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1. moomoo11 · 1790044205 · focus · HN ↗

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   1. popalchemist · 1790044670 · focus · HN ↗

      yes, AND, if your father was dead and people were desecrating him daily, would this "logic" of yours stop you from feeling that saying something is appropriate?

      (No. Come on.)

      1. moomoo11 · 1790045662 · focus · HN ↗

         i see AI edits of living people like sama or dario every day, various politicians, actors from various movies, etc.

         i see AI edits of people who aren't here anymore like that guy charlie kirk or george floyd (to pick examples from "both" sides), i saw ai edits of alan rickman (guy who played Snape in happy Potter), and there are edits of napoleon or others.

         if my dad was a famous actor known by literally 100s of millions of people, that was my dad's choice to bring that on himself. just being real.

         people trying to compel other people is just an L take

         1. clipsy · 1790045713 · focus · HN ↗

            So your worldview boils down to: if something happens a lot, it can't be bad?
         2. Barbing · 1790045841 · focus · HN ↗

            Where are you seeing AI edits?
         3. popalchemist · 1790046965 · focus · HN ↗

            The difference here is he committed suicide, so it is obviously extremely triggering for his daughter to see him saying random (often racist or otherwise created for shock value) trash content as if he's still alive.

            You have low empathy, in case you didn't know.

            1. zulux · 1790047396 · focus · HN ↗

               I'm Lutheran, and we take a very dim view of suicide.

               However, RW was going through hell on earth with his diagnoses and the progression of this disease. Many of us don't view what he did as a willful destruction of the life that God gave him.

               1. popalchemist · 1790144434 · focus · HN ↗

                  There's a lot I could say about it, but, again I just want to reframe this as about being respectful to the family who deserve to not have their traumas reopened daily by juvenile desecrations of his image, moreso than about the rightness or meaning of Robin Williams' actions. Basic human decency.
         4. ElProlactin · 1790048859 · focus · HN ↗

            > i see AI edits of living people like sama or dario every day, various politicians, actors from various movies, etc.

            If you're consuming "AI edits" of Sam and Dario "every day", that explains a lot about your comments here.

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