My Sim, Lionel Richie, has died

[Obi]

In the Sims 2, Lionel Richie and his wife, a maid which Lionel had once hired, died in mysterious circumstances today. The Grim Reaper took them away and then decided to watch the telly (telly is english for TV which is an acronym for Television). Lionel is suvived by his sons Lionel Richie Jnr and Lionel Richie Jnr and three famous dogs, Jerry, Grahhjfh and Maxx. I'm sure like me, you'll miss Lionel very much so. We still have his music and his crazy dancing to remember.



_{Edit by Andail: Changed title}

[evenwolf]

uh if Lionel Ritchie actually died  what would your subject line read?

[Mr Flibble]

I just had the following conversation with my friend.

"Damn, Lionel Richie died!"
"Damn."
"Wait... no he hasn't. Disregard, cocks etc."

I imagine if I cared more about Lionel Richie I'd be a tad distressed by the misleading topic. Otherwise, my condolences to you at this sad time. My own sim got wiped accidentally... which is just as well, he'd been keeping his girlfriend locked in a doorless room for a loooong time.

.....What? She refused to marry me so into the dungeon she went.

EDIT: Yeah, despite digressing into a conversation about The Sims I did originally want to post to express my distaste, particularly because - as Disco is about to say - I usually expect things on this board to be true and especially over serious matters.

[Disco]

I must say as a fan that I do not find the subject the least bit amusing. Perhaps it is my fault I was tricked into thinking that a favourite singer had passed since I don't make a habit of double-checking on a board where the notably deceased are usually honoured with a thread. The fact that you are not a fan should not give you license to title threads misleadingly like that. This isn't my board, so I guess just enjoy this morbid, insensitive shock thing you have going on.

[BOYD1981]

that's just the thing though, Obi really is a big fan of Lionel Richie. he's even been making family and friends Lionel Richie themed greetings cards.
i was actually speaking to Obi at the time that Lionel passed away, unfortunately he had been playing the game at the fastest speed and not taking notice of his status bars and unfortunately it seems as though he starved to death.

[Dan_N]

And besides, people dying is just about the funniest thing around... Except when they die in gruesome, yet hilarious ways...

[ManicMatt]

THINK BEFORE YOU POST!

[Hammerite]

POST AFTER YOU THINK!

[earlwood]

I had only read the title before I woke my father up to tell him Lionel Richie was dead.  Boy, was my face red!

[Nikolas]

Bad taste I say

[Tuomas]

Next time someone asks me what over reacting means, I'll link them to this thread.

[Mr Flibble]

Next time somebody has to ask you what overreacting means you should seriously consider your choice of company.

[Darth Mandarb]

I think it's poor taste to post a topic title like that ... however, this is the internet and that's the kind of shit that happens.  People don't realize that just because something isn't important to them it might be important to others.  Or they do realize and just don't give a shit and/or think it's funny.  There's really nothing to be done about it.  It goes back to Andail's recent thread about this very topic.

I've reached a point where, when I read an upsetting title like that, I wait to read the content before accepting it to be true (and even after reading the content, I still try to find evidence that it's true elsewhere just in case ... again, this IS the interwebs after all).

Meh ... such is life in this increasingly digital world we inhabbit.  At least the title is now a bit more descriptive about what the topic is actually about.

[Erenan]

A long time ago when I was high school and played the Sims a few times, I recreated the three main members of the Blue Öyster Cult, and they lived in a very nice house together. I don't remember what Eric Bloom and Allen Lanier did, but Buck Dharma became a successful politician.

[Raggit]

Sorry to hear about the passing of your Sim. 

Also sorry to hear about how upset people are about the original title of the thread.  Gee, don't bother to open it and see what it is, or check the news, or even Google it to see if it really happened.

[ManicMatt]

Of course we opened it. How else did we comment on it? It's the initial feeling of seeing that subject line, it's the only information given to us at that exact moment.

[TerranRich]

Am I the only one...not offended?

[space boy]

Am I the only one...not offended?

No, you're not.

[Sam.]

I am not offended by this, however having spent alot of time talking to obi, I understand his sense of humour. I don't really think this was in poor taste, as Lionel Richie Isn't actually dead.   

[ManicMatt]

I don't really think this was in poor taste, as Lionel Richie Isn't actually dead.   

How would you know?