Celebrity Jackass Dies... But Who Crowned Them A Celebrity?

It's been almost a week now that "celebrity" Jackass star Ryan Dunn took the life of his friend and himself in a complete disregard for human life.

First off, I want to clarify why I use quotation marks on celebrity. While I, myself, have watched Jackass in the past, I did not think of those guys as celebrities. I thought of them as crazy guys who had no regard for themselves and just did things for the sake of a laugh. Though, they did get paid for it, I wouldn't qualify Jackass itself or any other spinoff of it, as a pole-vault to celebrity stardom. Maybe it's a way to start a career as a stuntman, but they wouldn't look at it that way.

We use social media constantly to update our feelings, locations, emotions and just our thoughts. What we don't realize is that once you hit enter or publish, it's in cyberspace and at least one person has seen it. We have Facebook, Twitter, Loopt, Digg, Tumblr, etc and most of these have the capability to post pictures and write comments. Another thing we don't realize is that it is possible to get in trouble with the law for what we post, current or past posts.

Well...Ryan Dunn did what most people do with a social media site: post a picture at a bar with his friends. Seems harmless, right? Not when your car crashes, explodes and you die two hours later. First thought running through many peoples minds was that he was driving drunk, which was confirmed less than two days later.

But there were also plenty of people who, because he's a celebrity, thought it was a freak accident or a deer jumped in the middle of the road. Everyone who lives in that area can attest that the road isn't the safest to drive on. What most people didn't consider was that he was driving a Porsche, he was just drinking, and that he's had an exuberant number of speeding tickets.

Drinking + Porsche + Previous Parking Tickets = Accident Waiting To Happen

Facebook pages, blogs and news websites poured with articles on Dunn's accident. I even received a text message under "celebrity news" that he died. But everyone mourned his death, stating they wanted him to "RIP" and he was "Gone too soon," but people fail to realize that he really did it to himself. Were there pages dedicated to his friend, who did get into the car with a drunk driver, to RIP? Very few, if none.

We're so quick to mourn celebrities and "celebrities" when they pass. Would we mourn when Michael Lohan, who's only become a "celebrity," dies? Probably not. Those Real Housewives Of.... probably not. Jersey Shore cast? Hopefully not, but people might follow them for the rest of their lives.

I've been around death too much in my life that I do hope people live a long, happy and healthy life. Too many people, especially those who think they are above everyone else, have little regard for the outcome of their actions. According to society, we should be happy for celebrities when they marry and have children, then mourn their death, no matter how they died.

Ryan Dunn, you took the life of another by being reckless. You did the biggest jackass move of all time: drinking and driving. I appreciate you making me laugh and go "Oh my gosh" but I will not mourn your death.

You might be a son, a friend, a nephew, etc and I will want you to Rest In Peace. Just realize that if you survived that crash and Zac didn't, you would be behind bars.