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Yeah roach, I get it. There were also times when I thought he could get a little too snarky or preachy. But he usually was able to pull me back in - he was able to walk that fine line because I think he told the truth as he saw it (right or wrong).
I think he knew that he came off snarky, even when not intended... and the same with being too cool. Seemed to be a self awareness about his even unintentional too coolness, balanced with times when he would be that way deliberately - maybe it became harder to separate the two under the increasing glare of the spotlight. And maybe he eventually lost touch with who and what he was 20 something years ago.
Good article. Reaffirms my opinion, but it's good to hear he was at least a genuine and considerate person, even if he thought donning shades and a leather jacket made him look bada$$ and not like a tryhard.
Statements like these are what remind me that some people really just don't have empathy. I feel it so heavily and often that I often just can't imagine where people are coming from who don't, but then I see something like this and I remember what that looks like.
My guess is that the only thing he's lacking in is knowledge. Ignorance can fuel his mindset as much as a lack of empathy canmcintyre1 said:
He was staying at the same hotel as us in Santa Fe filming an episode of his show. He showed up while we were eating, sat at the bar and had some kind if appetizer and drink. Didn't finish either and left after about 10 minutes. Saw him a couple of times around the hotel, always by himself, but he never looked too happy. Meanwhile his film crew seemed to be having a great time.Daywalker said:
Yet you made the time to post this. Nice work.FiredMartz said:
Im usually guilty of jumping off a band/show etc as it gains popularity, never felt that way about Bourdain but I’ve heard people complain about him the past few years.cockroach said:
This. It's easy to say that their actions are selfish, if you think of it on a surface level. But, the bottom line is that these people have family, kids, friends, pets, etc. that they care about very much (and vice versa). And, yet, at the end of the day, they choose to do something that you would think somebody with "that" would never choose to do. They have no choice. Or, at least, they feel that they don't. And, it's not like it's something that just pops up one day, and gets the best of them. It's something that, in most cases, they've been fending off their entire lives. They win, and win, and win, and win that battle. And then, one day, it's just too much, and IT wins instead. Unfortunately, it's not a best of seven series, when it comes to serious depression. You win "only" 99 out of 100, and you're gone.
Be respectful of those mourning. There may be a time for this type of discussion and how it affects those left behind. But it's not today.FiredMartz said:
If he really did struggle a lot with depression, One might wonder how he was able to be strong enough to make it to 61.Chemical X said:
There is no logic with depression. They battle and win but things happen where the stars line up, and with some kind of trigger, that's it. If it was explainable, a cure as opposed to just treatment would be available. But you can't know the depths of despair someone may be in. Those who look suicidal never do, and those who seem to have a good life or concurred their demons from years ago have not. It's an illness that is always there that people have to tend to every day to survive. It's not garden variety depression everyone goes through, but chronic and clinical where periods of feeling good even is possible for awhile. But it's there.
I don’t know if he filmed there but that sounds like it could be the Amphawa floating market in Thailand. There are similar ones scattered in Vietnam, but Amphawa has tons of little seafood grills.
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