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submitted 1 year ago by Brekky@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

So sad :(

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[-] smitty@lemmy.world 216 points 1 year ago

i guess he's not a very good schwimmer

[-] Ineedcoffee@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

First lemmy angry upvote. Get my praise and fuck off.

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[-] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

OH. MY. GAWD.

[-] nevetsg@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Now I am in trouble for refusing to tell my family what I laughed at...

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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace, Matthew. Like many, I've been concerned about him for years. This is terrible news.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 30 points 1 year ago

Same. Was always hoping to see him make a comeback. Damn shame :\

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[-] eee@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He looked 10-20 years older than he should be in the reunion.

[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn, that's way too young.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could he be any more dead?

^im sorry^

[-] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I gotta be honest, this is the first thing that came to my mind when I read he had passed away.

[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 29 points 1 year ago

Is it true he drowned in his jacuzzi? Really hard to believe

[-] Melkath@kbin.social 107 points 1 year ago

Stroke or heart attack (or shooting up after a long tolerance break) alone in a body of water has an immediate cause of death of drowning.

The cause of the immediate cause of death isn't known until autopsy.

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

Says it was after he was playing pickleball, so I'm guessing heart attack.

[-] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Heart attacks, if you mean infarctions, will still be quite rare in 50s, especially in someone who is able to play pickleball. I would also imagine his doctor would be unlikely to have missed signs of coronary artery disease.

I would guess it is more likely that he simply passed out for one reason or another since it was the middle of the night, he had played sports, potentially sleepy dehydrated and maybe even under the influence.

[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

He's had a long history of drug abuse as well though, which can have some pretty bad long term effects.

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[-] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

They are saying no drugs or alcohol involved, so I'm guessing a few hours of strenuous exercise followed by jacuzzi = a heart attack while in the jacuzzi alone leading to drowning as the immediate cause of death, but triggered by the heart attack.

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[-] Brekky@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's what's being reported

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

Apparently his jacuzzi was massive, like the size of a small swimming pool.

[-] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

I have a question for native english speakers. I've read the TMZ article and they keep using the ellipses aka the "dot dot dot" (...). Why is that? It's usually used when skipping words inside quotations, but it does not seem to be the case here. They seem to be used instead of commas. Anyone can explain why?

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Even as a native English speaker that doesn't make any sense.

Trash news sources have trash grammar. Go figure.

[-] Knightfox@lemmy.one 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's also used for dramatic pause, suspense, or as a setup for a punchline, which may be the case for the title. Other punctuation is probably more appropriate, but oftentimes doesn't convey the desired level of pause.

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Why did the chicken cross the road..... To get to the other side.

David Carradine was found dead in Thailand from auto erotic asphyxiation.

David Carradine was found dead in Thailand.... From auto erotic asphyxiation

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

People are saying AI but I believe it’s more of a template. When a celebrity dies the first article out has a huge advantage for getting clicks. They might’ve quickly added details to the template and posted without deleting the ellipses.

[-] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Looking at other articles, it looks like abusing the ellipses is something they do frequently

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

It's definitely not normal. Ellipses can be used for pausing too. But you are right the kinds of pauses in this article requires, commas would suffice. Almost makes it seem jokey and disrespectful to read it out with the ellipses pauses.

[-] redugee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

That's long been TMZ style. Like drudge report.

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[-] CyberDine@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Might be an AI generated article

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is an odd article. Reads like it was written by AI.

The ellipses usage is definitely strange.

I would say you could use it as a pause for thought, or to imply to the reader to draw their own conclusion, or that there is additional unwritten information left up to the reader to deduce or use their imagination.

It certainly feels weird the way they use it in this article.

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[-] RicoRodriguez42@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The Courier has finally caught up with Benny. Rest in peace.

[-] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago
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[-] eee@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Aw man. Even the main Seinfeld cast is still around.

Shows what substance abuse does I guess. RIP

[-] Random_user@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Never bathe alone.

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