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Matthew Perry dead at 54 in apparent drowning
(www.tmz.com)
i guess he's not a very good schwimmer
OH. MY. GAWD.
Thanks! Now I am in trouble for refusing to tell my family what I laughed at...
Just told this at the bar. Had everyone rolling
Rest in peace, Matthew. Like many, I've been concerned about him for years. This is terrible news.
He looked 10-20 years older than he should be in the reunion.
Damn, that's way too young.
Could he be any more dead?
^im sorry^
I gotta be honest, this is the first thing that came to my mind when I read he had passed away.
Rest in peace.
Is it true he drowned in his jacuzzi? Really hard to believe
Stroke or heart attack (or shooting up after a long tolerance break) alone in a body of water has an immediate cause of death of drowning.
The cause of the immediate cause of death isn't known until autopsy.
Says it was after he was playing pickleball, so I'm guessing heart attack.
Heart attacks, if you mean infarctions, will still be quite rare in 50s, especially in someone who is able to play pickleball. I would also imagine his doctor would be unlikely to have missed signs of coronary artery disease.
I would guess it is more likely that he simply passed out for one reason or another since it was the middle of the night, he had played sports, potentially sleepy dehydrated and maybe even under the influence.
He's had a long history of drug abuse as well though, which can have some pretty bad long term effects.
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They are saying no drugs or alcohol involved, so I'm guessing a few hours of strenuous exercise followed by jacuzzi = a heart attack while in the jacuzzi alone leading to drowning as the immediate cause of death, but triggered by the heart attack.
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That's what's being reported
Apparently his jacuzzi was massive, like the size of a small swimming pool.
I have a question for native english speakers. I've read the TMZ article and they keep using the ellipses aka the "dot dot dot" (...). Why is that? It's usually used when skipping words inside quotations, but it does not seem to be the case here. They seem to be used instead of commas. Anyone can explain why?
Even as a native English speaker that doesn't make any sense.
Trash news sources have trash grammar. Go figure.
It's also used for dramatic pause, suspense, or as a setup for a punchline, which may be the case for the title. Other punctuation is probably more appropriate, but oftentimes doesn't convey the desired level of pause.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side. Why did the chicken cross the road..... To get to the other side.
David Carradine was found dead in Thailand from auto erotic asphyxiation.
David Carradine was found dead in Thailand.... From auto erotic asphyxiation
People are saying AI but I believe it’s more of a template. When a celebrity dies the first article out has a huge advantage for getting clicks. They might’ve quickly added details to the template and posted without deleting the ellipses.
Looking at other articles, it looks like abusing the ellipses is something they do frequently
It's definitely not normal. Ellipses can be used for pausing too. But you are right the kinds of pauses in this article requires, commas would suffice. Almost makes it seem jokey and disrespectful to read it out with the ellipses pauses.
Might be an AI generated article
This is an odd article. Reads like it was written by AI.
The ellipses usage is definitely strange.
I would say you could use it as a pause for thought, or to imply to the reader to draw their own conclusion, or that there is additional unwritten information left up to the reader to deduce or use their imagination.
It certainly feels weird the way they use it in this article.
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The Courier has finally caught up with Benny. Rest in peace.
Aw man. Even the main Seinfeld cast is still around.
Shows what substance abuse does I guess. RIP
Never bathe alone.
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