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Pixar does decent by a dying 10yr old girl

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  • #92
    netwhizkid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭netwhizkid


    It was very hard on the family and I feel bad for them, I also feel good that pixar helped facilitate the poor little girls dying wish and maybe someway eased her transition into death. I have alot of respect for the company after this, the fact they refused to comment even moreso as they are not going looking for brownie points for it either.


  • #93
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    fair play to pixar. almost sounds like the girl waited to see the film before she gave up


  • #94
    Mrmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    It is a very sad story and I expect most people would offer their condolences to the parents and family. Most of the thanks should be going to the individuals who carried this out and not directly to Pixar. However, it does reflect well on Pixar the quality of the people they have working for them. I understand how people get quite emotional over a story like this but for me there are far more tragic occurences out there every day that we don't hear about.


  • #95
    Jenroche
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭Jenroche


    Very, very sad. But glad to hear her dying wish was granted. Poor little angel.

    Jen ;->


  • #96
    Wacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭Wacker


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    And I also doubt that the parents will want to watch Uo for many many years as it'll forever be associated with their daughter's last day.
    Similair true story: I was watching Cars (another Pixar film) once when I heard my sister screaming downstairs. That was the moment that I learned that my other sister had died. I can still tell you exactly what moment it was (it was during the tractor-tipping scene), as I had paused it and I ended up staring at the paused screen for about an hour.

    I've not watched it since, but I'm not sure it's not due to the bad memory. I'm not a very emotional person so things like that don't get to me as much as they might get to others, but even so I don't relish the idea.


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  • #97
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Whether or not its a good PR move or not shouldnt really matter, the moving part for me was the little girl who held one for such a relativly insignificant thing (for us anyway)

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #98
    Stevecw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,133 ✭✭✭Stevecw


    newmills wrote: »
    The employee left after the movie, taking the DVD with him, Lynch said.




    Miserable Bastard

    I know its AH, but this thread is not one for these kind of comments.
    That story was actually very sad & moving which is last thing you expect on AH i know, but it happened and has got a great response.


  • #99
    nkay1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,950 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    Jesus that's just horrible. I can't believe the poor girl couldn't even see the film.

    It's a tremendous gesture by Pixar and one I'm not in the least surprised by. Any features I've read all talk about how the same core group has been there for years, despite many of them being offered more lucrative positions elsewhere. They really do seem like a family and not like some huge corporation.

    I'm just glad that the little girl was a little bit happier when she died. Still though, serious lump-in-the-throat stuff.


  • #100
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    Ashlynn Whispering Hitchhiker wrote: »
    Give him a break, he's entitled to his opinion.


    I wasn't particularly moved by this story either. I read it and thought, "Ah cool, Pixar did a good deed" - but I wasn't in tears.

    I think its very unfair the way people's emotions are being forced on to others here. I'm not cracking any jokes about the poor little girl's death or anything, but I'm not moved by it either. I'm sure if it was closer to home (i.e. a relative, friend etc) I might be. But I also get the impression that people here are saying they're so upset just to be seen as a 'good' person. As if you're some heartless monster if you're not moved by it... :confused:

    And the warning of being banned for making smart remarks / wisecracks etc; I didn't see any of those being handed out in the Air France disaster thread.
    one of the most pertinent posts ive seen on boards .the double standards are disgusting in here. i recognise half these user names from jade goody dying/ air france threads and they all took the piss.

    heres my pun.
    i wonder did she watch it in "colby" surround sound.
    insert thanks in the box below.


  • #101
    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    Ashlynn Whispering Hitchhiker wrote: »
    Give him a break, he's entitled to his opinion.


    I wasn't particularly moved by this story either. I read it and thought, "Ah cool, Pixar did a good deed" - but I wasn't in tears.

    I think its very unfair the way people's emotions are being forced on to others here. I'm not cracking any jokes about the poor little girl's death or anything, but I'm not moved by it either. I'm sure if it was closer to home (i.e. a relative, friend etc) I might be. But I also get the impression that people here are saying they're so upset just to be seen as a 'good' person. As if you're some heartless monster if you're not moved by it... :confused:

    And the warning of being banned for making smart remarks / wisecracks etc; I didn't see any of those being handed out in the Air France disaster thread.

    You are missing the point, it was a little girls dying wish and it was granted by people who didn't know her.
    handsomecake wrote: »
    one of the most pertinent posts ive seen on boards .the double standards are disgusting in here. i recognise half these user names from jade goody dying/ air france threads and they all took the piss.

    heres my pun.
    i wonder did she watch it in "colby" surround sound.
    insert thanks in the box below.

    No Thanks.
    Wacker wrote: »
    Similair true story: I was watching Cars (another Pixar film) once when I heard my sister screaming downstairs. That was the moment that I learned that my other sister had died. I can still tell you exactly what moment it was (it was during the tractor-tipping scene), as I had paused it and I ended up staring at the paused screen for about an hour.

    I've not watched it since, but I'm not sure it's not due to the bad memory. I'm not a very emotional person so things like that don't get to me as much as they might get to others, but even so I don't relish the idea.

    That was awful for you, sorry that your sister died and god love your other sister who found her.:(

    /don't know what else to say to you.


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  • #102
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    newmills wrote: »
    The employee left after the movie, taking the DVD with him, Lynch said.
    Honestly now, they did go above (Up, even) and beyond the call of duty for the girl. Be nice.


  • #103
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    pixar's new movie has just been announced, 'finding chemo'

    banned


  • #104
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    Rabies wrote: »
    banned
    double standards. you mods seem to pick and choose when you want ah to be serious. i didnt see you telling people to pipe down during the air france thread?? even though a poster's cousin was on the plane. that thread was wall to wall puns yet he gets banned for coming up with a pun of his own (an absolute gem i might add) .

    what was the difference between the girls cousin on boards.ie who died in the ocean and this girl who died of cancer.

    judging by your modding you value the little girls life more


  • #105
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    handsomecake wrote: »
    double standards. you mods seem to pick and choose when you want ah to be serious. i didnt see you telling people to pipe down during the air france thread?? even though a poster's cousin was on the plane. that thread was wall to wall puns yet he gets banned for coming up with a pun of his own (an absolute gem i might add) .

    what was the difference between the girls cousin on boards.ie who died in the ocean and this girl who died of cancer.

    judging by your modding you value the little girls life more

    Will there ever be a day where a half serious discussion about a topic like this can take place, without the usual Moral Compass Kommanders coming in and spoiling it with their bull**** rhetoric?


  • #106
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    Gone Drinking wrote: »
    Yet, you'd probably cry your eyes out if you got a spot.

    What makes you think that?


  • #107
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    all the hormones and clearasil, clearly.


  • #108
    well horse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 202 ✭✭well horse


    Puddleduck wrote: »
    Its sad, but I think Im dead inside too.

    Same here. :eek: I know it's a tragic story but I didn't well up or anything. Something's not right. It's brilliant that a little girl got her dying wish though!


  • #109
    Piste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »
    all the hormones and clearasil, clearly.

    Why would I cry when I have the magic powers of clearasil to keep me fresh faced and confident all day long? Especially seeing as their range caters for all types of skin and is available in all good pharmacies.


  • #110
    gwhiz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭gwhiz


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    I really think sometimes that I must have no soul. Reading all your replies here it seems alot of you were moved. I didn't feel anything. Sure I know it's a sad story but I didn't feel emotional at all.
    When I was in Poland last year we planned to visit Auschwitz. Before I went and since I came back I've read loads of posts by boardsies who say they were very moved and saddened by the visit. I felt absolutely nothing while I was there. Don't get me wrong, I'm a compassionate person and understanding but I wasn't moved by these things.

    I do feel emotional quite often but things which should have some effect on me just don't. I don't understand it. :(


    Of course you have a soul... just because certain stories/situation do not move you does not make a cold person umemotional person.


  • #111
    well horse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 202 ✭✭well horse


    Piste wrote: »
    Why would I cry when I have the magic powers of clearasil to keep me fresh faced and confident all day long? Especially seeing as their range caters for all types of skin and is available in all good pharmacies.

    Clearisil strips all the oil off a persons skin and disrupts homeostasis. So the body produces more oil than usual to compensate. Excess oil gets into pores and increases chance of getting spots.

    Extra oil on face => more spots => more face washing with clearisil :rolleyes: => clearisil makes money off the fact their products don't cure acne

    ....back on topic


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  • #112
    Rabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    handsomecake wrote: »
    double standards. you mods seem to pick and choose when you want ah to be serious. i didnt see you telling people to pipe down during the air france thread?? even though a poster's cousin was on the plane. that thread was wall to wall puns yet he gets banned for coming up with a pun of his own (an absolute gem i might add) .

    what was the difference between the girls cousin on boards.ie who died in the ocean and this girl who died of cancer.

    judging by your modding you value the little girls life more

    I was the first AH mod to the thread.
    With AH, if the thread tone gets destroyed or tainted at the start then you lose any chance of a proper discussion unless its nipped in the ass straight away.

    I'll admit that the Air France thread should have been handled better by me (or us AH mods a whole). We let ourselves fall in to the 'ah sure its just AH' trap. I moved to stop that in this thread.

    This thred isn't about my modding choice or actions. If you you'd like to take that up please do iva Help Desk or Feedback. I have no problem talking about it.

    This thread is about what Pixar did for a terminally ill kid.

    Rabies


  • #113
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    Rabies wrote: »

    This thread is about what Pixar did for a terminally ill kid.

    Rabies
    dont give me that
    the airfrance thread was about a couple of hundred people plunging in to the ocean.i dont recall the o.p asking for the best pun to be posted.even mods were punning.

    however because a mod in this thread( you ,in post #7) said that it upset him and anyone piss taking would be banned,everyone is virtuous all of a sudden.

    subjective modding i feel.
    so if the mods in the air france thread piss take and pun........its carte blanche.
    you either have a forum charter or you dont.
    why would i bring it to help desk???????so you and me can talk one on one away from the masses.no thanks. i want everyone to see this. i already did go to helpdesk and got no where.the mods told me its ah and humour tasteless or not is par for the course


    so heres my tuppence
    i hope colby goes to hell.
    just posting personal opinion.
    not abusing another poster.
    didnt use foul language.
    its just my opinion.
    nobody on here has professed to know or be related to colby.
    a person did profess to be related to one of the deceased on the air france but you all carried on and told her to feck off to the aviation thread.

    well you can take your colby thread off to humanities.this is AH (i have been told ) and its humourous.dont ban people for taking the piss. YOU ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE IT IN EVERY OTHER THREAD


  • #114
    banshee_bones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,160 ✭✭✭✭banshee_bones


    Dave! wrote: »
    Think I've got something in my eye.... :(

    *cough* .. yeah... me too....



    Fair play to pixar on this one..


  • #115
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    handsomecake wrote: »



    i hope colby goes to hell.

    You prick.

    One of the few times AH actually throws up something thought provoking and yet the typical assholish comments come out.

    I couldnt give a shiney sh1te if I get banned from here or not but you sir are a stain.


  • #116
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    nedtheshed wrote: »
    You prick.

    One of the few times AH actually throws up something thought provoking and yet the typical assholish comments come out.

    I couldnt give a shiney sh1te if I get banned from here or not but you sir are a stain.
    i agree but im proving a point


  • #117
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    handsomecake wrote: »
    dont give me that
    the airfrance thread was about a couple of hundred people plunging in to the ocean.i dont recall the o.p asking for the best pun to be posted.even mods were punning.

    however because a mod in this thread( orestes i think) said that it upset him and anyone piss taking would be banned,everyone is virtuous all of a sudden.

    subjective modding i feel.
    so if the mods in the air france thread piss take and pun........its carte blanche.
    you either have a forum charter or you dont.
    why would i bring it to help desk???????so you and me can talk one on one away from the masses.no thanks. i want everyone to see this. i already did go to helpdesk and got no where.the mods told me its ah and humour tasteless or not is par for the course


    so heres my tuppence
    i hope colby goes to hell.
    just posting personal opinion.
    not abusing another poster.
    didnt use foul language.
    its just my opinion.
    nobody on here has professed to know or be related to colby.
    a person did profess to be related to one of the deceased on the air france but you all caried on and told her to feck off to the aviation thread.

    well you can take your colby thread off to humanities.this is AH (i have been told ) and its humourous.dont ban people for taking the piss. YOU ACTIVELY ENCOURAGE IT IN EVERY OTHER THREAD
    Your personal opinion on this; thats not tasteless humour or humour of any sort - its just being a wanker for the sake of it, to prove some ****ty point that isn't even relative to the topic. And yeah I may get banned, but I don't care -you are simply posting here to stir the **** like some sort of moral crusader.


  • #118
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    DarkJager wrote: »
    Your personal opinion on this; thats not tasteless humour or humour of any sort - its just being a wanker for the sake of it, to prove some ****ty point that isn't even relative to the topic. And yeah I may get banned, but I don't care -you are simply posting here to stir the **** like some sort of moral crusader.
    i wonder did she watch it in colby surround sound.puntastic


  • #119
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    handsomecake wrote: »
    i agree but im proving a point

    And what point would that be?

    That you can make light of a 10 year old little girl with more courage than you will ever have in your pitiful life dying?

    Jesus you are brilliant.

    Well done,really,well done.


  • #120
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    handsomecake wrote: »
    i wonder did she watch it in colby surround sound.puntastic

    You're hilarious. Did you ever hear the pun that has 4 letters and ends in "off"?


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  • #121
    handsomecake
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭handsomecake


    nedtheshed wrote: »
    And what point would that be?

    That you can make light of a 10 year old little girl with more courage than you will ever have in your pitiful life dying?

    Jesus you are brilliant.

    Well done,really,well done.
    are you stupid??? i campaigned in helpdesk to have more seroius discussion in AH.i got shot down by all and sundry.
    jade goody died and was pilloried on here.
    couple of hundred people died in air france crash.........mass punning piss taking ensues? if i go trawling into either of those threads will i find a post from you in there calling for people to stop???? why the moral high ground with my post?

    to quote what gets said on here every day " sure its after hours ,what dya expect?" . now off with you to humanities.by the way people related to me(one particularly close) died from cancer.so dont give me this courage bull****.she was probably afraid of the dark and tarantulas. she is not john mclane


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