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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

i still think of you, jim henson

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i still think of you, jim henson

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originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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    Oof my heart.

    • CraigeryTheKid@lemm.ee
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      Yeah unexpected darkness there

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      Kermit misses the whole arm in there.

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        he’s not the only one. 😢

        • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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          You had Jim Hensons arm in you? That’s a story for an autobiography.

          • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world
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            it could have been. I got a gym membership, but maybe I misunderstood.

            • hakunawazo@lemmy.world
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              Sorry I’m officially lost here.

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                “gym” is pronounced “jim”, not “gei-hm”

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    Man I wish we could get like a bummer tag for posts so I know what not to click on :(

    • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.comOP
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      .

      • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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        I’m glad you can feel that way. I, on the other hand, can’t. I just wish I could have a way to not see the sad and fucked up stuff on here all the time.

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        Fucking love Butters. This is his best quote in the whole show. Just pure wholesomeness.

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        Yeah, and seeing the lowest bottoms of the human existence every time you scroll your newsfeed doesn’t make you more sensitive to it, it numbs you to it.

        This comic is sad in the way that the Fry’s dog episode is sad. It’s devastating the first time you see it but the more you think about it the more you realize that there was/is no other message, they’re just saying death really sucks, and yeah it does, but that doesn’t mean it’s healthy to relive it over and over and over.

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    Didn’t Jim Henson die a completely preventable death, too? He had strep throat that went untreated for several days and it caused organ failures from toxic shock syndrome.

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      Dr. David Gelmont announced that Henson had died from Streptococcus pneumoniae, an infection that causes bacterial pneumonia. However, on May 29, Gelmont reclassified it as organ dysfunction resulting from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. Gelmont noted Henson might have been saved had he gone to the hospital just a few hours sooner. Medical expert Lawrence D. Altman also stated that Henson’s death “may have shocked many Americans who believed that bacterial infections no longer could kill with such swiftness.” A lack of familiarity with this possibility, combined with the then-recent deaths of prominent men (including Rock Hudson, Liberace, Roy Cohn, and others) whose AIDS deaths had first been publicly euphemized as other illnesses due to AIDS’s pervasive stigma, led to a false but widespread rumor that Henson had died of AIDS–a rumor that was swiftly and directly refuted by Dr. Gelmont. Frank Oz believed the stress of negotiating with Disney led to Henson’s death, stating in a 2021 interview: “The Disney deal is probably what killed Jim. It made him sick.” Henson was cremated and in 1992, his ashes were scattered near Taos in New Mexico.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Henson

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pneumoniae

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptococcus_pyogenes

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company

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      So he pulled a Bob Marley, then. Also known as a Steve Jobs.

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        As far as the other comment suggests, it wasn’t so much a case of choosing to die or choosing a ridiculous “treatment” but just getting unlucky with having step go real bad in a hurry.

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        Except Henson wasn’t a jackass in real life.

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          He did cheat on his wife.

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      Taste your bro’s cock before it’s too late, bros.

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        Wait, lemme message my bro real quick

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      I don’t think that’s an actual Penny Arcade comic… But it’s something they would publish.

      Was this a guest artist filling in for them? This sounds like exactly the kind of joke their guest artists would do.

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        It was done by whoever does Haus of Decline. It’s not an official guest comic, but it is an affectionate parody.

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    As sad as the loss of Jim Henson has been to the world, Ernie continues to be performed on Sesame Street by others willing to stick their hands up his butt. (I’m just saying.)

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    Did they kill off Ernie?

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      jim henson was the voice of ernie. frank oz voiced bert

      e. they replaced him https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/characters/Sesame-Street/Ernie/

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      Jim Henson performed Ernie and he died.

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    Who keeps putting all these tears in my eyes?

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    “R-r-rubber ducky y-y-you’re th-the one…”

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    Their tub has three knobs?

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      Hot, cold, and tub/shower selector is what I assume

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        That’s how mine works.

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          Your diverter is a knob? Interesting. I’ve only seen them as a little pull handle, usually on the spout.

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        deleted by creator

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      My tub had 3 knobs. Middle one sends water to shower head instead of the tub. You wouldn’t know unless you grew up in a house with 60s style plumbing

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      Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have a banana in my ear.

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      the mythic Third Temperature which only muppets can feel.

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        Hot, cold, felt

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    Bernie and Ert

    https://youtu.be/SSD0e5JCVAk?si=AYe5cMTDCiyF3oYo

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    Man, I hate you.

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    I had this dream. But instead of Bert and Ernie it was me and my dad.

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