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Post by kat531 on Aug 25, 2016 18:30:33 GMT -5
This is what children do to Marshall:  Honestly, have we ever seen a sweeter expression on his face? He's a total softie. |
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Post by matty on Aug 25, 2016 18:40:36 GMT -5
This is what children do to Marshall: Honestly, have we ever seen a sweeter expression on his face? He's a total softie. His hair does look long. I wish he wasn't wearing hat so we can see how long it is and he does look sweet here  |
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Post by kat531 on Aug 25, 2016 18:51:33 GMT -5
This is what children do to Marshall: Honestly, have we ever seen a sweeter expression on his face? He's a total softie. His hair does look long. I wish he wasn't wearing hat so we can see how long it is and he does look sweet here Haha. Didn't even think about the hair but you're right. you're just waiting on him to bust out with the 80's hair band 'do I know, Lol. |
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Post by nelly on Aug 25, 2016 19:00:32 GMT -5
Fair enough. There is nothing wrong with wanting your friends around in uncomfortable situations. I think it's a bit sad if he absolutely needs them there like kat531 implied (maybe I read it wrong). It just makes it seem like he can't do anything on his own which I'm sure is not the case. Like does he take Royce and Denaun on his dates too? lol I just think sometimes we have a tendency to exaggerate his personality traits. We are talking about a guy who is able to perform in front of thousands of people and moon millions of viewers on national TV, I don't know too many people who could do that. He might be shy and awkward but I'm sure he can handle himself in unfamiliar settings if he needs to. He has demonstrated it many times in the past. Does he like to have his friends around? Yes. Does he categorically need them there? I don't think so. There is a difference between the two IMO. I say all that to say I don't think he is as helpless and dependent as some people make him out to be. |
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Post by tcat on Aug 25, 2016 19:01:43 GMT -5
About the little girl meeting em. Kids these days are pretty advanced, I wouldn't be surprised if she was a big fan even at that age. I mean, I hear little kids swearing all the time. Maybe someone played lots of em around her. Also, what's wrong with em needing his friends for emotional support? i mean in regards to the little girl I was mainly referring to the video...she did not seem that excited...more confused lol. I am just saying i wouldn't be surprised if her dad got her into eminem and she picked him because it would make both her and her dad happy as far as the emotional support I agree. I heard as well that Em seems to be a bit socially awkward (but he seems to be more comfortable with kids) and I dont see anything wrong with wanting support during times that are especially sensitive. EM is socially awkward and does seem uncomfortable around new people and new situations. He admits that he isn't an attention seeker during his day to day life and Obie said out of everyone on Shady Camp Em is most likely to be the one in the background reading a book by himself. I kind of relate to Em in this way. I am really goofy with my friends and people i feel comfortable with but I would never go to a party by myself and I shut down when I am with new people in general. I also love to be goofy and make a lot of jokes when I am comfortable around people but then I need a few days to be myself. Like almost to recoup lol. I dont see anything wrong with it-a lot of people are like this and it sometimes take more effort than other to be social. My older sister for instance can make friends in one night in a new place and it takes me months...if not more. Basically if I was Em i would want a friend to be with me to during something like that haha. Didn't Em say he didn't read books? I know that was a long time ago, like back when he was filming 8 Mile, so maybe now he does. I have always wondered how someone who has an 8th grade education knows so much. Most people with that level of education are not that bright. If he reads books regularly, that would make sense. I can actually see him reading books. He seems like a book reader to me. I can also see him enjoying an art museum, or museum in general. I don't know why...he just gives off that "intellectual curiosity" vibe to me. |
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Post by matty on Aug 25, 2016 19:13:13 GMT -5
i mean in regards to the little girl I was mainly referring to the video...she did not seem that excited...more confused lol. I am just saying i wouldn't be surprised if her dad got her into eminem and she picked him because it would make both her and her dad happy as far as the emotional support I agree. I heard as well that Em seems to be a bit socially awkward (but he seems to be more comfortable with kids) and I dont see anything wrong with wanting support during times that are especially sensitive. EM is socially awkward and does seem uncomfortable around new people and new situations. He admits that he isn't an attention seeker during his day to day life and Obie said out of everyone on Shady Camp Em is most likely to be the one in the background reading a book by himself. I kind of relate to Em in this way. I am really goofy with my friends and people i feel comfortable with but I would never go to a party by myself and I shut down when I am with new people in general. I also love to be goofy and make a lot of jokes when I am comfortable around people but then I need a few days to be myself. Like almost to recoup lol. I dont see anything wrong with it-a lot of people are like this and it sometimes take more effort than other to be social. My older sister for instance can make friends in one night in a new place and it takes me months...if not more. Basically if I was Em i would want a friend to be with me to during something like that haha. Didn't Em say he didn't read books? I know that was a long time ago, like back when he was filming 8 Mile, so maybe now he does. I have always wondered how someone who has an 8th grade education knows so much. Most people with that level of education are not that bright. If he reads books regularly, that would make sense. I can actually see him reading books. He seems like a book reader to me. I can also see him enjoying an art museum, or museum in general. I don't know why...he just gives off that "intellectual curiosity" vibe to me. he said he has only read ll cool j's book front to back but that was a long time ago. Plus the girl who wrote White Teeth said he told her that he read her book.. idk if obie just meant that Em would be the one who likes his quiet time. Maybe he didnt take the question literally-like more metaphorically haha. Or maybe Em lied and actually does read a lot but likes to keep it private cuz dude is weird when it comes to the stuff he likes to keep private haha. He did have a lot of books in his office if we go by the pics that were in his book |
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Post by kat531 on Aug 25, 2016 19:14:24 GMT -5
Fair enough. There is nothing wrong with wanting your friends around in uncomfortable situations. I think it's a bit sad if he absolutely needs them there like kat531 implied (maybe I read it wrong). It just makes it seem like he can't do anything on his own which I'm sure is not the case. Like does he take Royce and Denaun on his dates too? lol I just think sometimes we have a tendency to exaggerate his personality traits. We are talking about a guy who is able to perform in front of thousands of people and moon millions of viewers on national TV, I don't know too many people who could do that. He might be shy and awkward but I'm sure he can handle himself in unfamiliar settings if he needs to. He has demonstrated it many times in the past. Does he like to have his friends around? Yes. Does he categorically need them there? I don't think so. There is a difference between the two IMO. I say all that to say I don't think he is as helpless and dependent as some people make him out to be. But I never said he "needed" friends around him to function, lmao. I just said he might feel more comfortable with them around to help break the ice or whatever. And the fact is he DID bring Royce with him to meet with Gage. Why else would he have done it really? I mean, even Kid Rock said when he had a little get together with Em and Bob Seger, Em was awkwardly sitting off in the corner or something (only half joking I think). Em has said the same thing about himself--that he can be shy and awkward. Besides, performing is different. He is playing a role then vs. interacting in a social situation. Of course he can "handle" interacting with people. He's very polite and soft spoken but also funny from what we've heard. Never said he was helpless or dependent either. I believe he's quite the opposite actually. Just because somebody is an introvert or shy, it doesn't make them incapable or socially inept. |
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Post by nelly on Aug 25, 2016 19:35:09 GMT -5
Fair enough. There is nothing wrong with wanting your friends around in uncomfortable situations. I think it's a bit sad if he absolutely needs them there like kat531 implied (maybe I read it wrong). It just makes it seem like he can't do anything on his own which I'm sure is not the case. Like does he take Royce and Denaun on his dates too? lol I just think sometimes we have a tendency to exaggerate his personality traits. We are talking about a guy who is able to perform in front of thousands of people and moon millions of viewers on national TV, I don't know too many people who could do that. He might be shy and awkward but I'm sure he can handle himself in unfamiliar settings if he needs to. He has demonstrated it many times in the past. Does he like to have his friends around? Yes. Does he categorically need them there? I don't think so. There is a difference between the two IMO. I say all that to say I don't think he is as helpless and dependent as some people make him out to be. But I never said he "needed" friends around him to function, lmao. I just said he might feel more comfortable with them around to help break the ice or whatever. And the fact is he DID bring Royce with him to meet with Gage. Why else would he have done it really? I mean, even Kid Rock said when he had a little get together with Em and Bob Seger, Em was awkwardly sitting off in the corner or something (only half joking I think). Em has said the same thing about himself--that he can be shy and awkward. Besides, performing is different. He is playing a role then vs. interacting in a social situation. Of course he can "handle" interacting with people. He's very polite and soft spoken but also funny from what we've heard. Never said he was helpless or dependent either. I believe he's quite the opposite actually. Just because somebody is an introvert or shy, it doesn't make them incapable or socially inept. Like I said, I took it the wrong way. I got the impression you were implying he couldn't handle the situation without his friend around. I was making a distinction between want and need. If he is able to play a role while performing he can play a role in a social settings if he has to like a lot of people do. I agree with everything else you said. Not talking about you specifically but I have noticed a trend over the years of fans describing him as helpless and dependent. |
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Post by GG102 on Aug 25, 2016 21:01:24 GMT -5
I'm starting to wonder if Em's pecs in the pic with Drake were rather, uh, photo-enhanced, Lol. His physique in the actual show and in these pics isn't anywhere close to the complete buffed out dude in the Drake pic. could have been his layers of clothes haha but that photo was photoshopped. you can tell by their faces haha Aren't 99.9% of all EM photos photoshopped?! The staged ones that is. I laughed when I first saw that pic because EMs hoodie appears to be shrunk; like he just took it out of the dryer and it was a size or two smaller because that is the tightest hoodie I've ever seen on EM. And I've seen more than a few hundred!   |
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Post by kat531 on Aug 25, 2016 21:15:39 GMT -5
I wonder how Em takes meeting these kids. I know he's great with kids but at the same time, it can't be easy to meet a child with a life-threatening disease. Many of these kids are also end-stage, so to see a kid you know is going to die… I don't know if I could do it. Maybe if you can just focus on that moment you have with the child it's easier? I think it's really great that he's doing these meetings. Honestly I don't know how he does it at all. I just read up on that girl's condition, and the life expectancy after diagnosis is usually less than a year with a 0% survival rate. She was diagnosed in January. It breaks my heart. She's such a beautiful little girl. Not going to lie that finding this out brought me to tears. I couldn't do what Em has done in meeting with these children, let alone what the child and her family are facing daily. |
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Post by tcat on Aug 25, 2016 21:45:33 GMT -5
could have been his layers of clothes haha but that photo was photoshopped. you can tell by their faces haha Aren't 99.9% of all EM photos photoshopped?! The staged ones that is. I laughed when I first saw that pic because EMs hoodie appears to be shrunk; like he just took it out of the dryer and it was a size or two smaller because that is the tightest hoodie I've ever seen on EM. And I've seen more than a few hundred! where did you get those emoji's? |
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Post by tcat on Aug 25, 2016 21:46:19 GMT -5
I wonder how Em takes meeting these kids. I know he's great with kids but at the same time, it can't be easy to meet a child with a life-threatening disease. Many of these kids are also end-stage, so to see a kid you know is going to die… I don't know if I could do it. Maybe if you can just focus on that moment you have with the child it's easier? I think it's really great that he's doing these meetings. Honestly I don't know how he does it at all. I just read up on that girl's condition, and the life expectancy after diagnosis is usually less than a year with a 0% survival rate. She was diagnosed in January. It breaks my heart. She's such a beautiful little girl. Not going to lie that finding this out brought me to tears. I couldn't do what Em has done in meeting with these children, let alone what the child and her family are facing daily. What is her condition? |
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Post by kat531 on Aug 25, 2016 21:52:39 GMT -5
Honestly I don't know how he does it at all. I just read up on that girl's condition, and the life expectancy after diagnosis is usually less than a year with a 0% survival rate. She was diagnosed in January. It breaks my heart. She's such a beautiful little girl. Not going to lie that finding this out brought me to tears. I couldn't do what Em has done in meeting with these children, let alone what the child and her family are facing daily. What is her condition? I found info on it on the family's Facebook page (Parker Loves Life). She has a type of cancerous tumor of the brain stem. I can't recall the long name or even the acronym, but it is impossible to remove surgically. |
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Post by stefanie on Aug 26, 2016 0:01:07 GMT -5
I don't think he needs one of his friends to be there in situations like that but of course it's better to sometimes have mental Support. Like with Gage, the poor guy was literally on his death bed but if I remember right, Em was able to spend some time talking to him alone. It's not like Royce was holding his hand. And Gage probably liked the fact that Royce came along with Em.
With Parker, I am not even sure if they told Em how serious her situation might be. I mean she doesn't look like the "usual cancer patient". I hope her disease isn't terminal. As she still is receiving treatment, there still might be hope for her. But I am not sure if Paul would tell Em that a little girl he is supposed to meet might die within the next months, even if it's true. I remember the Story when Em was supposed to meet a terminally ill fan but he died days before he could meet Em. So they didn't tell Em before the Concert he was supposed to meet him at because they feared he would cancel it. Not saying Em is unstable but dealing with death is a bit difficult for him (like for a lot of people including myself), what is abolutely understandable with his past and in general.
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As someone asked what Parkers disease is called, it's Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Prognosis: "DIPG has a 0% survival rate. The median overall survival of children diagnosed with DIPG is approximately 9 months. The 1- and 2-year survival rates are approximately 30% and less than 10%, respectively. These statistics make DIPG one of the most devastating pediatric cancers. Although 75–85% of patients show some improvement in their symptoms after radiation therapy, DIPGs almost always begin to grow again (called recurrence, relapse, or progression). Clinical trials have reported that the median time between radiation therapy and progression is 5–8.8 months."
So sad to read there is really no hope for her and the treatment she receives might only improve the symptoms. |
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Post by willowmoonblood on Aug 26, 2016 7:39:27 GMT -5
I don't know why this surprised me, the impression I am getting from her page is the family had to wait to receive the pictures from Em's camp before they posted them?
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