[OpenAmazing]

It's the comedians that always say it best.

Colbert's short little clip here (especially the very powerful ending) and the Onion's article are the two most touching pieces I've read on Steve Jobs.

It reminds me of the Onion's "Holy Fucking Shit" piece after September 11th. That did a lot to snap Americans back to reality and help us mourn.

Has it always been the case that the funny people are the best at helping us (group, nation, community) mourn? Or is just that, these days, the wisest and people (in media) happen to be comedians?

edit: grammar

[eekfuh]

Link to one from The Onion referring to Steve Jobs.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/last-american-who-knew-what...

[fl3tch]

I watched Jon Stewart's response to 9/11 on the night that it aired.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-september-20-2001/sept...

There's always something touching about seeing funny people be completely raw and out of character. Or rather, for the first time, you see their real character.

[vecter]

That's a great find, I missed all those articles. This one was touching, especially at the end: http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-...

[mildweed]

Good comedians speak the truth that is apparent, but is possibly not being said. Breaking social morays and speaking freely is more of the comedians' strongest weapons.

[epo]

'mores', 'norms' would read better.

[lwhi]

Less pedantry would read better :-P

[illumin8]

I thought Obama's words about Steve's death were quite touching. I'll just quote the last paragraph:

"The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him."

[navs]

Just the mere fact that Obama would make a statement is touching. Did any tech leader before Steve Jobs receive such a tribute? I'm curious.

[officemonkey]

"FOR TWENTY-TWO years, the United States has been the freely-chosen home of Albert Einstein. For fifteen years, he has been a citizen of the United States by his own free and deliberate choice. Americans welcomed him here. Americans were proud, too, that he sought and found here a climate of freedom in his search for knowledge and truth.

No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of twentieth century knowledge. Yet no other man was more modest in the possession of the power that is knowledge, more sure that power without wisdom is deadly. To all who live in the nuclear age, Albert Einstein exemplified the mighty creative ability of the individual in a free society."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 18 April 1955.

[felipemnoa]

Thomas A. Edison. They even briefly considered shutting down the entire U.S. Power Grid for a 1 minute.

[OstiaAntica]

The Wright Brothers have a national day of observation each year (Dec. 17).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers_Day

[epscylonb]

I remember reading somewhere that comedians tend to have above average IQs.

[WiseWeasel]

Stephen Colbert in particular is nothing short of a genius.

[Gaussian]

NU grad.

[nandemo]

I was under the impression that the Onion was poking fun at the hyperbolic eulogies to Jobs.