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justtotheseaI have been marathoning Viva la Bam and Jackass and watching all the movies since news broke. It's pretty much all I've been doing since I found out that Ryan died.
I can't. I don't want to get into all the bullshit. But like. I don't know. I get it, I'm fucking mad that he was drinking and driving and not only killed himself, but Zachary Hartwell as well. That's horrific, that's so upsetting because it was a completely preventable accident, and it cost the lives of two men.
But the things I've been having to hear, the reaction from my own friends and family when they found out that he was drinking and driving was, "Oh, I lost all sympathy for him there, he deserved it."
Well. I find that completely disheartening. I don't think like that.
Am I pissed the fuck off about what happened? Yes. Of course I am, but I can't dehumanise Ryan to his last tragic mistake. It should serve as a great warning to others, but it shouldn't dictate who he was while he lived.
I grew up on Jackass, and I always liked Dunn best. He just seemed so laid back and was always such a loyal friend to Bam, he was like the kind of guy you could count on, he was the counterweight to the circus. And he was notoriously a fucking terrible driver. So I wasn't really surprised that he'd died that way, but. I was in shock that it was him, and I still can't completely believe it.
He was a good person, and he made a lot of people laugh. That's how I choose to remember him.
R.I.P.
I can't. I don't want to get into all the bullshit. But like. I don't know. I get it, I'm fucking mad that he was drinking and driving and not only killed himself, but Zachary Hartwell as well. That's horrific, that's so upsetting because it was a completely preventable accident, and it cost the lives of two men.
But the things I've been having to hear, the reaction from my own friends and family when they found out that he was drinking and driving was, "Oh, I lost all sympathy for him there, he deserved it."
Well. I find that completely disheartening. I don't think like that.
Am I pissed the fuck off about what happened? Yes. Of course I am, but I can't dehumanise Ryan to his last tragic mistake. It should serve as a great warning to others, but it shouldn't dictate who he was while he lived.
I grew up on Jackass, and I always liked Dunn best. He just seemed so laid back and was always such a loyal friend to Bam, he was like the kind of guy you could count on, he was the counterweight to the circus. And he was notoriously a fucking terrible driver. So I wasn't really surprised that he'd died that way, but. I was in shock that it was him, and I still can't completely believe it.
He was a good person, and he made a lot of people laugh. That's how I choose to remember him.
R.I.P.
