I feel like we go overboard a lot with this

Dec 14, 2016 6:32 AM

It's the truth. As soon as someone dies imgur goes into ridiculous mourning. It's annoying.

Taking bets on how old @OP is?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I miss him so much. He was the greatest ever!!!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Can you stop pretending that everyone is a cold hearted cynical sociopath just because you are

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why do you care so much OP?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

2016 was like, "We're nowhere near the end"

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Agreed. But if it was robin thicke.... oh hey hey hey you better believe shits going down

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I cared. I grew up with growing pains. Loved the show. He gave me fatherly advice as Mike Seaver while my dad worked and was an example.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I saw Alan Thicke on an episode of Celebrity Family Feud but that's the only way I knew him.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

These are just as annoying if not more so.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What??? He's dead???

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Yeah, like we were all pretending to care about Prince and David Bowie. Such obscure characters, those guys.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

Wow, you live in a very small world.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

I don't care about Alan, but I especially don't care about OP or if OP dies.

9 years ago | Likes 22 Dislikes 3

Yeah, fuck OP

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

But. I actually liked him.

9 years ago | Likes 57 Dislikes 3

Gonna re-watch J-Pod in his honour.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I loved the guy in Growing Pains and later on How I Met Your Mother!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Some of us grew up watching him on TV. We're not mourning him so much as we're mourning our youth.

9 years ago | Likes 24 Dislikes 1

but he was a huge star on canadas worst handiman season 5!!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Who the fuck cares?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Who?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 4

You're an asshole.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I always used to confused him and Patrick Duffy. That said I loved Growing Pains as a kid & his cameos on How I Met Your Mother.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Well I might not know who he is, but Im sorry he died anyway. He had a great name.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Isn't that the dad from growing pains?

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I just want to watch Growing Pains now.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I loved the guy. Grew up on his show; thought he was hilarious.

9 years ago | Likes 128 Dislikes 7

All I know him from honestly but I watched growing pains a lot so RIP

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Same here. He was also a regular on my favorite radio show. Legit bummed about this one.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Which character did you play?

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I think he meant he grew up watching it.

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I loved Growing Pains. Wierd ly enough about an hour after I saw that he passed away I fired up Fuller House and it was the episode he 1/2

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Was on. He only guessed one episode but the situation was great. It was weird seeing him though. 2/2

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

He's been a wendigo for years.

9 years ago | Likes 55 Dislikes 2

Username checks out.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

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9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 0

Older imgurians will care we grew up on his show, also he wrote the theme music to facts of life and different strokes and many more

9 years ago | Likes 123 Dislikes 0

I did not know this!

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Was a huge hockey fan and all around fantastic person. Will be missed.

9 years ago | Likes 12 Dislikes 2

I'm pretty young and know him from his appearances in how I met your mother, op is just being a dick

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

And Canadian!

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I loved him in jpod

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Me too! He was perfect as Ethan's dad!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I saw a post about him, and thought he sounded familiar. Looked him up, had no idea who he was

9 years ago | Likes 190 Dislikes 5

No idea who he was. But he was 69, just like Alan Rickman and David Bowie

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I remember him from HIMYM, makes me a bit sad to know he died.

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

His son did that video about sexually assaulting Miley Cyrus or whatever

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

He's a little bit thicker than Alan Regular

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You never watched Growing Pains when you were growing up?

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Yeah I think I only know him from Family Guy references

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You're probably thinking of Johnny Thicke, gay porn creampie legend

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You probably recognize his voice. He does the Optima Tax Relief commercials.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I doubt he recognized his voice from the name

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Thought it was the dude that grinded up on Miley Cyrus

9 years ago | Likes 77 Dislikes 0

We are not that lucky

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

that was robin thicke...maybe his son or something?

9 years ago | Likes 28 Dislikes 1

haha that sounds like a porn name

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It's his son, but I don't know how. They're both about 300...

9 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 3

Only need like 12 or so years between them for it to be biologically possible.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

MRW Alan Thicke dies

9 years ago | Likes 42 Dislikes 17

Oh Canada...

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

MRW most famous people die. Especially when they led long, successful, fulfilling lives.

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

69 isn't that long.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Christopher Lee died when he was 93.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I was pretty sad when Michael Jackson died, I felt like he had a lot more songs left in him.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

He touched so many

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 2

Under the age of 14

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Who the fuck is Alan Thicke?

9 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 11

Same.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

An actor and Robin Thicke's father

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

He sang "Sweaty and Hot" at the 1984 Aerobics Championships

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

Oh. No wonder I don't know him. Before my time.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Who the fuck is Alan Thicke?

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 6

He was Canadian.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

He co-star a video with Robin Sparkles back in the day

9 years ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 1

Who is Robin Sparkles?

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

It's like, where were you? Here https://youtu.be/mCAiBmA_bK8

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1