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The Dead Thread 2024

Actor James Ransone, age 46, suicide.

First saw him as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of The Wire. David Simon liked him so much that he gave him his tour de force role in Simon's next series, Generation Kill. If you've never seen it, you should. It's a cynical look at the military and command structure, the screw-ups that always happen in war, and it's also hysterically funny, Ransone being a major catalyst of that.

I can only assume that depression at not having a more successful career after that role, and possibly drugs or other vices played a contributing factor.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
He'll have the same fate as my late uncle - six months of increasingly potent Fentanyl transdermals. Death was merciful.
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My wife knows I'm taking up free soloing if that happens to me.

I was sent here to collect field notes* on you murder monkeys. I have no interest in prolonging the assignment a day longer than necessary.

* Never you mind why. Everything is just fine. Go on with what you were doing.
 
I'd say at least this fool didn't take anybody with him, but he did.

A shame about his murder victim, though on balance I suspect it was consensual and the world is 2x a slightly better place this morning.
 
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rufus said:
Actor James Ransone, age 46, suicide.

First saw him as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of The Wire. David Simon liked him so much that he gave him his tour de force role in Simon's next series, Generation Kill. If you've never seen it, you should. It's a cynical look at the military and command structure, the screw-ups that always happen in war, and it's also hysterically funny, Ransoe being a major catalyst of that.

I can only assume that depression at not having a more successful career after that role, and possibly drugs or other vices played a contributing factor.
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As someone whose working career appears to be over, meaning my life is pretty much over since I'm not wealthy - I'm very much beginning to understand suicide.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
fuck off

have you tried recently? have you tried as a master of science, in particular? do you think kmart will hire me as a stocker?

you are woefully uninformed and an asshole to boot.
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I know you don't need my help, but I hate seeing the situation you're in. I assume you've already applied at places like Abbott Labs, 3M, etc?

Have you looked at any of the online work from home sites such as Intch? I have no idea if they're legit or not but I see their ads here a lot.

When you were in Germany did you check into whether or not teaching English was an option? I know the Philippines is not Germany but I have 3 friends here that do it full time - although I realize the cost of living is much lower here.
 
joecct said:
Former Potsdam State basketball coach Jerry Welsh, 89. Russell can give a much better tribute than me, but he was one of the good guys.

potsdambears.com

Bears legend Jerry Welsh passes - SUNY Potsdam Athletics

SUNY Potsdam Hall of Fame men's basketball coach and former athletic director Jerry Welsh passed away on December 30, 2025. The Massena native was 89.
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Yes he was. I went to Potsdam during the heyday of that dynasty. Got to know Jerry while working at the radio station. Traveled with the team for playoffs and three Final Fours. Great guy. Welcomed me all the time. And a great sense of humor when he allowed that to get out.
 
1st world problems, I know, but the logistics following death suck. Didn't have to worry much about it with my dad since everything just went to my mom, and 90% of it was jointly owned anyway. My mom's death is another story.

We finally just got the death certificate over a month after her death. Primarily because she died at home, the coroner had to sign off on it, and the holidays didn't help matters. She also started but never completed her own cremation arrangements, so we had to basically start that from scratch and cover the costs out of pocket (though they can be reimbursed from the estate).

However, while my mom had beneficiaries listed for her own accounts (primarily inherited from her parents) and their joint checking, she never got around to setting beneficiaries for the accounts that were in my dad's name and now are in hers. So all of their estate planning to avoid probate completely is for naught - a decent chunk will still bypass it (including the house, thankfully), but still gotta hire an attorney and go through probate for some of it. And then there's cleaning out and unloading a house; thankfully they'd downsized over the years so it could've been worse. But still paying for maintenance and utilities in the meantime. My dad also had a random life insurance policy that my mom never got around to claiming, so now we have to deal with that with an extra layer of paperwork involved.

Please, for the sake of your heirs, whether it's kids, charities, or your third cousin twice removed, if you have any financial accounts whatsoever - checking, retirement, bitcoin, whatever - do them a solid and set your beneficiaries. Takes 2 minutes normally.
 
unofan said:
Please, for the sake of your heirs, whether it's kids, charities, or your third cousin twice removed, if you have any financial accounts whatsoever - checking, retirement, bitcoin, whatever - do them a solid and set your beneficiaries. Takes 2 minutes normally.
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Sorry to hear you're going through all that.

One thing I will say about this last part is something our lawyer told us. We have the overall estate settlement going to the various beneficiaries (note, we have no kids) set in the will. Therefore, all of our accounts are set as follows:

First beneficiary -- each other.
Second beneficiary -- "our estate" (there's special wording you have to use, which I don't remember right now).

This prevents any contradiction between the will and any individual account. Of course, this means the will has be rock solid in how you want the money distributed. Ours is simple (two large fixed, listed amounts to two different charities, the rest split in half, with one half evenly distributed between our suriviving siblings (and they are listed out by full name) and the other half evenly distributed between our surviving direct (not married into) nieces/nephews (and they are listed out by full name). Simple, but rock solid.

I'm posting this in case it helps anyone.
 
unofan said:
1st world problems, I know, but the logistics following death suck. Didn't have to worry much about it with my dad since everything just went to my mom, and 90% of it was jointly owned anyway. My mom's death is another story.

We finally just got the death certificate over a month after her death. Primarily because she died at home, the coroner had to sign off on it, and the holidays didn't help matters. She also started but never completed her own cremation arrangements, so we had to basically start that from scratch and cover the costs out of pocket (though they can be reimbursed from the estate).

However, while my mom had beneficiaries listed for her own accounts (primarily inherited from her parents) and their joint checking, she never got around to setting beneficiaries for the accounts that were in my dad's name and now are in hers. So all of their estate planning to avoid probate completely is for naught - a decent chunk will still bypass it (including the house, thankfully), but still gotta hire an attorney and go through probate for some of it. And then there's cleaning out and unloading a house; thankfully they'd downsized over the years so it could've been worse. But still paying for maintenance and utilities in the meantime. My dad also had a random life insurance policy that my mom never got around to claiming, so now we have to deal with that with an extra layer of paperwork involved.

Please, for the sake of your heirs, whether it's kids, charities, or your third cousin twice removed, if you have any financial accounts whatsoever - checking, retirement, bitcoin, whatever - do them a solid and set your beneficiaries. Takes 2 minutes normally.
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My wife works for an estate planning attorney. He strongly suggests creating a family trust and set it as the owner of your home, financial accounts, and other investments. Set you and your spouse are the executors, and primary beneficiaries, and children, or whoever you want, as secondaries. Probate ist sehr teuer.
 
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