Why are people so surprised Whitney Houston died?
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, February 11th, 2012 at 09:37 PM (2316 Views)
So apparently the news is making the rounds that Whitney Houston died today at 48.
It's a shame, sure, but I wonder why people are so surprised by it. Like it's shocking. Like it's stunning. Like she was "cut down in her prime."
Sure, 48 is pretty young to die, and it is a shame, but people seem to forget that the woman was really hard into coke for about 10 years. Certainly not perfect.
I actually had someone get offended when I kind of shrugged my shoulders and said it wasn't surprising. It shouldn't be. You pollute your body with stuff like that, and eventually it will cause something that will get you.
One of the downsides to being a realist, I guess. Seeing the bad in people makes you a bad person by proxy.