a man among men
So yeah, the Croc Hunter is dead. Normally I don't give a damn when some celebrity dies, but in this case I was actually surprised by my reaction upon learning of his death. I actually felt a sense of "loss". He was like that really cool person that you didn't really know or hang out with but their presence nevertheless left an undeniable impression on you.
Unlike other celebs who were fake as hell, you could tell that he was really just being himself and I liked that. Also, he was kind of a dork and he made know apologies for it and I can definitely relate to that.
Sheesh, I didn't even blink when I heard that princess Diana whatshername got killed while the rest of the world was in a "state of mourning" and for what?? What the fuck did that bitch do? She was nothing more but a spoiled, rich, pill popping, nutbag and the hardest part of her life was picking the cutest 10,000 dollar dress for one of the hundreds of lame ass social events she seemed to attend on a regular.
Oh wait... she raised awareness about kids getting their legs blown off by landmines in countries that nobody gives a fuck about anyway... whoaaaaaa! What a fucking humanitarian... I sure she got some kind of compensation for her "work".
Steve fucking Irwin wrestled giant crocidiles and poisoness snakes for god's sake and every dime he made went right back into his passion of raising awareness of wildlife conservation. He never bitched, he never whined and he sure as hell didn't spend his money on the latest designer clothes, jewelery or some other materialistic status symbol like those other douchebag phonies.
I think it's fitting that after smacking around the world's most dangerous animals he gets taken out by the "harmless" stingray because most legendary bad asses usually go out like that... just look at Samson, John Henry and Achilles.
I know the whole line "He died doing what he loved" has been soooooo overused in this case, but it's true! He really did! I hope I'm that lucky, although I doubt my death will be as kick ass as his!
A bit harsh with the Diana bashing, but I will miss the croc hunter.
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RIP Steve!
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i'm from south africa, and i watch a show called cart blanch,which is a news/tabloid type of show. they paid tribute 2 steve with a interview he took recently, and it was so sad! he said that his dad is sick and when he dies his life will change, and now he has died before his dad. this man was a legend!
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