|
Replies: 39
| visibility 1
|
All-In [27178]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 16025
Joined: 10/13/08
|
RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 10:41 AM
|
|
Didn't agree with his politics, but I'm going to miss his show.
|
|
|
|
 |
Legend [19910]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 11187
Joined: 9/23/07
|
Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 10:47 AM
|
|
He and Kate Spade, both dead by suicide within a span of just a few days. RIP
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [67662]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 115406
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 11:02 AM
|
|
I saw earlier that form of death is on the rise versus prior years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28200]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 14033
Joined: 6/27/14
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 11:07 AM
|
|
Suicide rates in the U.S. have risen nearly 30% since 1999, according to a report released Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicides increased in both men and women, in all ethnic groups and in both urban and rural areas. Suicide and “self-harm,” a category that includes attempted suicides, cost the nation $70 billion a year in medical care and lost work time, the CDC says.
Although more Americans die from suicides than car accidents or opioids, the stigma of mental illness prevents suicide from getting much attention, apart from fleeting news coverage when celebrities, such as comedian Robin Williams, take their own lives, Lieberman said.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [67662]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 115406
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 12:07 PM
|
|
actually many of the opiod deaths could probably be put into the suicicde category. its self inflicted and you OD yourself
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28200]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 14033
Joined: 6/27/14
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 12:17 PM
|
|
absolutely agree - whether intentional or not. we need to get a handle on this quick. teens today already have enough bad examples on social media, politicians (d.c.), and talk shows. this behavior is glamorized over and over. ####, when someone dies nowadays or there's a tragedy, people tweet messages - its insane and thoughtless
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16719]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 16757
Joined: 8/19/04
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 2:09 PM
[ in reply to Re: Sad ] |
|
WRONG. Many more die from car accidents that suicides.
In our country about 34,000 die from suicides and over 300,000 die from car accidents.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1405]
TigerPulse: 54%
Posts: 3412
Joined: 1/10/13
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 2:41 PM
|
|
No way it's 300k
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-Pro [657]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 401
Joined: 11/26/07
|
Tiger COntractor, I'm a contractor too but you need to.....
Jun 8, 2018, 2:55 PM
[ in reply to Re: Sad ] |
|
check your stats. Auto deaths average around 35,000/year in the US, not 300,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [4745]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 8641
Joined: 2/7/02
|
There were approximately 1000 fatalities on
Jun 8, 2018, 3:10 PM
|
|
S.C. roadways in 2017. Heading in the same direction in 2018.
Driving too fast, distracted driving, and DUI among the primary causes.
Speeding is ridiculous on the interstate and that is partly due to the lack of speed traps nowadays.
I will be motoring along at 79 MPH, and I'll have an F-150 truck blow by me like I'm going 50 MPH. Plenty of folks traveling over 90 MPH on the interstate with impunity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28200]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 14033
Joined: 6/27/14
|
Re: Sad
Jun 8, 2018, 3:02 PM
[ in reply to Re: Sad ] |
|
copied from cdc article - ask them. i think their point is, its on the rise
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3037]
TigerPulse: 58%
Posts: 3530
Joined: 11/24/17
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:04 AM
|
|
Sad. Following Kate Spade's suicide earlier this week Britt Hume posted this: "Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always be kind."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3981]
TigerPulse: 91%
Posts: 5094
Joined: 8/23/16
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:07 AM
|
|
Sad but definitely not shocked. From reading his background and listening to him in interviews he always seemed like someone who has some demons and a bad addiction battle in his younger years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
thats exactly it though
Jun 8, 2018, 1:14 PM
|
|
That's why this is surprising. He alludes to demons in the show, specifically in the Borneo episode which is the most personal in the whole series. Yet it always seemed like he was talking about his past, not his present. You got the sense that he was mostly stable now in his older years. But he was still struggling more than he let on.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7219]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6986
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:09 AM
|
|
I previously liked his show. He became so political and leftward leaning I couldn't stomach it anymore. Interesting guy, would have been nice for him to appreciate that others can have ideas that line up with his.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1535]
TigerPulse: 59%
Posts: 1370
Joined: 6/3/06
|
Sounds like you couldn't appreciate his ideas either.***
Jun 8, 2018, 11:14 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7219]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 6986
Joined: 11/30/98
|
Re: Sounds like you couldn't appreciate his ideas either.***
Jun 8, 2018, 11:28 AM
|
|
I did. For years. They became too one-sided.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
one thing that he was never left leaning on
Jun 8, 2018, 11:54 AM
|
|
Was his contempt for vegetarianism. He thought being an outspoken vegetarian was arrogant, privledged and disrespectful to many cultures around the world
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [111319]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 73653
Joined: 9/10/03
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:55 AM
[ in reply to Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain ] |
|
he was always that way, it is the right that has shifted and become less tolerant of other people's ideas.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [56702]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39614
Joined: 11/12/04
|
All those right wing Nazis shutting down free speech at Universities.
Jun 8, 2018, 12:31 PM
|
|
It’s despicable. That dang GOP, when they finally had the chance to repeal Obamacare they chose not to. So far right it’s hard to even say they are American anymore.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [111319]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 73653
Joined: 9/10/03
|
Re: All those right wing Nazis shutting down free speech at Universities.
Jun 8, 2018, 12:55 PM
|
|
fine line between free speech and hate speech.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [56702]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39614
Joined: 11/12/04
|
Re: All those right wing Nazis shutting down free speech at Universities.
Jun 8, 2018, 1:18 PM
|
|
Yes! WrongThink is definitely double-plus-ungood.
We must shut down all “hate speech,” or all the speech I disagree with, whichever comes first.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [28200]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 14033
Joined: 6/27/14
|
Re: All those right wing Nazis shutting down free speech at Universities.
Jun 8, 2018, 1:19 PM
|
|
not sure what the tards on left or right have to do with his suicide?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [56702]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39614
Joined: 11/12/04
|
Re: has nothing to do with the thread
Jun 8, 2018, 1:09 PM
|
|
See?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
bringing up stupid political bickering
Jun 8, 2018, 1:11 PM
|
|
In a thread about someone's tragic death. You're right. You're the real hero here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
bringing up stupid political bickering
Jun 8, 2018, 1:11 PM
[ in reply to Re: has nothing to do with the thread ] |
|
In a thread about someone's tragic death. You're right. You're the real hero here.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [56702]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39614
Joined: 11/12/04
|
Re: bringing up stupid political bickering
Jun 8, 2018, 1:19 PM
|
|
Really? You picture yourself a board justice hero? Nice.
Not that you care but I’m saddened at Tony’s death. Loved “Kitchen Confidential,” “No Reservations,” and “Parts Unknown.”
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
did I say you should be banned?
Jun 8, 2018, 1:24 PM
|
|
Or have your post deleted? Maybe I called the local police?
No. I'm simply telling you to stop out of respect, nothing to do with "my free speech rights!"
I have the right to say your post is utterly asinine in this context.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [56702]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 39614
Joined: 11/12/04
|
Re: did I say you should be banned?
Jun 8, 2018, 1:32 PM
|
|
You sure do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [20518]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 11667
Joined: 10/15/02
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 1:16 PM
[ in reply to Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain ] |
|
It has been a quick and dangerous descent. The Atlantic and that think-tank website, Vox, have done some interesting articles about the Republicans losing their mind, and why they think it happened. Even though I once considered myself a Republican - and would like to again! - and I certainly do not consider myself a Democrat and endure physical pain at the thought of voting for Hillary Clinton (I just couldn't bring myself to vote either way this past election, either way just looked like shipwreck to me), some of their thoughts on the matter are...fascinating.
I've also seen the notion that corporations are attempting to supplant nations as the true power structures of the world, and so the giga-rich tend to favor strongman governments and less democracy because they're more susceptible to bribery, influence-peddling, and less inclined to tax them, make them pay their workers fairly, enforce safety regulations, and otherwise do things that keep big corporations from basically owning a slave labor force and making maximum profits. The Donald certainly fits that agenda nicely. The thought here is that the very notion of democracy is under direct attack by corporate interests like Cambridge Analytica who essentially want to manipulate, program, and control those susceptible to their messages with carefully administered misinformation...basically the first application of what some once described as "memetic warfare".
Vox also posits the notion that the reason the Dems haven't changed much is because they don't really stand for much, which has honestly been the Dems' big problem for years. The Democrats don't really have an ideology anymore, they're just a "big tent" coalition of various minority groups who don't really have any agenda beyond identity politics. (Which is why, for anybody who really has ever paid attention to them, the idea of a "liberal conspiracy" is kind of an oxymoron, much like "jumbo shrimp".) Liberals don't "conspire"...they just aren't that effective.
Anyway, interesting stuff....
https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2017/9/22/16345194/republican-party-pathological
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
he didn't really put his politics into the show though
Jun 8, 2018, 2:58 PM
[ in reply to Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain ] |
|
Usually wherever he was visiting, was a place distant and indifferent to American politics
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [15492]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 18413
Joined: 12/10/14
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:14 AM
|
|
Very sad, a unique voice.
I guess all that glitters is not gold.
RIP
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1405]
TigerPulse: 54%
Posts: 3412
Joined: 1/10/13
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:28 AM
|
|
So strange that people have to qualify stuff with talk of politics.
He was an important voice for America in that his was a show that was unashamed to teach people the true side of other cultures.
For instance, when he came to Charleston, he understood that the culture of Charleston is not just on King Street, but in the swamps with the Gullah Geechee.
The best tweet I've seen was that he was the only person truly showing Americans that they don't have to be afraid of other people. That's a great way to summarize it.
Unlike a lot of (probably most) celebrities, he actually performed a service beyond entertainment.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [25877]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 20595
Joined: 7/31/07
|
Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Jun 8, 2018, 11:37 AM
|
|
Maybe but not all of his "visions" were good. He actually divided some people with his comments. I would have guessed he would die from cirrhosis of the liver. I enjoyed his shows at one time until he turned them into political platforms.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
his most controversial moment on the show
Jun 8, 2018, 11:57 AM
|
|
Was when he made an off hand comment about "ugly Dutch white guys" about statues that people were taking pictures with in Johannesburg.
I saw on the shows Facebook after that episode, he was getting legitimate death threats from white South Africans. Like tons of them. They told him to never enter their borders again.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7157]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 10133
Joined: 6/27/07
|
Wouldn't be surprised if it had to do with anti-depresants
Jun 8, 2018, 12:01 PM
|
|
...that is a huge problem in today's culture... just about everyone is taking these brain chemistry altering pills every day. I definitely think they help for a period of time but eventually the blocking of physiological processes that our brains perform can only backfire. I'm not saying that's what happened b/c i haven't heard it reported but these prescriptions are handed out to everyone who has any problem at all. Long term use can/has caused people to do crazy things that they would never do without them.
I think they're scary and wouldn't take them or want any of my loved ones to take them long term. There would have to be a weening off game-plan if they did.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hall of Famer [24782]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 32224
Joined: 2/15/09
|
i really enjoyed Parts Unknown
Jun 8, 2018, 12:11 PM
|
|
One of my favorite shows of all time. The cinematography, food, people, and culture mixed with Bourdain's style of blending it all together to tell you a story each episode.
The show was full of certain moments that just shone with life, bursting with adventure. From a rickety human powered train ride across unknown parts of Myanmar to reliving the harrowing parts of the war in Libya to vrooming on American motorcycles and cars overlooking a sunset over Tehran to finding the kookiest nightlife in central Tokyo, there were countless moments that I often think about.
And it's incredibly sad to think about the pain he must have felt, perhaps throughout his entire life. Someone, who from my perspective, has the perfect dream job. Getting to see the entire world. It was something that he seemed to truly love, yet still demons plagued his life.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [6153]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5080
Joined: 8/30/17
|
Re: i really enjoyed Parts Unknown
Jun 8, 2018, 12:38 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heisman Winner [105574]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 44178
Joined: 12/22/08
|
Who?***
Jun 8, 2018, 1:56 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 39
| visibility 1
|
|
|
50
