You know what I don't get? I see people making edits of Daniel Johns and calling him cute during 1998-1999, aka when he was literally told he could die if he didn't start eating
I genuinely avoid looking at that time of Silverchair cuz seeing him so obviously ill is just so horrible :(
I understand if you like this time for their music and stuff ofc, but I just don't really get how some people can look past how completely physically and mentally unhealthy he was, and edit him purely because of how he looked when he was sick :/
It's just so sad, especially when you can see the complete lack of energy in him during this interview ↓
(If you’re struggling with an eating disorder, you’re not alone. You deserve care, and recovery is possible.)
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wowski
i dunno if theyre rlly romanticizing it, so much as ignoring it. but ive also never seen these edits nor know who tf daniel johns is. but ts is also cuming frum a person w an ed so maybe i js dont understand it frum an outside perspective. can i haf some more context?
yeah, thanks for correcting me, that makes more sense!
daniel johns is the vocalist and guitarist for a 90's band called silverchair. when he was 18 at the end of 1997, he stopped eating, not because of his looks, but to gain "control" over his life, which was very overwhelming for him at the time. by mid 1998, he was isolating himself at home and weighed 110 pounds ( at his height and age, he should’ve been between 130-175 pounds). it was at this time that his family doctor diagnosed him with anorexia and warned him that he was going to die if he didn’t stop. by 1999, he was still very thin, but during the middle-end of the year, he started recovering and came out to the public about his struggles with the song “ana's song (open fire)”!
by ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𝙡𝙤𝙡𝙤_𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙮 ‧₊˚ ⋅; ; Report
ohh ok i understand. i see y you'd avoid seeing that, as seeing ur idols in a bad headspace can be rlly damaging (for example, (on a much lesser scale) i avoid seeing pics of rivers cuomo performing during pinkerton bcuz he looks sad during it). although, i also understand the ppl making the edits, they could've js been unaware that was what was going on during that time (esp cuz being skinny is idealized in rock bands cuz it encourages the "scary in an edgy way" archetype). they also culdve js liked the music or performances frum that era and wanted 2 make edits of it, not necasarilly ignoring it, js not mentioning it.
by wowski; ; Report
i understand when people are making edits for the band itself and just liking their music during that period of time, cuz that's totally okay to still enjoy their stuff at that point! i just meant that i don't get it when people talk about him being really attractive during this time because when i look at him, i just can't look past how unhealthy he appeared. maybe it's just because i've seen him before he was like this that makes me upset to see him that way, but i also feel like it's not that unnoticeable, idk tho
by ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𝙡𝙤𝙡𝙤_𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙮 ‧₊˚ ⋅; ; Report
looking at the video and various pics of him from the time, i definetly cannot see how unhealthy he looks. 2 me, he looks like a normal adult male. so i think ur hypothesis is right. the only place i can really see him looking unhealthy in is his arms but lots of ppl's fat distributes diff, so if i saw a pic of him without knowing he was anorexic at the time i wouldve contributed it to that.
by wowski; (edited); Report
also, i hope u know i'm not flaming people for not knowing lolz, i just don't get why the people that do know disregard it so easily
by ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𝙡𝙤𝙡𝙤_𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙮 ‧₊˚ ⋅; ; Report
oh yeah no defo, u dont come off as rude at all more like u either think people shuld resaerch abt the bands theyre listening to or js shuld pay more attention 2 how the music artists felt during the era than only the music.
by wowski; ; Report
yeah, that's what i was trying to get across:) i'm gonna try to get some sleep now tho! goodnight!
by ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𝙡𝙤𝙡𝙤_𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙮 ‧₊˚ ⋅; ; Report
goodnight!!! ty for the peaceful convo
by wowski; ; Report
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Depression and anorexia are the most romanticised illnesses on the internet istg 😭
i know, it really sucks :(
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derpypanda7
i hate how normal it is for some people to romanticize eating disorders :/
i agree!! it literally ends up killing some people, and it needs to be taken more seriously :(
by ‧₊˚ ⋅ 𝙡𝙤𝙡𝙤_𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙮 ‧₊˚ ⋅; (edited); Report