Fast and Furious star Paul Walker killed today in a fiery car crash: RIP

[KJ89]

Speed kills.

No, driving into a tree does.

[Spaceballs83]

No, driving into a tree does.

 

Which is directly related to speed. Cause and effect. You drive fast, you lose control of your vehicle. You overcorrect and slam into a tree.

[KJ89]

Which is directly related to speed. Cause and effect. You drive fast, you lose control of your vehicle. You overcorrect and slam into a tree.

It's possible to drive fast without losing control and overcorrecting into a tree.

[mr beauxjangles]

Agreed. Sometimes I think there is a higher power that wants to bestow life lessons on the masses. He was the star of a film franchise that glamorized reckless driving and elevated people who drive like idiots to superhero status. And he died because someone was driving like an idiot.

 

Now don't take this to mean that I think he deserved it. On the contrary. He's a victim of the culture he helped create, where an adrenaline rush behind the wheel is worth risking your life and the lives of others for. The 16-25 year old male driver mortality rate is already the highest by far out of any other demographic. And in part that's because of movies like Fast and the Furious, or rather because idiots think it's real, and cool, and there is no consequence to driving that way.

 

So take a young handsome star, build him up in the public eye as the face of dangerous driving, and then kill him in a car crash. Almost like someone is sending a message, no?

 

Paul Walker died for our sins.

 

I just hope the morons are paying attention so it won't happen again.

 

It's a sad situation so don't misunderstand me here...but holy crap on a cracker dude, that is one chortle-inducing statement right there.

[JPPT1974]

He left behind a daughter and was only 40 years old! RIP! :(

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

yea im one of those people who just says "damn, that sucks" when a celebrity dies and go about my business.

i dont get bothered by people who crack jokes. I dont really laugh, dont think it's really funny, but i really dont care. that is their prerogative.

the only celebrity i actually felt shaken from was james gandolfini. never met the dude, had really no idea who he was as a person besides what i had read from other people pre and post death. i had nothing invested in him as a person.

but i invested a lot of time and energy growing up watching the sopranos and his movies. so something about his death affected me in a way i've never experienced before.

from then on i never really judged people who felt emotional after a celebrity death. there is some sort of emotional connection to these people as actors because movies/tv shows do kind of play a big role in most people's lives. it's a strange thing.

Pretty much what I intend to articulate with much less of my Azzholeishness... Which I do adore about me.

Well Said Rum... Gandolphini was a ugh death for me as well... MCA from the Beasties was the other one that I an recall.