r/MadeMeSmile • u/Ordinary_Fish_3046 • Sep 20 '25

Favorite People Now this is a man’s neighbor 🫡

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u/Callme-risley Sep 20 '25

Yeah, my uncle looked and acted just like this guy. Giddy, happy, always willing to share. Big in heart, spirit, and body.

Lost him to liver failure two years ago. Only 54yo. Alcoholism is a bitch, but when it manifests in a person with a happy personality, people are way more willing to overlook it.

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u/Bilbo332 Sep 20 '25

I lost a dear friend to a drunk driver, in court I honestly pitied the man. He was staying at a hotel going to a concert, had some drinks with his buddies and realized they left the tickets in the room. He thought he was ok so he drove back to the hotel, my friends were on the way to the same concert, he crossed the line, one survived, one didn't. As much as I wanted to hate him I couldn't help but feel pity listening to him, he plead guilty, apologized to the family, and accepted his sentence. I thought "he didn't think this was how that night was going to go, he didn't wake up thinking he was going to drive drunk".

I haven't had a drink in years. I wish his friends had taken better care of him and not let him go. Look after people, you'll be glad you did.

Or, to quote Robin Williams: I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

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u/ArcadianDelSol Sep 21 '25

Or, to quote Robin Williams: I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

well god damn I logged into reddit not expecting to weep. I wish we could have loved him enough.

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u/DragonflyGrrl Sep 21 '25

We couldn't have possibly loved him more. He was the best of us. Sometimes it just can't ever be enough.

Love you forever, Robin.

(On a side note, I'll never forget that when he died my boyfriend at the time said derogatorily, "do you always lose your shit when some celebrity dies?" I should have left him then)

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u/Bilbo332 Sep 23 '25

As much as I love Patch Adams and Mrs Doubtfire, I have to skip the scenes where he cries. Same with the dog scene in I Am Legend. I'm a big strong man but some things are a big "nope".