Topic: I may have found one the most heartbreaking Wikipedia articles around.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q started this discussion 13 years ago #25,785
beckyderp !CATLDyPIBQ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later[^] [v] #391,496
Shit. :-(
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,497
@previous (beckyderp !CATLDyPIBQ)I fucking cried.
> On August 9, 1988, Barsi and her mother were interred in unmarked graves at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
> In June 2004, a fund was set up by Barsi's fan club to purchase headstones for their graves.
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beckyderp !CATLDyPIBQ replied with this 13 years ago, 49 seconds later, 5 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,498
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,500
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 46 seconds later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,501
WHO THE FUCK COULD MURDER SUCH A SWEET ANGEL LIKE THIS?!HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) triple-posted this 13 years ago, 31 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,503
Why the fuck am I doing this? It just hurts.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058279/bio
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058279/bio
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 10 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,505
I read this last year, and I kept saying yep yep yep compulsorily and depressing myself
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 55 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,506
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #391,507
goddammit
time to drink away the pain
time to drink away the pain
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 replied with this 13 years ago, 19 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #391,515
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,551
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,567
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,584
slavs
not even once
not even once
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 51 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,587
@391,551 (D)
The holocaust itself is just a mass murder. Not really sad. Show me the individuals that died and then it is sad.
The holocaust itself is just a mass murder. Not really sad. Show me the individuals that died and then it is sad.
squeegee joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,602
Yep yep yep!
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 30 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,605
@391,587 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Too many to give all accounts of all their stories but you know they're there, and that's why it's sadder. It's your story times 1,000,000 (literally) and far more unjust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_children_in_the_Holocaust
Too many to give all accounts of all their stories but you know they're there, and that's why it's sadder. It's your story times 1,000,000 (literally) and far more unjust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_children_in_the_Holocaust
squeegee replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,607
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 32 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,615
@391,605 (D)
The numbers alone do not bring sorrow. That's why I can cry to the stories told by holocaust survivors, but not to the figure of 6 million. Also, much of the sadness was brought by the shock of learning that she died before the movie even came out. She was a rising star that was shot down by her own father. She didn't even get the legacy of Heath Ledger. She just had an unmarked grave until her fan club paid for one.
The numbers alone do not bring sorrow. That's why I can cry to the stories told by holocaust survivors, but not to the figure of 6 million. Also, much of the sadness was brought by the shock of learning that she died before the movie even came out. She was a rising star that was shot down by her own father. She didn't even get the legacy of Heath Ledger. She just had an unmarked grave until her fan club paid for one.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) double-posted this 13 years ago, 28 seconds later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,616
squeegee replied with this 13 years ago, 13 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,619
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,621
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,661
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 double-posted this 13 years ago, 59 seconds later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,662
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 9 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,667
Falco !a7Q.SWNEJw joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,729
Already read it like 3 years ago
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,733
@previous (Falco !a7Q.SWNEJw)
Did it make you cry? This story pierced through my callous, hardened heart like a sword through a chink in the armor.
Did it make you cry? This story pierced through my callous, hardened heart like a sword through a chink in the armor.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 hours later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,832
@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
Shit really? This whole time I thought that you were some kind of racist robot.
Shit really? This whole time I thought that you were some kind of racist robot.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 33 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #391,841
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,021
Honestly didn't make me cry. Shit like this happens all the time, like that wrestler who went nuts and killed his family then himself, or women who drown their children because of post-partem depression. In almost every case the action is justified in the parent's mind that they have to kill them to protect them. Obviously that's nuts, but there's a consistent pattern. Something snaps in the brain and this happens. Still sad, but this isn't any sadder than any of the other similar occurrences. There's more bawwwing because she's famous.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,027
@previous (D)
I cried not because she was famous, but because she was a piece of my childhood. She voiced my favorite character.
I cried not because she was famous, but because she was a piece of my childhood. She voiced my favorite character.
squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,037
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,042
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,045
@392,027 (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
That sounds kind of selfish. 250-300 of these sorts of murders occur every year in the United States. I take that back. You're not selfish, and we can't directly control our emotions. It just sounds selfish to me because I have a different outlook.
I can understand how it's very easy to not be saddened by statistics because the story isn't there. If you just don't think about it, ignorance is bliss. But in my mind, I know that even though I don't know the story, I know the story is there. My mind forces me to fathom it and fill in the blanks and make up the stories and that's why I realize how sad things like the Holocaust are. It's sort of like how there are people who are amazed by the universe and people who don't give a shit about the universe, and it's always the people who ponder the universe and try to fathom it even though they know they can't and that makes it that much more amazing. It's the same way in my mind with tragedies. The more unfathomable the loss and sadness, the more sad it is, while people who don't bother even trying to fathom it find it sad.
Ever watched Holocaust movies like Schindler's List or the Pianist? Those are sad because they tell the stories. For me they're that much sadder because they force me to fathom just how sad all the deaths really are.
That sounds kind of selfish. 250-300 of these sorts of murders occur every year in the United States. I take that back. You're not selfish, and we can't directly control our emotions. It just sounds selfish to me because I have a different outlook.
I can understand how it's very easy to not be saddened by statistics because the story isn't there. If you just don't think about it, ignorance is bliss. But in my mind, I know that even though I don't know the story, I know the story is there. My mind forces me to fathom it and fill in the blanks and make up the stories and that's why I realize how sad things like the Holocaust are. It's sort of like how there are people who are amazed by the universe and people who don't give a shit about the universe, and it's always the people who ponder the universe and try to fathom it even though they know they can't and that makes it that much more amazing. It's the same way in my mind with tragedies. The more unfathomable the loss and sadness, the more sad it is, while people who don't bother even trying to fathom it find it sad.
Ever watched Holocaust movies like Schindler's List or the Pianist? Those are sad because they tell the stories. For me they're that much sadder because they force me to fathom just how sad all the deaths really are.
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,046
@previous (D)
People die every day. If you gave me the numbers, I can't cry. But show me the decline of their life as they succumb to terminal cancer, or the effect of their sudden murder, and I could cry.
People die every day. If you gave me the numbers, I can't cry. But show me the decline of their life as they succumb to terminal cancer, or the effect of their sudden murder, and I could cry.
Anonymous D replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #392,077
@previous (HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q)
The idea of people dying every second doesn't phase me because for many of them it's just there time. Death is sad but inevitable. It's unnecessary and untimely death, especially violent death that makes me sad.
The idea of people dying every second doesn't phase me because for many of them it's just there time. Death is sad but inevitable. It's unnecessary and untimely death, especially violent death that makes me sad.