Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-10581381-20170821104040/@comment-28396600-20171011043224

GizmotheMogwai17 wrote: Yellow-spider-kitty wrote: My friend who died from cancer in late 2000's-early 2010's was a huge R.E.M fan (do they have a name?) Since then I feel sad when ever I hear their songs (I still do like them though) I feel the same way about a certain Robot Chicken clip. But in my case, it isn't because I associate it with a dead love one who was a fan of the source material but rather because the topic they are making fun of was very similar to a tragedy I experienced in real life. In the skit this guy walks into a pet store and says

"How much is that doggy in the window? The one with the waggly tail," and the other guy says

"You don't want him. He has cancer,". That one depresses me every time I see it because a few years ago, my beloved dog died of cancer at a very young age. Even though I'm talking about a dog, losing her was the closet I'd ever come to depression in my life. Man's best friend doesn't even describe how strongly I felt about this little dog. Normally, I watch cartoons to get my mind off of things because comedy is the best medicine. So yeah, that's not something I want to hear when I'm trying to get my mind off of a very similar real life experience by watching some usually upbeat adult puppet show.

The ghost dog from The Nightmare Before Christmas used to bother me because of that experience too. The concept of how the character became a ghost (he probably wasn't born that way, I can tell you that) led to the whole dead dog thing, but I was able to get over this one pretty quickly.