One is survivorship bias. People who die young tend to be counter cultural and have risky or downright dangerous habits. Future conservative ghouls are risk averse by definition (Trump & Biden are teetotalers for example).

Second part is them lacking the time to publicly develop their flaws. I'm fully convinced that many idealized martyrs would go the way of Kanye if they lived long enough. Nobody truly knows how Tupac, Morrison or Hendrix would react to modern politics. On the other hand, if J.K. Rowling dropped dead after the last period on Harry Potter she'd be immortalized.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I'm familiar but haven't heard the term in a while so for those reading: Teetotalism

[–] mudstickmcgee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Only the good die young

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

All dogs go to heaven

[–] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

I am floored.

I really love his music. The show he did for New Year's eve during COVID was so good.

I hope the death was fast and painless.

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This fucking world sucks so much

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

WHHHHUUUUUT!?

bruh. One of my faves

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

Crazy news, his bathtub full of flaming hot cheetos picture was inspirational

[–] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

https://youtu.be/H8QQHGupPrs

[–] fdnomad@programming.dev 10 points 1 day ago

I was looking forward to more quirky music. RIP

[–] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He was great with Subtronics at Coachella this year. RIP

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago

Dude.. death by helicopter collision is shit...

Dude deserved an OD at least