste of life.

[QB Eagles]

I think it's reasonable in a lot of circumstances, including chronic depression. That really is living in agony and the treatments aren't always too effective. For most people, it's not like you pop a Zoloft and you're all better.

I have less sympathy when it's clearly impulsive. Like when a 15 year-old loses his first girlfriend and hangs himself the next day, or when someone with no suicidal tendencies at all gets high as shtein and wonders what it would feel like to jump off a building. But someone with the level of impulsivity to end their lives on a whim probably would have done a lot of other extremely dumb and/or dangerous stuff in their lives, too, and much of it would have affected others... so maybe it's no big loss. It's still their life to do with as they please.

[Sgt PSN]

My only beef with suicide is the way it affects the people who were close to you, as they will be left wondering what they could have done to help, or did they miss a suicidal indicator, etc, etc, etc.  I won't even begin to try and judge a person for wanting to end his/her life, but good god I can only try to imagine the level of guilt that his friends and family are feeling right now. 

[ice grillin you]

there would be the obvious initial shock and sadness but if a truly troubled person commits suicide i would think a solid amount of people who were close to him/her would be happy the person isnt living in the hell that was their life anymore....thats how i feel anyway...i dont believe in that better place nonsense but i do believe they are often better off not being here

[smeags]

My only beef with suicide is the way it affects the people who were close to you, as they will be left wondering what they could have done to help, or did they miss a suicidal indicator, etc, etc, etc.  I won't even begin to try and judge a person for wanting to end his/her life, but good god I can only try to imagine the level of guilt that his friends and family are feeling right now.

I have dealt with this four times with people I was close to.

the feelings are ever changing. guilt, anger, sadness. its a never ending loop.

[Rome]

Matt's bachelor life died today.  Bye bye hookers and blow.  Hello soy milk and high fiber snacks!

[phattymatty]

Haaa you have obviously not met this chick. I have to hide the blow so it lasts longer.

[SD]

Famous last words of any great man "but she's different"

[Rome]

Sam Shepard.  One of the absolute greats.   

[PhillyPhreak54]

Dick Gregory dead at 84