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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I fear for him. I don't want another Robin Williams event

[–] fsxylo 7 points 10 hours ago

Robin Williams had a chronic disease with a horrible outcome. Guy went out on a high note, all things considered.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Supportive upbringing is a helluva drug

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago

Millions of dollars also doesn't hurt.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I used to think the same about Robin Williams until he killed himself. 😥

Depression is fucked and some people are really good at hiding behind humor.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 17 hours ago

Robin Williams killed himself due to early onset dementia from brain disease: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams#Death.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't know he's not depressed. Remember Robin.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought the depression rumor was debunked? Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Robin get a dementia diagnosis, and thus chose to go out on his own terms, rather than slowly rot away?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Half right - he did battle depression his entire life, and he was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson's not too long before committing suicide. There's really no way to prove which one influenced his decision more, but it was likely because of both.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle 13 points 23 hours ago

Oof

Depression. People with Lewy body dementia might develop depression.

So he already had depression, and then got a disease that causes depression.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If not dementia, it was a similarly debilitating condition. Wanted to dip on his own terms before he became a husk of himself.

RIP Rob, you were the GOAT.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago

It was Lewy Body Dementia. He had periods of lucidity and in one of those decided that he no longer wanted to live as a prisoner in his own body, and a burden to his family because for all intents and purposes his life as a functioning human was over.

Honestly his entire circumstance is a shining example of why we need a death with dignity law.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago

It was Lewy Body Dementia, I remember because my grandma had it. It’s non-hereditary thankfully, but just as debilitating as Alzheimer’s.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (5 children)

Reese Witherspoon, she's the prom queen
Bill Gates, captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
and Brad Pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
(I want my money back)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

The whole damn world is just as obsessed with who's the best dressed, and who's having sex!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Jack Black killed the metal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago

YOU CANNOT KILL THE METAL

But really, Jack and Kyle said the D will return last I heard

[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago (13 children)

from what i remember he stopped his band because his friend made a trump joke. safe to say he has no feelings at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, safe to say you don't know why the joke was an issue. It wasn't a "Trump joke", it was an "endorsing assasaination" joke.

Yeah, it's a joke, yeah it was funny to me personally (I might have made the same joke), but you cannot say certain jokes publicly as a public figure.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't even care that much about the band stuff. I liked his movies when he was little, and when he started a gaming channel I realized I now find him very annoying. He comes across as full of himself and desperate for attention.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I mean... He's an entertainer. I think most entertainers are attention seekers. That's why they got into it in the first place; for the attention.

Then again, he could have just grown up that way because he was a child actor.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 day ago (16 children)

I mean do you know for a fact he isn't depressed? Comedians tend to do a pretty good job covering it up.

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