# This doesn't exactly light up anybody's life, does it?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 23, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888 "2011-05-23T12:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/1 "2011-05-23T12:51:25Z")

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Ever have a conversation with someone who feels down or depressed, and everything you say, they bring up some horribly depressing fact to feel bad about? Today’s CNN headlines contain a perfect example:

[‘You Light Up My Life’ composer kills self](http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/22/new.york.songwriter.suicide/index.html?hpt=T2)

It gets worse (of course).

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> Joseph Brooks, 73, was facing charges on 11 alleged rapes and sex assaults, New York Police Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.

Geez, that’s nasty. It gets _worse_, of course.

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> Brooks’ son, Nicholas Brooks, was charged in January with the murder of his ex-girlfriend

AND it’s _Monday!_

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**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/2 "2011-05-23T13:47:58Z")

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Holy chiz! How long until Law & Order rips this from the headlines?

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/3 "2011-05-23T14:10:58Z")

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I have fought long and hard to have the composer of that song brought up on charges of crimes against humanity in the world court.

Again he escapes justice.

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/4 "2011-05-23T14:13:49Z")

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Now that’s what I call a _sticky situation_.

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/5 "2011-05-23T14:43:40Z")

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Ya know… not that suicide is at all funny for the people who are actually affected by it, but from the right angle and distance… that’s absolutely hilarious.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-doesnt-exactly-light-up-anybodys-life-does-it/582888/6 "2011-05-27T18:33:01Z")

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OMFG. That song is forever burned into my brain from all of the Junior High dances I ever attended. I think I’ll have them play it at my funeral.