Celebrity Death Pool!

[anarky]

Speaking of which, I have a stupid question.

This is the media's "you'd better fucking pray that nothing of any importance is happening" story of the day, and it's all over FB. My first question was, "Is she retarded?" She doesn't have cancer, she's just fucking cutting herself apart because she might get it. I said something to Mrs A along those lines (a little toned down), and got an answer along the lines of how smart and brave she is, in a "what, are you retarded" tone.

Bear with me. Maybe I am being fucking dense.

Cancer is fucking awful. I'm not disputing that. But to remove entire parts of your body because you might get cancer? Why aren't we fucking brains in jars? Every single one of us might get cancer in any given body part. "My mother died of breast cancer. I'm cutting off my boobs so I don't!" Shouldn't you delay the amputations until you're a little more clear on it? What if tomorrow, someone comes forward and says, "We just invented a 100% effective, foolproof cure for breast cancer with no side effects"? She's going to feel like a moron, that's what. (Plus, she's fucking rich. She can afford any treatment imaginable.)

Like I said, maybe I am being dense. But I'm having a hard time not believing that when "prevention" extends to "amputation," you've crossed the line into idiot territory.

[vynsane]

it's hard to say, really. this isn't really the same thing as saying "i might break my finger one day so i'm going to have it removed" - she says the doctors gave her an 87% chance of developing the same cancer that took her mother's life at 56. those are hard numbers to come to grips with.

that said, they also gave her a 50% chance of developing ovarian cancer. and breast cancer isn't only centered in the mammary glands - it's considered breast cancer even if it develops on your ribcage or collar bone, so i'd like to know how much this preventative procedure actually reduced her chance of developing breast cancer. if it's 0% then i think she made the right choice. maybe even 25%. but reducing it to only 50% or something like that seems a bit short-sighted. as you say, there are ways to take care of these issues when and if they arise. the mere fact that you carry a gene doesn't mean that it will be activated.

[RoIIo Tomassi]

I wouldn't compare getting a mastectomy with something akin to amputating your leg or hand. At this point in her life they're mostly cosmetic appendages. And it's not like she can't get implants. Christina Applegate did it you can't tell. Hell, I bet hardly anyone remembers she had it done. People have the attention span of butterflies.

[Negative Boy]

Christ, who gives a shit? Angelina Jolie is fuckin' old now. She's 37. That's practically Betty White territory. If Emma Watson or Emma Stone carved off her lovelies, that'd be a goddamn travesty. But not "Lips" Jolie. She fucked Billy Bob Thornton for crying out loud. That's a dick shriveling deal breaker right there. That's probably why they adopted all those kids. Every time Pitt was about to dive in, he remembered he was getting Slingblade's sloppy seconds and threw up in his mouth. They never did it, so they had to adopt.

[anarky]

The great Ray Manzarek. To me, his keyboards (and not Jim Morrison's insanity and yelling) turned an otherwise overrated band into something great.

[Tom Foolery]

Edith Bunker died.
That show is as hilarious today as it was 40 years ago.

RIP Jean Stapleton.

[Ran]

Edith Bunker died.
That show is as hilarious today as it was 40 years ago.

RIP Jean Stapleton.

You mean Maureen Stapleton.

I thought she died in the 80s, but I guess that was just her character from the show.

[Tom Foolery]

Eh. Jean. Maureen. Whichever one just cacked.

[Slicker]

Eh. Jean. Maureen. Whichever one just cacked.

It was Jean Stapleton.

And I love this show still and watch it whenever they show reruns. I had a friend tell me that it was the most racist show ever but I seriously think it was one of the most society advancing shows ever. Just my opinion though...

[Tom Foolery]

In a lot of ways, it's more "edgy" than anything on the air today. Most of the stuff coming out of Archie's mouth in the 70s wouldn't make it past 21st century PC censors. The other thing I find pretty amazing is that it's almost exclusively the one set: the living room. Yeah, occasionally they'll go in the kitchen or maybe down to bar, but 95% of the series is the living room. Anything that happened outside the house is related through story.

[Ran]

RIP Deacon Jones

[anarky]

James Gandolfini comes as a bit of a shock.

[Tom Foolery]

Yeah it does. He was only 51.

Slim Whitman is not a shock. But still a bummer.

[anarky]

Gandolfini had also recently signed on to reteam with his "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" co-star Steve Carell. In "Bone Wars," a film from HBO Films, the two were to play rival 19th-century paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. That project, though, was only in the early stages of development.

James Gandolfini was killed from beyond the grave by Othniel Marsh, because Marsh is just that big a dickhole.

[Diabolical]

I didn't watch the Sopranos, but I thought this was a pretty cool tribute to Gandolini.