No sense trying to apply logic and reason to it.
One of my classmates comitted suicide with his brother/classmate and parents in the house.
The time I was this >< far from jumping off a 10th floor balcony, my parents and brothers were in the house; it was our first visit to what in a few days became our new flat.
When the way out seems like the best way, someone in the next room could be in the other end of the universe.
Drunk Smurf, I am so sorry. I suffer anxiety and other issues too. Not quite as bad. I am able to feel safe in a shrinking area. I am holding onto that as hard as I can. I get really agoraphobic in some places. Sad, but a bunch of people self-medicate when they are so panic stricken. It adds another demon on top of anxiety. I think Bourdain had his own demons that we will never know about. It’s really too bad. Good people are suffering.
As noted, there’s no way to apply logic to such an act - Hunter S. Thompson (who Bourdain incidentally has referred to as one of his favorite writers) shot himself in the head while his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were in the house and he was on the phone with his wife.
Not if you’re bent in some way.
Heels or toes, anyway.
Apart from Robin Williams doing himself in this way, are we certain this was not autoerotocism gone awry like with David Carradine? They seem awfully sure it was suicide – was there a note? Or he was fully dressed?
They were talking, upthread that maybe the scarf Kate Spade used went over the door somehow. That’s one long scarf. I’m just saying. Terrible, however it was done.
There is no need to have your full body hanging to die from a neck constriction. You can tie a scarf or shoelace to a doorknob or whatever and just slump or lean your weight into the ligature until it cuts off blood flow. Your unconscious body will slump even more, and that’s that. Its essentially what little kids doing the “choking game” thing do and occasionally accidentally die. I would assume it’s more comfortable and less sudden than the more cowboy hanging method of stepping off a stool or something.
Scarves do come in long. Isadora Duncan broke her neck when her scarf became entangled in the wheels and axle of the car she was riding in.
My favorite story by Anthony is Cook’s Tour when he is in Morrocco, buys a sheep because he wants to try the testicles, drives way out in the desert, has a sheep roast, eats the testicles, goes out by himself on a dune, smokes a big ol’ hunk of hash, and basically reaches nirvana. Doesn’t get more better than that.
Of the 8 weirdest things that Anthony Bourdain has eaten, I have had 3 and enjoy 2. RIP
I meant, of course, auto-asphyxiation. I keep getting my autos mixed up.
I didn’t know that. I just read the Wiki… weird. And sad.
Parts Unknown is scheduled to leave Netflix on the 15th. Get your fix while you can and sign the online petition to keep it available.
I’d like to see Food Network honor Bourdain by going a whole week without airing any Guy Fieri programs.
I really wasn’t up for watching it again so soon, but do want to watch it in the future.
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One of the channels had a marathon on today and I couldn’t watch it. Just last week I would have thrown it on and half watched, half read a book. But I just couldn’t and I don’t know if I’ll be able to watch his shows again. He wasn’t my favorite celebrity ever, but I think his stuff being so personal and intimate feels like I’d be violating something to watch it.
I watched srversl episodes of his shows on CNN. It wasn’t hard to watch. Just kinda sad.
This death made me sad. Phil Hartman kind of sad.
Been watching old episodes of No Reservations, The Layover, and Parts Unknown the last few days. Anthony was a very intelligent, well read, thoughtful, insightful person. Last night I watched the Houston episode of Parts Unknown, filmed sometime in 2016, and he ended it with this:
"Some people say ‘Make America Great Again.’ I say America was great all along. Some of us just forgot why.
It’s great because your grandfather and my grandfather and just about everybody’s damn grandfather or great-grandfather crammed themselves, snuck, bought their way, or was dragged onto a boat and one way or another allowed themselves eventually to dream. You can. There’s still room. And in some places in America, apparently, you’re still welcome. Welcome, stranger. This land is your land."
Rest in peace, wise old friend.
I had never watched Parts Unknown until after it was mentioned in this thread. Watched the episode on Detroit - my impression is that is was thoughtful, very respectful to the people there, and nicely portrayed the current juxtaposition in the city between the post-apocalyptic ruined urban landscape and the fierce, energetic determination for those living there to somehow make things work out.
That’s the thing - Bourdain wouldn’t sneer at this or that type of food as someone less, he had as much respect for a well-prepared chilli dog as for the “highest” haute cuisine.
He will be missed, but I’m glad he left his books and shows behind for us to enjoy again (or, for some of us, for the first time). It’s not a bad legacy.