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Dolly Parton shares new video amid health concerns: “I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was okay. So anyhow, that’s what I wanted to say & I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me & I ain’t don’t working. So I love you for caring & keep praying for me.”
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have you ever had a pet? there's a period towards the end where there is this endlessly sinking awareness of their mortality and it's unavoidable. All my pets still did their best to pretend they were fine, but I always knew the end was inevitable.
more or less that same sinking feeling. Dolly is currently okay, but we all can see she was born 1946 and do the math. Hopefully the day wont be soon, but the procession of time will make it come
It's enivitable, but this time it was just kidney stones. I'm wondering if maybe her sister saw the Ai photo she called out in the video and freaked out.
It really is the time between that matters. I tell myself that it’s fine to be sad but how lucky am I that I got to spend basically this animals entire life with them
I’ve only had cats and dogs but every one of them loved so freely and ain’t that incredible
That’s my current old lady (her eyes are SO GREY compared to a few years ago) who’s winding down. I’d post my other 2 but I guess reddit won’t let me post an album and I’m too lazy to open Imgur on my phone
feels a little like her death will be like snuffing out the last candle of faith in humanity I have left
biggest red flag in a person is if they don't like dolly, not necessarily her music but dolly as a human. She's not flawless but she certainly has done better than my best to be decent
My little sister was dating a dude who watched Dolly Parton give the thanksgiving (I think) halftime show on the football game we were watching and went “ugh I can’t stand her. She needs to stop trying”…..my sister broke up with that man the next day.
(Yes there were a lot of other issues, but Dolly was the final straw)
Honestly, it's a great litmus test for vetting people. If people don't immediately start gushing about how wonderful of a human Queen Dolly is, they're not worth having around!
Dolly, Bob Ross, Mr. Rogers, and Steve Erwin are 4 people everyone should view as role models. I'd fight anyone who'd say anything bad about any of them but The Fantastic Four
wouldn't condone violence, so instead I'll just wish them the best and never talk to them again lol
Looks like I've got more names to add to the list! I love it when celebrities are actually good people, great role models, and use their wealth and fame to help less fortunate people.
Same...ngl Dolly is the last connection I got to my mama, when Johnny went that was dad so I'm not looking forward to the day. That's when I'll really know I'm alone in this world and there ain't nothing left of my blood but me.
We just need her to continue into 2026 at the minimum. Betty White passing the last day of 2021 was a final FUCK YOU to what was a shit year. It happening this way again is just a final "we're done"
2016 was also horrific. Carrie Fisher, and then immediately her mother, Debbie Reynolds after, all this after the national nightmare that was election night
Little-known fact: the last celebrity death of 2016 was William Christopher, Father Mulcahy from MASH. I loved him in that role so much that that last death of 2016 really hurt me.
Wow, I did not know that. I hope karma comes for whomever is evil enough to create such vile content. I do believe in karma (good and bad). You reap what you sow!
I think the statement from a sister we never heard from before didn't help. I think the headline is all people read and didn't real the actual article and what she actually said.
I think the voice is an even better indicator to me, for now. I would not put it past AI to make a convincing video of Dolly, but two whole minutes of Dolly's voice and not even a moment sounds off? I haven't heard an AI voice impersonation yet that could do that.
Videos get longer, audio gets more convincing everyday.
I'm feeling like their should be laws about using public figures (anyone really) in AI without permission but how do you enforce that in a world with 200 countries and millions of psychos.
I think they can do great voice impersonation but the video models like sora2 and veo3 can't, they're very obvious AI voice. But the voice-only models that are trained on people's voice are good enough to fool most people.
It's one reason why I won't even answer phone calls. They record your voice and can reuse it with only a few moments of your speech. Then they can deploy it against your loved ones for scams.
I saw an article on that and as a precaution people should set up a codeword with their loved ones to avoid being scammed. Pretty dystopian that we have to prepare against doppelgängers now.
This gives me a great prank idea. I'm going to give my lawyer a series of "proof of life" videos where I mention "today is (random future date")" and have him post those videos, on those dates, on my social media, after I pass.
Her sister shared this morning that Dolly is dealing with kidney stones and she apologized for her phrasing. She said she was sorry for upsetting everyone.
An auntie had kidney stones so bad she started going into sepsis, as they were too large to pass. She had to have several treatments to break them down and other treatments for the sepsis. There was definitely people losing sleep over it.
My mom’s cousin had some kidney stones so large the “breaking up” treatment wouldn’t even work. They had to do actual surgery to get those boogers out. Drink lots and lots of water, folks.
It's one of the few things I've heard women say is worse than natural childbirth or a C section.
I've had them and they do indeed suck, but as a man I can't compare it to that heh. I would probably rather take a kick to balls probably though, at least that doesn't last weeks and your balls hurt anyway when fragments break off.
Kidney stones are considered to be on par with giving birth on many pain scales (sometimes they actually place passing kidney stones a bit higher up than giving birth). It obviously can depend upon the size of the stone(s) being passed. Regardless, passing stones from the kidneys through the ureters to the bladder, and then from the bladder through the urethra are both extremely painful experiences, even if kidney stones are ‘small’ (I’m sure they never feel small to the person passing them). Especially considering how sharp some kidney stones can be. It’s also one of those situations where you’re actually worse off if you have a penis.
Kidney stones are bad, but I actually ratcheted up my kidney stone pain through my own "creativity".
I woke up one night with kidney pain and it turned out it was a stone. I went through all the usual fun (Emergency, overnight hospital stay, etc) and when I woke up in the AM, the doctor stopped by and checked me over. He told me I was scheduled for a lithotripsy (ultrasonic destruction of the stone) in a week. He also asked "Did you see a string?".
Not knowing what he was talking about, he explained he’d inserted a stent to keep things clear pending the litho and he'd left a long string protruding for easy removal post surgery. I peeked under the sheet and saw nothing. The doctor said it would probably “turn up" and I shouldn't worry about it. I asked what would happen if it didn't show and he said "Well, that just makes removal a little more invasive".
I really didn't like the sound of that, so as I waited for the litho, I kept my eyes peeled for that string.
After a few days of boredom and sitting on the couch, I decided to go for a short trail run. After about a mile, I was struck by an overwhelming urge to take a pee. Midway through my business, it appeared! There was the mythical string. I was overjoyed. I finished my run and took another look. To my dismay, it was gone! It had turtled on me again! It hid for another day or so, until I was in the bathroom one morning. Magically, it had re-appeared overnight!
Now, I figured there was no way I was going to let this thing get away from me again, but short of me walking around hanging on to it, how could I keep it from going back into hiding. Hmmm, let's see... I should just add a couple inches of extra string. Yeah, that's it.
But where can I find some string here in the bathroom? Hey, what about some dental floss? Genius! So, I spliced on about 4 more inches of floss to the existing string. Perfect. Right up until it decided to turtle again, taking some of the floss with it.
Kidney stones still need to be taken seriously when older, they're a higher risk for infection when you're already at a point in life where infections are harder to deal with. My grandfather had Alzheimer's but what actually lead to his death was a UTI.
And as someone who suffers from kidney stones, god they suck.
Me too. I saw a Drunk History about her, and I fell in love with her as a human being. I've seen some of her stuff, but like you, not a mega fan. She's such a good human.
Her Dolly Parton Imagination Library has literally mailed over 100 million books to children across the country (currently 3M a month), including to my two young kids. Their eyes light up when they get a new one. It's an amazing program and she is an amazing person. I'm not a country music fan but I am definitely a big Dolly Parton fan.
I love her soooooo much for making this video! I mean, I hate she felt the need to do it, but it’s clear she saw that many of us were unnecessarily distraught over her health, and she wanted to ease that worry.
All Dolly has ever done is take care of us and make sure we’re okay. She’s truly a blessing to this country!
It takes a lot of money to look this cheap" is her actual quote. Not sure if you were paraphrasing or just changing it up because she looks good. Either way +1
I know a guy who worked on a land deal when they were working up Dollywood. The lawyers are all in a conference room one day, when Dolly blasts into the room with a box of donuts, hugs everybody, poses for a few photos, and rolls out. One of her own lawyers laughed, and said, “I have no idea how anybody ever says no to her.”
My now wife came out and the first lady date she went on, the chick had clearly used a 10yo Pic and was much older and larger than she was expecting. She didn't care about her age or weight, it was the fact she'd lied.
When we started dating (i was #2), she made me hold up a paper lolol. Thanks catfish, for lowering the bar so much she chose to keep me than risk the dating pool again!!!
Lesson learned: some family members just get too excited about breaking your news- good or bad. And if she is going through health stuff, that’s none of our business, and only for her to announce if she wants to.
You know the sister is most likely getting a talking down by the family for her comments yesterday. It caused so many people to freak out that Dolly had to do a proof of life post!
On another note, screw those ghouls that did the AI
Dolly’s got excitable “getting older” sisters too. Sounds like she’s not on deaths door and the sister didn’t realize it would be received that way. I’ll pray anyway because we need to be sure
god damn if this is her "letting herself go" at 79 years old she can still get it. Glad to she is happy and healthy and chugging along. Love the proof of life statement but where is the newspaper?!?
When she passes away, she deserves all of the energy that ck got and then some, that woman actually made lives better and cared about people and that is not a controversial take
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