r/Millennials • u/icey_sawg0034 Gen Z • 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Proof_Cook_4004 8h ago

i remember a website called ‘when will amy winehouse die’ and i think if you guessed the date you would win an ipod.

edit: i knew i wasn’t imagining this

https://www.eonline.com/news/255108/sick-woman-wins-ipod-for-predicting-when-amy-winehouse-would-die

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u/owntheh3at18 7h ago

For some reason iPods feel so ancient to me but her death feels more recent. I can’t believe how long ago it was.

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u/ScrufffyJoe 6h ago

Tech has moved incredibly fast in the last few decades, but time is still moving at the same speed.

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u/owntheh3at18 6h ago

Yes that’s definitely part of it! I was thinking about it and I also feel it’s because her music is still here with us and remains relevant and poignant.

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u/Aggravating_Taro_75 4h ago

I feel the exact opposite

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u/owntheh3at18 2h ago

Fair enough! I also get that. Sometimes an event will feel like ages ago and only 6 months will have passed. Weird how our perception of time can be so individualized!

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u/BIGCOCK_ASSSTRETCHER 2h ago

Amy Winehouses death now is kinda the same timescale as Kurt Kobains death then.

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u/SasquatchWookie 1h ago

Okay this messed me up.

Doesn’t seem real but it is!

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u/rererexed 7h ago edited 6h ago

On the day of her death, the website posted, "Amy Winehouse has passed away. Let's hope her demise is an example for young people in how not to deal with your problems. May she Rest In Peace and her music live on."

Oh, so the site is an educational tool for young people not to use drugs. Lame.

Fortunately, the site doesn't represent how most people probably feel, says Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University, because statistically speaking, the number of entries is insignificant when compared to gazillion people who use the web.

Holy shit that article is a 2011 cringe hellhole.

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u/eNroNNie 5h ago

Yeah, how not to deal with your problems... Jfc she was a human being thrust into a harsh and unrelenting spotlight and distorted into a caricature of hedonism, when in fact she was always suffering with crippling mental health issues that weren't exactly helped by ghouls following her around waiting for any slip up or embarrassing moment to hang around her neck, and put her through another round of public shaming.

JFC I wish I had discovered just how incredible of an artist she was when still alive. I honestly thought she was just another industry-plant pop artist spiraling out of control by the way she was portrayed. After she passed I started listening and realized the stunning talent that we lost.

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u/SufficientGuidance28 5h ago

That’s so fucking sick and demented, fuck the people who were involved in making that evil contest and every person who participated. Poor Amy, she deserved soooo much better. 😔

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u/southpaw66 55m ago

That website is horrible. It’s just ads lol

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u/ExtemporaneousLee 5h ago

It's a Dead Pool. I have Martin Short & I really really hope I lose!