# Over 25,000 children v. Brittany Murphy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992 "2009-12-20T22:35:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/41 "2009-12-21T01:53:59Z")
So I’m assuming the OP wouldn’t take the box with the button in it and get the million dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/42 "2009-12-21T02:04:36Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > We care about Britanny Murphy because we knew who she was. Huh? Besides, everyone in this thread who cares more about Brittany Murphy or 25,000 dead children is ignoring the threat from Anthropogenic Global Warming that will destroy the entire planet and everyone on it, even adults who are celebrity-followers. Or there could be some plague that is ravaging the cosmos as we speak, and you all sit around bitching about some dumbass poster? O the shame. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/43 "2009-12-21T02:12:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Huh? > > Besides, everyone in this thread who cares more about Brittany Murphy or 25,000 dead children is ignoring the threat from Anthropogenic Global Warming that will destroy the entire planet and everyone on it, even adults who are celebrity-followers. > > Or there could be some plague that is ravaging the cosmos as we speak, and you all sit around bitching about some dumbass poster? > > O the shame. I am disgusted by your dismissal of the obvious Cthulhu threat. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/44 "2009-12-21T02:16:00Z")
> [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](#): > > What will get more attention, the over 25,000 children that died today or rugged-out, anorexic Brittany Murphy dying? > > Nice priorities SDMB and America. > > No wonder the world hates us. Because, of course, the media and citizens of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland the UK and “Europe” (since Europe, in the minds of many, consists of a single, unified, progressive culture whose environmentally conscious people use every part of the horse), ever day, devote their attention to those 25,000 kids instead of local or national events that are far less tragic. It’s been years since I’ve seen an article about David Beckham in a UK tabloid, or an overpaid hockey player in the Globe and Mail. No, it’s just articles about kids dying in Africa or Poland or wherever. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/45 "2009-12-21T02:24:11Z")
Not often one gets lectured on ethics and morality by a person named after a coprophilic act. I eagerly await the next discussion on the virtue of charity by Dirty Sanchez. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/46 "2009-12-21T02:30:19Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Could we mourn him, or would that be wrong? You could. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/47 "2009-12-21T02:32:37Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Not often one gets lectured on ethics and morality by a person named after a coprophilic act. I eagerly await the next discussion on the virtue of charity by Dirty Sanchez. Cleveland Steamers are so 2004. The perverted residents of Northeast Ohio have since moved on to Parma Pileups, Mentor Mudslings, and Shaker Heights Spring Cleanings. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/48 "2009-12-21T02:35:42Z")
> [@HongKongFooey](#): > > Brittany Murphy must have rocked at [this game.](http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/) I could only beat up 25. ☹ It’s better than 14. (Still, I imagine I could probably take out the worst of the bunch) ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/49 "2009-12-21T02:45:58Z")
**Cleveland Steamer** ’s moral compass is broken. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/50 "2009-12-21T02:47:55Z")
32 bitches! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/51 "2009-12-21T03:50:31Z")
17 :(. I was even willing to use them as weapons. ☹ Hey, OP, after you’re finished looking up “monkey sphere” (shakes fist at **marshmallow** - I wanted to post that!), try looking up “compassion fatigue.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/52 "2009-12-21T03:56:08Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Huh? > > Besides, everyone in this thread who cares more about Brittany Murphy or 25,000 dead children is ignoring the threat from Anthropogenic Global Warming that will destroy the entire planet and everyone on it, even adults who are celebrity-followers. > > Or there could be some plague that is ravaging the cosmos as we speak, and you all sit around bitching about some dumbass poster? > > O the shame. I know entropy will destroy us all in time, but I find it hard to care. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/53 "2009-12-21T04:00:15Z")
What about the possibly hundreds, nay thousands of other hot 32 year olds that die every day? Who’s going to care about them??? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/54 "2009-12-21T04:01:35Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I know entropy will destroy us all in time, but I find it hard to care. Undoubtedly Chuck Norris will kill us all first. _If_ the internet is to be believed that is. And has it ever steered you wrong before? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/55 "2009-12-21T04:08:48Z")
An asshole is acting like an asshole. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/56 "2009-12-21T04:10:21Z")
I declare Pit Thread Backfire. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Cleveland_Steamer)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/57 "2009-12-21T04:23:15Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Anorectic. According to AHD, either _anorexic_ or _anorectic_ is correct. > **[Home : Yahoo Academy Learning Center](https://www.academy.yahooinc.com/student/catalog)** > **[Home : Yahoo Academy Learning Center](https://www.academy.yahooinc.com/student/catalog)** According to _Garner’s Modern American Usage_, as either a noun or adjective, both may refer to people with _anorexia nervosa_, but _anorexic_ is far more common (especially in general writing). _Anorectic_ is mostly confined to medical and scientific communities. (page 48 of the 2nd edition.) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/58 "2009-12-21T04:29:10Z")
In Re: The OP Where is Big Billy Goat Gruff when we need him? ---
**Author:** ![25.1327\_Octopi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@25.1327\_Octopi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/25.1327_Octopi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/59 "2009-12-21T04:30:48Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I know **entropy** will destroy us all in time, but I find it hard to care. I believe you mean **apathy.** ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992/60 "2009-12-21T04:37:25Z")
> [@25.1327\_Octopi](#): > > I believe you mean **apathy.** Whatever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-25-000-children-v-brittany-murphy/521992.md?page=4)