Paucle wrote:Yes, James Gandolfini died yesterday. You know how I knew? Because it was "shared" in my FB thread.
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This happens to me more than I care to admit (learning about news through FB). Hell, it even predates that, I first found out about Princess Diana's death (over 15 years ago!) because someone mentioned it when I was in an IRC chat with a bunch of people and someone mentioned it.
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
I only had a couple mentions of his death in my FB feed. But about a year ago or so, some actor I'd never heard of before died and my FB page went crazy with people mouning his .death
Paucle wrote:Yes, James Gandolfini died yesterday. You know how I knew? Because it was "shared" in my FB thread.
47 times.
This happens to me more than I care to admit (learning about news through FB). Hell, it even predates that, I first found out about Princess Diana's death (over 15 years ago!) because someone mentioned it when I was in an IRC chat with a bunch of people and someone mentioned it.
Paucle wrote:Yes, James Gandolfini died yesterday. You know how I knew? Because it was "shared" in my FB thread.
47 times.
This happens to me more than I care to admit (learning about news through FB). Hell, it even predates that, I first found out about Princess Diana's death (over 15 years ago!) because someone mentioned it when I was in an IRC chat with a bunch of people and someone mentioned it.
I'm getting the sense that someone mentioned it.
I think he's just going for the redundancy award award.
Brian
...but the senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity.
If I had 50 cents for every math question I got right, I'd have $6.30 by now.
dhkendall wrote:This happens to me more than I care to admit (learning about news through FB). Hell, it even predates that, I first found out about Princess Diana's death (over 15 years ago!) because someone mentioned it when I was in an IRC chat with a bunch of people and someone mentioned it.
I'm getting the sense that someone mentioned it.
I think he's just going for the redundancy award award.
Brian
No, I'm going for the addle-minded award. Damn ADD, makes me lose my train of thought in the middle and suddenly shifts a puppy! Cool!
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
I haven't seen his death reported on Facebook, but I do occasionally see deaths of various well known people reported on the internet. None from mainstream sources, of course. Why do people do stuff like that? Do they just get some perverse pleasure out of upsetting people. Suppose your father was some celebrity and you log on the internet and see some web site reporting that they have died.
People who do stuff like that need to be taken out back and have the crap beaten out of them.
TMZ broke the news about Michael Jackson's death, and they turned out to be right. Of course, they also reported that after his seizure, Lil Wayne was near death and on life support and was given last rites, and that turned out to be totally false. Gotta take everything you see on the internet with a grain ton of salt.
Fleeboy wrote:At least two of my FB friends informed me earlier this week that Nelson Mandela had died.
Why, in the face of that evidence, is the mainstream media still in denial?
Well, I also see such articles on FB, but they at least don't have links to reputable news sources covering it. The Gandolfini posts I saw linked to news articles as well, not just saying he's dead. (For local news I also have a local 80s rock station and a local news blogger (which was where I heard about Price is Right Live coming here earlier this year that I mentioned here) in my FB feed as well.) But I haven't watched television news or bought a news paper in a long while.
"Jeopardy! is two parts luck and one part luck" - Me
"The way to win on Jeopardy is to be a rabidly curious, information-omnivorous person your entire life." - Ken Jennings
Jasoni22 wrote:TMZ broke the news about Michael Jackson's death, and they turned out to be right. Of course, they also reported that after his seizure, Lil Wayne was near death and on life support and was given last rites, and that turned out to be totally false. Gotta take everything you see on the internet with a grain ton of salt.
Which explains why everyone has high blood pressure.