PSA
Faking someone's death is never a good idea for a joke in general. (Even on April Fool's Day; DDR Freak has learned the lesson the hard way several years ago.)
A number of people that I know are outraged about being tricked into believing a certain close friend of theirs died in a horrible car accident along with his parents. Although I don't personally relate to the one who supposedly “died” (and therefore I will not say I am outraged in any emotional manner), I wholeheartedly support their anger—it's a justified one. Death is one of the last topics to take lightly.
And I do agree. Death is the one of the last things to even bring up for such Fake/Joke. After all, people only live once.
I was tempted to introduce them to my sports equipment collection: golf clubs, baseball bats, hockey sticks, etc.... until I realized they were too sad to be worth the effort of swinging.
And yet abrupt death is used SO MUCH in media - although things that might lead to death like cancer and AIDS and the like are so much more serious.
Good job Looney Tunes! You've made us all numb.
Correct?
Thank goodness, it actually happened on ITG Freak.
Didn't we have one of these not even a year ago?
Ugh, they're not amusing at all.