Michael Jackson

I think you can probably guess where I fall on this one, but Michael Jackson died yesterday after going into cardiac arrest at the age of 50. A reverent animated tribute to his character, written/animated before his passing obviously, is embedded below.

Honestly, it sucks that he died poor and isolated from the world after being one of the biggest and most influential acts in the world. All joking aside, I don’t know that I ever truly bought that he was some brilliant child molester who was somehow faking being batshit crazy to gain access to more boys’ underpants. This is what can happen when you strip a child of his innocence and force him to perform and lose the experience of actually being a child.

The biggest joke of all though is the media and people who were the first ones to call the guy a freak and a weirdo and mock him being broke acting like they give a shit now. You can’t beat a guy to the point that he’s literally got to pop a bunch of pills to numb the pain enough to exist, then turn around and treat him as though you’ve always held him in the highest esteem after he dies. You can remember Michael Jackson as a polarizing figure and someone who didn’t make the best choices in life, you can love his music and cling to that. But the media and regular people acting like they give a shit now after slinging arrows and not caring for years is the biggest joke of all. Stop marrying yourselves to tragedy and putting these people on a pedestal like you weren’t trying to tear them down for literally almost 20 years.

Here’s a collection of Michael Jackson jokes from late-night hosts. Here’s a link to Michael Jackson’s Thriller music video (which, while somewhat ironic now) is still one of the best videos ever made. That’s an even-handed way to remember someone who’s the closest thing to a Greek tragedy to ever be a part of pop culture.

Also here’s my jokes, via my Twitter:

Why did Michael Jackson go to Wal-Mart?
-He heard they had boys pants half off. And a buy 1 get 1 free sale on tires for dead guys.

As a tribute to Michael Jackson, Chris Brown is going to punch a young boy in the face today instead of a woman.

Rob
June 26, 2009
#1

Thank you for putting into intelligent words what I’ve been trying to say all day.
person
June 26, 2009
#2

yes, very well said. i don’t know what else to say besides that as i agree with every word.
David
June 26, 2009
#3

My favorite part about Michael Jackson dying are the people who are bitching on forums about how much they’re going to miss his music.
Because, you see, a dead Michael Jackson won’t be able to come play personal shows in their living rooms.
Just throw some MJ on your shuffle. Morons.
JENN
July 8, 2009
#4

WOW I couldnt of said it better myself. You hit the mark.
Robert
July 13, 2009
#5

You make a good point. Also, as far as missing MJ’s music goes, anything worth listening to was pre-1991 anyway. I’ve been working on a timeline about Michael Jackson at http://timelines.com/topics/michael-jackson. Our idea is to create an interactive historical record of anything and everything, based on specific events that combine to form timelines. We’re trying to achieve a sort of user-created multimedia encyclopedia, in which no event is too big and no event is too small, and where each event can contain various types of resources, such as video, images, maps, etc. It’s also a good way to direct traffic to your blog because your events will pop up along with anything else that’s thematically related.