Probably a simply-designed Russian bot sent here to sow discord. All it has to do is lob a few ridiculous statements like “you don’t drink while BBQing” which make us question the very fabric of our existence and societal structures, and then we are lost. More lost.
I for one will not have it! I may sit in a hot bath and drink a beer just to solidify the American Dream!
BBQ’d hamburgers and hot dogs for five hours under direct summer sunlight, while fortifying myself with Zombies full of crushed ice, when not shooting off fireworks directly from my hand. If my lack of safety towards myself and others in my immediate vicinity doesn’t scream out American, then I don’t know what does.
I have this idea in my head that she died of an illness. This idea must have originated in my head, but I still find this news unsettling. Perhaps it’s just knowing it didn’t have to happen.
I have to admit that I was a bit relieved to find out it was accidental and not suicide.
The seemingly endless barrage of “Famous person offs themselves” news reports really starts to grind you down.
Completely selfish thought I know, but when someone like Bourdain kills themselves, and you’re working daily as professional babysitter/ass wiper for other supposedly professional and knowledgeable adults every day, there’s a bit of “Man, Tony! You lived my dream, and your demons still got you… What F-ing chance do us normal bastards have?”.