This makes me feel violent.

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 08/13/2014 at 18:09 • Filed to: bastards

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Shortly after the tribute went up, Zelda quit both Instagram and Twitter because of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

The world can be a very ugly place, friends... as evidenced by the above and the recent electronic assaults that led to changes on Gawker Media in recent days.

It makes me feel violent, and fairly impotent in my ability to fight against it...

Her message:

My family has always been private about our time spent together. It was our way of keeping one thing that was ours, with a man we shared with an entire world. But now that's gone, and I feel stripped bare. My last day with him was his birthday, and I will forever be grateful that my brothers and I got to spend that time alone with him, sharing gifts and laughter. He was always warm, even in his darkest moments. While Ill never, ever understand how he could be loved so deeply and not find it in his heart to stay, theres minor comfort in knowing our grief and loss, in some small way, is shared with millions. It doesn't help the pain, but at least its a burden countless others now know we carry, and so many have offered to help lighten the load. Thank you for that.

To those he touched who are sending kind words, know that one of his favorite things in the world was to make you all laugh. As for those who are sending negativity, know that some small, giggling part of him is sending a flock of pigeons to your house to poop on your car. Right after youve had it washed. After all, he loved to laugh too

Dad was, is and always will be one of the kindest, most generous, gentlest souls Ive ever known, and while there are few things I know for certain right now, one of them is that not just my world, but the entire world is forever a little darker, less colorful and less full of laughter in his absence. Well just have to work twice as hard to fill it back up again.

Reigntastic > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/13/2014 at 18:15

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Man, I loved any Robin Williams movies as a kid, Flubber and The Dead Poet's Society especially. It's definitely a tragedy, but I find it interesting that nobody mentions why he was depressed, just that he was depressed. Maybe it had something to do with two failed marriages, 35M in the hole to spousal supports and litigation, and the fact that his current wife and him didn't even share a bedroom. She was home the night it happened, and she left and came home before noticing.

Despite all of that, people need to grow some thicker skin. Everyone gets offended at the drop of a hat, justifiably so, but who seriously gives a fuck? It's nothing new, and it's not going to change. Robin Williams, Jezebel, Twitter/Tumblr, whatever. It's all just a bunch of thin skinned pussies.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:23

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Depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain.

Your life could be fantastic by all measures, and you could still feel completely hopeless.

No one deserves to be abused verbally, ever, but much less after just tragically losing their father and publicly pouring their heart out about it.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:23

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I really hope that you did not just call Zelda, a "thin skinned pussy."

heliochrome85 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 08/13/2014 at 18:26

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We live in a culture that is morally vacuous. Personal responsibility and basic decency are no longer respected. I, am ashamed to be part of this generation.

Formula4speed > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:42

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You're a pussy for resigning yourself to a "that's just the way it is, folks" mentality. Society is an artificial entity created by people, and people are the only ones who can make it better. Slavery was nothing new and wasn't going to change until it was and did. Racial inequality was nothing new and wasn't going to change unit it was and it did and it still is. Gender inequality was nothing new and wasn't going to change until it was and it did and it still is, too. Now depression and cyber bullying are everywhere, they're nothing new, and they're not going to change—until it is going to change, and we change it. Acting like it's somehow the responsibility of an abused party at any level to modify their behavior is bullshit—the onus is on the aggressor, and our responsibility is to remember that and not tolerate it and work together to eliminate the mentality that we are powerless from our lives and the lives if those we care about to make our society better. You believe we can't do anything about it, but in reality we are the only ones who can.

heliochrome85 > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:45

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you're an asshole. congratulations. do you feel better now?

Also, what year did you graduate medical school? You must have considering that you speak about depression with such certainty. But what do i know? I guess I missed those lectures on "thats life" when I was in medical school. Or while I was in residency.

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:55

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Are you seriously getting on a moral high horse about the circumstances in which someone killed himself? Guess I shouldn't expect anything less from someone who uses "pussy" as a synonym for weak or whiny. Not like I've ever met anyone with the guts to say that to my face, though, just internet tough guys.

The Transporter > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 18:59

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I bet you tell homeless people to get a job.

crowmolly > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 19:11

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Conversely, I have never enjoyed a Robin Williams movie and never enjoyed any of his stand-up. Didn't like his delivery, didn't like his attempts at being cheeky, or any of that. Just was not a fan.

However in spite of that I am sad to see somebody take their own life regardless of the circumstances. Being awful to somebody who has just lost a loved one tragically is one of the worst things you can do in life.

She does not have to subject herself to nameless assholes looking to make her situation even worse for no reason. That doesn't make her a pussy in any sense. If your dad died and people were in your face making jokes do you think you would shrug it off and say "oh well"?

Reigntastic > heliochrome85 08/13/2014 at 22:33

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I do, actually. Thanks.

Engineering, you were close.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/13/2014 at 22:34

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Fite me irl bro

Reigntastic > The Transporter 08/13/2014 at 22:35

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You know what, the thing is, we have nothing in common.

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/13/2014 at 23:52

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Mash Gym on Eight Mile in Redford, Michigan. See you in the cage tomorrow brah.

Reigntastic > crowmolly 08/14/2014 at 00:58

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She does not have to subject herself to nameless assholes looking to make her situation even worse for no reason.

This is pretty much my point, she handled the situation perfectly. Ignore it, move on.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 01:23

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Gotta work, running a business and working full-time is time consuming.

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 06:28

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Hahaha congrats on reaching real hard for that attempt at burn, as if someone who works out at a gym is not also college educated and gainfully employed full time? It's kind of the bare minimum of things to brag about. Sorry I don't make excuses to let myself go.

"Gotta bitch out, Cutco knives won't sell themselves! And I'm scared of fighting a girl who called me out!"

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 06:33

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Lol, no, engineering is not close to medical school. Congrats on being that much of a self-righteous neckbeard.

crowmolly > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 09:43

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Really? Seems like all of the people above me (and myself included) read your text as calling her a pussy for deleting her Instagram and Twitter.

Even if you are speaking generically and not about Zelda's actions it's off base. There are certain situations where being offended online is perfectly justified.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 09:49

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I'm not crazy big, but I work out 5 times a week. 6'2", 200 pounds. I think lifting weights is fantastic, really. If you want to meet at the Gold's in College Station around 5:45pm today, I'll be doing shoulders.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 09:50

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4 years of school > 12 years of school and indentured servitude under healthcare reform

Reigntastic > crowmolly 08/14/2014 at 09:51

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I really was hardly talking about Zelda, but throwing in that Robin Williams reference got people thinking too specifically. I tend to paint broad strokes.

Sure, being offended on the internet is sometimes justifiable, but it's still a waste of time.

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 10:01

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Once again, the bare minimum of things to be bragging about. Sad, really. I'll be sure to meet you at vague, generic location and look for the skinny nerd shittalking from his phone between reps on the circuit machines.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 10:03

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Do you even squat, bro?

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 10:14

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Yes. You're the one who wanted to "fite irl," bro.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 10:42

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Do you always take yourself this seriously? This is Oppo, just shooting the shit.

yamahog > Reigntastic 08/14/2014 at 10:48

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Ah yes, the classic "stop taking it so seriously!" to deflect from who is actually taking things seriously, Mr I'm More Important than a Doctor because Enginerd. What next, telling me to calm down? Once again, you're the one who wanted to fite, bro.

Reigntastic > yamahog 08/14/2014 at 10:53

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Lol. I ain't even mad.

You're a pretty good pushback, this is fun. My only regret is that I can't post pictures for the time being.

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.