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J.K. Rowling get Herself into the Headlines...Again

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Skeletaure, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    On the front page of the Sunday Times today there's an article about how Rowling "considered suicide" back when she was depressed, over 10 years ago.

    Several conclusions to be drawn:

    1. She really is an attention whore who has an addiction to being in the news.
    2. How is this a worthy news item in any way?
    3. Even were this newsworthy, how the hell is it on the front page?
    4. JKR must be paying people off at The Times to bump the stories about her to the front page.

    I'll edit in a link when I find one.

    Ninja edit: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3602774.ece
     
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  2. Oz

    Oz For Zombie. Moderator DLP Supporter

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    The year after her first book is published? I can see why she was so depressed, so stop being so mean to her. She's just a poor misunderstood woman who had just made a momentous achievement. Of course she was feeling vulnerable and sad and such.


    [SIZE=-1]You ever feel like we're being ungrateful to her? Nah, me neither.[/SIZE]
     
  3. thisperson

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    Hmm. A single mother in her twenties trying to make ends meet.

    /me nods

    This was probably the age when she got the characterization of one of her most prominent characters down.

    Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose.

    It does say that a friend paid 600 for her rent's downpayment. . .

    :::

    Heh. She had so much success with her books, that she has now gotten to celebrity status. As disinteresting as this is, it has reached a point where the news will love airing any form of 'dirty laundry' she may have.

    People will read and sympathize, suburban mothers will speak ill of her along with any gossip they may have, and we just look on as another slow Sunday morning progresses.
     
  4. Skeletaure

    Skeletaure Magical Core Enthusiast ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    The tabloids perhaps, but I would have expected better from The Times.
     
  5. Oz

    Oz For Zombie. Moderator DLP Supporter

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    It's hardly fresh news. I've had her biography years, and it goes through everything from her depression to teaching English to ugly Spanish kids.
     
  6. Grubdubdub

    Grubdubdub Supreme Mugwump

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    BORING. It's normal to consider suicide, right?
     
  7. Oz

    Oz For Zombie. Moderator DLP Supporter

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    Jump nao bitch!
    Only joking :D
    I don't know if it's normal, but I've thought about it once or twice. Never seriously though.
     
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    How the fuck is this front page material? Is The Times the equivalent of the New York Post or something?
     
  9. Oz

    Oz For Zombie. Moderator DLP Supporter

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    The Times is usually a very good newspaper.

    But no one is above bribery.
    No one. <_<
     
  10. Memory King

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    Stupid, pointless and retarded. Reminds me of why I never read newspapers nowadays.
     
  11. Dark Syaoran

    Dark Syaoran No. 4 Admin

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    I considered suicide in the womb.

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    [​IMG]

    Also, this shit is page 10 material, not page 1. The fact that it was on the front page is disgusting.
     
  12. The Doctor

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    Are we going to have Rowling's head popping up in shit-rags every three months for the next forty years?

    Kill me now. And yes, pun intended.

    If she contemplated killing herself while being a single mother... well, she's a bigger bitch than I thought. I feel sorry for her children.

    Suicidal thoughts generally go hand-in-hand with depression. I went through it, too. But I was sixteen at the time. I wasn't caring for a child. Fuck you JK, fuck you.
     
  13. Garret P.I.

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    Jesus Christ...

    Fucking attention whore.

    "Look at me...Dumbledore is gay."
    "Look at me...I wanted to commit suicide"

    What's fucking next?

    "Look at me...I'm a closet latex bondage gear fetishist with a thing for horse cock."

    JKR... gtfo
     
  14. Richard

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    Definitely an attention whore. She's probably an emo bitch just wanting attention, and thrives in it like flies on shit. It's rather sad to see people go down this far in society (especially in the US where it's rampant). The public just eat this up and feel sorry for her, then she glorifies in it like a lost child or some such.
     
  15. yhelo

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    Who cares? Unless she tried it and failed, this thought should have stayed in her head.

    If she failed at suicide...well you can't fail harder than failing at failing.
     
  16. Dark Syaoran

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    I know what several readers of this thread are thinking right now.

    "Why didn't she commit suicide after the <random number> book."
     
  17. The Dark Lord Squash

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    she did it for the lulz of course.
     
  18. JohnThePyro

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    That "depression" inspired you to write a series which got well over 500 mil...


    Pay someone to build a bridge and get over it.
     
  19. The Doctor

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    I'm thinking OOtP.
     
  20. Aerin

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    "If you try and fail, try again. If you don't bother trying, you're an idiot"

    If Only JK followed that sage advice.

    Personally, it woulda been good if she had suicided after book 4. We get Fleur, Gabrielle, Voldemort, Cedric dead...it's Win Freakin Win!
     
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