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- Paul Reynolds
The last time people reacted this way to a famous music star dying was the day Elvis died. I was in elementary school and still remember my neighbors playing his music. Michael meant more to my life than Elvis.
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Hits close to home. Really close.
- Mona Nomura
It's a very weird night for news like this. But I agree, Michael was an icon, still is..
- Mark Aitken
Especially during the Thriller days. If you weren't there, you don't understand how crazy everyone was over MJ.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
I'm wondering when the riots will start in LA..
- Mark Aitken
Somehow I'm completely without emotion regarding MJ's death. No idea why.
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Same here Mona - I don't remember feeling this way about any celebrity's death before.
- Jesse Stay
Robert, what about John Lennon's death? That was also a huge jolt at the time.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
I'm sure there are watershed moments for every generation. Elvis passing was more a Baby Boomers thing (IMO) while MJ is probably more a GenX thing. No doubt these things will impact everyone differently. Still, it's odd waking up to such news this morning.
- Threepwood
Is it really that big of a deal? The guy was a freak and a child molester. Sure he was huge in the Thriller days, but his star is not only not as bright, but a little tarnished as well.
- MarkCarras
For me and my crew, the day Jerry Garcia died was met with a similar reaction. For me it was much more profound.
- nicholas einstein
Yep. This is hitting me the way it hit me when Princess Di passed away. I was rather oblivious to Elvis, myself.
- Helen Sventitsky
John: yes. I think Elvis was bigger though.
- Robert Scoble
I liked his Thriller album and videos, but after that he seemed to go downhill. And the child molestation thing tainted how I felt about it.
- RobinDotNet
This has more impact than Kurt Cobain
- Ian Tindale
I feel sad, I love Michael's music：（（（（
- K.D.
50 is young. But Michael started his professional career at an extremely young age, so he's a true flash.
- Louis Gray
I always consider Michael Jackson to be the king of the bassline
- Ian Tindale
I like his music too, but I don't like his actions.
- Andy
I agree completely with Mona and Jesse, this is the first time that I feel like someone really close died, even though I never got a chance to meet him.
- Diego Espinoza V.
@MarkCarras ...and Elvis died on his toilet or something. So close to his passing most people are choosing to remember the GOOD things he did in his life.
- Bryan Zirkel
I wonder if people will try to whitewash over his history as a child molester and just focus on his fame?
- MarkCarras
The thing here is we've all seen his life through a glass window. He's been a very public figure, but with a private part to his life. I think we all recognise how much was lost tonight.
- Mark Aitken
more babies were conceived during an MJ song then any other artist in my opinion, RIP KING MIKE!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Adrian Eden
I've never understood the way people worshipped him even now, years after he has done anything successful.
- RobinDotNet
Very strange day, sad. MJ was incredibly talented... a true star.
- Susan Beebe
it has been discussed 4 a few hrs already. RIP King of Pop
- polou/indigo_bow
Same age here, and that was a strange weekend. There's nowhere near the social influence in this case. No movies to pay over and over all weekend.
- Jason Nunnelley
What about his kids?
- Andy
What about when John Lennon died? Was that bigger than MJ's death?
- Sam Houston
I remember all too well when Elvis died, I was 9 years old, standing on Paige street in Lindsay, California, playing with my friends. Weird, how you remember things like that?
- Rob Fahrni
No disrespect to MJ but I think the same reaction would be happing right now if it was Madonna.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I also must remind myself about where I was when John Lennon died.
- Helen Sventitsky
I wonder if Madonna would get more coverage, actually... I preferred her as an artist.
- Tamar Weinberg
I'm too young to really have been a part of the big days of MJ, but I still LOVED his music. I hope he's remembered fondly. lots of stuff in the media about him that's not good. I choose to ignore a lot of it
- Chris Brakebill
Can't believe it really happened. Bigger for me than elvis, lennon, cobain or even diana. I hope people remember him for the brilliant musician that he was and not his other antics.
- Raj Narayan
Wow, has anyone realised we can measure the coverage of these celebs now with the tools we are all using? I'll bet we see lots on the news tomorrow about the social web coverage of tonight's story.
- Mark Aitken
I was a toddler when Lennon RIPped
- polou/indigo_bow
Folks, the real reason we react with such a deep personal response when a celeb like this dies is that it smacks us in the face with our own mortality. We identify ourselves a little with these celebs, whether we like, approve or even appreciate them as artists. I've been listening to Michael Jackson music since he was a teenager. I don't like seeing artists that were popular when I was a teen dying because it reminds me my time/era is fading just like that of my parents.
- Jason Nunnelley
Jason - same feeling here. Very close to home for some reason.
- Mark Aitken
@MarkCarras what happened to the presumption of innocence? He was never tried on the first case due to lack of evidence, and acquitted on all counts on the second one
- Juan Tarrío
@Helen - I remember the Diana situation too, and all the hype around it.
- Tyson Key
Wow, what a bold statement. Jason, do you know me? Do you know the reason why this hits so close to home for me? What if I told you the very first cassette tape given to me by my dead mom was Michael Jackson's Thriller? Think twice before yapping like a know it all.
- Mona Nomura
i think of john lennon & frank sinatra in comparison to how big a legend michael was. the difference is, i grew up listening to michael jackson. sad day.
- Jim Halligan @jim
Mona, I'm not sure how your statement is incongruous with my own. Sounds like you agree.
- Jason Nunnelley
Juan Tarrio -- I would have felt that way too, if according to papers on the smokinggun from the first child molestation trial (the one he settled out of court) didn't reveal that the kid knew personal specific details about MJ's personal parts. Ick. I can't believe I just typed that.
- RobinDotNet
For me it was the loss of Peter Sellers and John Lennon. I think because they had so much more to give us.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
My personal idol of the early 90s who never had a real private life now gets what he deserves - liberty for the rest of his...being
- Naii
RIP MJ
- Kashif Khan
Yes, this is easily worse than when Dermot Morgan died.
- Ian Tindale
Elvis? Not John Lennon?
- Carol Levesque
His music was the soundtrack to a large part of my life. What a difficult life. RIP.
- Marlin Forbes
John Lennons death was under different circumstances, he was murdered and also coming back with a record from what I heard reported on Sky. I was too young for John Lennon so for me the closest comparison is with Princess Diana. RIP
- Joe Dawson
Never an Elvis fan, but I was a huge Beatle fan, so John Lennon's death was a shock to me. I do enjoy Michael Jackson's music.....unfortunately I found the man questionable at best, but also feel sad for him dying at such an early age. At least he no longer has to suffer whatever personal demons drove him.
- Bonnie Foster
People were pretty hung up when Lennon passed. Same with when Aaliyah and Lisa Lefteye Lopez passed away. I sincerely disagree with the sentiment that the last time there was a unified mourning of a musician was Elvis.
- Mattie Kenny
from fftogo
Aaliyah dying seemed to have a pretty big impact, even though it was soon overshadowed by 9/11. I remember seeing a lot of baby girls born after 2001 named Aaliyah.
- Victor Ganata
Mona, Jessie... Hits close to home with me too. And it also hits me like when Princess Diana died.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Michael Jackson? I can understand the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Dylan, the Grateful Dead and dozens of others. But the King of Pap?
- George F. Snell III
@George - CNN pointed out that Thriller is the best selling album in history at 50 million. Love him or hate him that's a big impact.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
No denying he was bigger than life - what a strange world he lived in - seems like he got lost somewhere along the way...
- Mark Harai
I see several people on this thread wondering why "GenX" is so impacted by MJ's passing, here is a reason why (http://www.youtube.com/watch...). He was hands down the best performer, crowd-puller, the 80s has known. When it comes to celebrities, I like to view the artist separate from the person, and as an artist, he was up there with the very best.
- Shivanand Velmurugan
definitely a noticeable generational and country gap here
- Bill Kinney
i was having an early dinner at a restaurant when i saw this on the local news....couldnt believe it.....truly sad and socking
- goutham
thought the same thing Robert. I was at the roller-rink when Elvis died. I will probably always remember where I was when MJ died - the gym.
- BEX
My favorite reaction from this news: "Don't worry, he's still alive on YouTube" - my four-year old nephew from Perth, Australia about Michael Jackson RIP.
- Iggy Pintado
I remember that reaction too and some don't seem to understand that Michael was an international superstar, who brings back incredible memories of our childhood. At 45 I literally grew up with his music and am shaken by his death.
- Karen Swim
I remember when John Lennon died in 1980, and it was much bigger for me than Elvis dying. He was assassinated, and it was announced on Monday Night Football by Howard Cosell. Lots of people were devastated by it. It's ridiculous to skip over it. The Beatles were the most well known band in the world, and in that moment, we knew they could never get back together because John Lennon was the leader of the Beatles, and now he was dead.
- Cristo
Like Cristo I remember the day Lennon died. Walked into the student coffee shop on campus and it was like a morgue. Yet, I grew up with Michael. I remember sock hops at lunch time. My first slow dance was with a boy to the Jackson 5 song, I'll Be There. Michael's death makes me face my own mortality. Michael's death is the end of an era.
- Arleen Anderson
I was stuck on the Test Track ride at Epcot when I heard the Michael Jackson news.
- Mike Reynolds
There's no doubt about Jackson's talent and if it hadn't been for his (for lack of a better word) eccentricities in the last several decades in my opinion there would be an entirely different bent to the epitaphs today. I kept thinking over the years, if he could just remain.. well.....normal...... but, would normal have produced Thriller? Billie Jean? The glove? Moonwalking? The...
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- Molly
As a musician, Elvis meant more to my life. But Michael was.. simply Great. RIP.
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
RIP MJ and RIP Elvis anyway. :))
- Oğuz Serdar
Today is the day music video died.
- Tyler Hurst
Tyler: MTV did that a long time ago.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
@Daniel Oh, I don't doubt his impact on pop music - although I think his impact is more on packaging, marketing and style rather than in the music. I just don't understand the blind devotion of his fans.
- George F. Snell III
I suspect there are 1000s of people who meant more to my life than any pop star you can give me a name for. And I certainly don't know their names. What's the hashtag for that?
- Wade Dorrell
Of course there are 1000s of people who meant more to our lives. The reason we feel a sense of loss when celebrities like MJ pass is because his songs bring back certain memories from our lives. Brings back memories of my childhood. Less about MJ and more about his music and the memories.
- Curt Mercadante
Andy: Are you okay? You don't like his actions...did you ever see the man dance?
- Garin Kilpatrick
There are some people you're just glad that they are gone, not because you dislike them, but exactly because you _do_ like them. The guy was pushed into the showbiz by his dad, had no childhood, had no privacy, and the only people he cared about (i.e. children that lived crappy lives) were used against him to the demise of his career. MJ is far better away from this place we call Earth.
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
I was a 13 year old on the family trip driving trip that summer that started in connecticut, went through florida, across to arizona and then back across the center of the country. We woke up in Oklahoma city flipped on the TV and got the announcement that Elvis had died. Our next stop was supposed to be Memphis...
- Armen Chakmakjian
Don't forget Kurt Cobain. I actually cried when he died. I won't cry for Michael Jackson. :-/
- Dane Deasy
RT @miketrap Twitter is for meeting new people, Facebook for people you once knew well, FriendFeed for people you want to know better.
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hi
- Android_Learner
How do you use FF to this end, specifically?
- Brett Kelly
from BuddyFeed
Just one reason is because you can see more of what someone is posting online if they have their profile setup to add different types of content such as, blog post, fav. videos, rss feeds, photos and more. Therefore getting to know them better or tracking their social behavior. That's my 2cents and I just Retweeted @MIketrap
- Wayne Sutton
Twitter is mostly for talking to people I don't and won't know. FriendFeed is for getting to know them better, and Facebook is for people I would like to have closer in my life (whether I just met them online, or once knew them IRL)
- guruvan (Rob Nelson)
RT @conniereece: Please pray for my cousin Ron, who is in the hospital in Manila. He needs surgery but is having breathing problems. #fb
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Still my favorite Father's Day gift ever: from my son when he was 2-3 years old. (Dictated to his Sunday School teacher.) - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Barney??
- pea
No idea where the "purple" came from. One of the reasons I like it, however.
- Mistletoe Glen
Adorable :)
- Barbara
We got a new puppy, Pascal. His power of cute are formidable, beware.
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wow, congrats. beautiful dog
- Cee Bee
Picture 2 is like a little, furry old man next to a bigger, furry old man
- B. Hatin
Great Pyrenees
- Nadine Schaeffer
Pascal is adorable!
- Tamara
omg adorable!!!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
awwwww - I want to cuddle him :)
- Anke
omg SO CUUUUTE!!!! - http://ihasahotdog.com/2009...
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i'll buy one.
- michael
I'll take all 12 please
- Nadine Schaeffer
Kitty says "HAI" !
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HI
- Shevonne
Purrrrrr
- Susan Beebe
OH HAI KITTEH!!
- Helen Sventitsky
Meow!!
- Susan Beebe
this is a cute kitty
- michael
OH HAI!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
What is the emoticon for "Don't take a dump on my childhood?"
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Good kitteh - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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From Behind....(feral kittens) - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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uh...
- Josh Haley
This is totally asking to be a lolcat.
- Alix Whitmire
surprise buttsecks!!!!
- vijay
*attack*
- Nia
I<3Cats - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Precious!!!!
- BEX
skc | kitten organisation - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Must be a librarians home.
- Uncle CW™
omg
- Earth Shaker
Hippotato - http://www.woosk.com/2009...
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in South America there are tribes who have mastered the craft of plant growth in tumors. they have all kinds of sculptures of this kind. I had a teacher at CMU who was experimenting with the same craft using human bones and an electro-chemical mix that caused bone growth. she was hoping to get her bones in art galleries. her trick did work... but it didn't sell
- Noah David Simon
that bone growth thing sounds interesting... any information on the net?
- Samuel Bishop
HEH HEH......potato - potahto
- Live4Emma (L4S)
this is the teacher. her name was Marta Lyall. http://martalyall.typepad.com/about...
- Noah David Simon
"In such a domain we contribute our data as flesh to the social and political bodies, dispersing our corporeal body across a fluctuating system of bodies, dreamed by desire. Here, databases function as skeletal structures holding all our living information, which is then operated on elsewhere by the loci of power. Within these structures of power, we function mainly as anonymous consumables."
- Noah David Simon
dude... she is here.... I mean HERE! http://friendfeed.com/terra210
- Noah David Simon
and what is more... she is friends with all my enemies... ugh. Dave Winer, Tad... who else? hard to imagine that I would take all those classes with a woman who I disagreed with so strongly http://friendfeed.com/terra210 oh man... this is cracking me up.... small world... and I am blocked by my own teacher
- Noah David Simon
I told her then that I was a theist... way back in 1996... why would someone who sees truth as an aggregate be so quick to block? ...answer me Marta.
- Noah David Simon
you wish it was like that, lol just kidding
- michael
Be careful when the ears wiggle, it means its going to attack!
- Uncle CW™
Wow! Nature imitating...nature.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
With or Without You - Sungha Jung - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Holy crap! The Asian musical prodigy evolves!
- Rebecca Sun
Awesome!!
- AJ Batac
Really cool! Very talented kid.
- AJ Batac
Dude - check out his More Than Words. Especially the end. lol
- Christopher Chung
Forwarding to bono@u2.ie
- James Holcomb
Feb 13, 2009: Caption - The Cellar - http://cellar.org/showthr...
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Hang in there, baby!
- Christopher Harley
lol @Christopher looks like she couldn't :-(
- David Knight
oh poor thing
- Rachel Lea Fox
oh....
- Nida
aww
- AJ Batac
Cannot......resist.....AWWWWWW....reflex! awwwww
- Felicia Yue
That is like total cuteness overload.
- Mona Nomura
Aw poor babby :(
- BEX
I"m sorry the kitteh has a broken arm, but it makes me really happy that his people were willing to shell out the money to get him fixed up. I've known people who would rather have an injured animal put down than spend money to help them.
- Joey Gibson
:(((
- 1Fathi
POWR TO TEH KITTEHS!
- Josh Haley
As someone who is spending thosands of dollars to treat my dog for cancer I can't fault someone who doesn't have the means to pay for expensive veterinary care. And most people don't have pet insurance.
- Kevin Pedraja
Living On A Prayer - Sungha Jung - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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