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Ironwood
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Almost certainly.
Also, he had quite a bit of bad news to take in at the time.
(Also, Brian Limond is insane. I had the pleasure of speaking to one of his co-workers at the web development firm they worked in. His stories were illuminating. Funny chaps tho.)
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Yegolev
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I will speculate that Robin saw Parkinson's as something that would end his ability to do the one thing that kept him from descending into an inescapable emotional pit for his entire life.
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Khaldun
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The best therapy isn't going to work for everyone. The problem always with mental illnesses is that they're wound around and in our sense of self the same way a tumor is growing in your own flesh, using your own genes. Sometimes you can take it out, sometimes you can shrink it to manageability, and sometimes it's somewhere so deep that there isn't much to be done about it.
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Signe
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It's the same thing that Michael J. Fox has, no? He's working hard for research and ways to keep a lot of the symptoms at bay and he's had it for ages. I wish Robin Williams could have stuck it out a wee bit longer. It was caught early and you never know what can happen. I swear this must be a disease that attacks nice people with kind faces. This whole thing keeps making me want to cry in my soup. :(
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Ironwood
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Alas hon, it ain't rational.
When Pratchett goes, it might be rational. This ? Not so much.
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K9
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Pratchett has already spoken quite a lot about how he is at peace with the notion of euthanasia I think?
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Ironwood
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Exactly my point. For him, if it's necessary, it'll be a rational choice which I'll just raise a glass to. Just in case anyone's ready to point out hypocrisy on my part. (I used 'might' because he still has time to get hit by a bus or some shit.)
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Signe
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Since it's Alzheimer's you would have to make those sorts of plans in advance, I suppose, because if you wait too long, you'll just forget. I can understand that much more because you'd be able to discuss it with family and friends and they could be prepared and supportive. You're not going to shock anyone or, in the case of young children, teach them that suicide is an acceptable way to deal with depression or any other sort of problem. I mean, srsly, how many teenagers have a major life changing crisis? Err... like every day? Having said that, why on earth would Robin Williams kill himself the way he did? Hanging? Why not OD or anything less horrifying? Why leave that image in the minds of his family? That bit, I don't get.
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The old adage is that Men go violently, women use pills. Hanging is the less violent way of killing oneself that comes to men. I imagine not wanting to be seen has 'just having relapsed and fucked up' and not "ultimately having let the pills win" might also have been part of the decision for a former addict such as Mr. Williams. Since it's Alzheimer's you would have to make those sorts of plans in advance, I suppose, because if you wait too long, you'll just forget.
There was a story not too long ago on NPR morning edition about just this. The mother had made plans and discussed for a long time, and finally, one weekend after a particularly bad 'i don't know who the fuck I am' bout decided the time had come. It was terrifying and touching at the same moment.
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Ironwood
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Having said that, why on earth would Robin Williams kill himself the way he did? Hanging? Why not OD or anything less horrifying? Why leave that image in the minds of his family? That bit, I don't get.
Fairly sure I answered that one.
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Signe
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You did. Sorry. I think I might have just ranted or summat.
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Sir T
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...Ricky Gervais ...
.... is an unfunny cunt. Just needs to be repeated..
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Signe
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He is too funny and he's a sweet old cunt.
What happened to you, Sir T? You used to be so sweet and shy and giggly!
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Riggswolfe
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It's the same thing that Michael J. Fox has, no? He's working hard for research and ways to keep a lot of the symptoms at bay and he's had it for ages. I wish Robin Williams could have stuck it out a wee bit longer. It was caught early and you never know what can happen. I swear this must be a disease that attacks nice people with kind faces. This whole thing keeps making me want to cry in my soup. :(
You know, when the Parkinson's thing came out right after his suicide Michael J. Fox is the first person I thought of. I can just see him going "God damn it Robin."
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Sir T
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He is too funny and he's a sweet old cunt.
What happened to you, Sir T? You used to be so sweet and shy and giggly!
The hatred that Schild has for me has obviously tarnished my soul :(
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