u/Blonde_Icon

Kurt Cobain was clearly a very depressing guy and was constantly negative and complaining about everything. Even just listening to any of his songs makes this obvious, even if you don't know much about him. (I say this as a fan of him.)

Marilyn Monroe was less outwardly unhappy, to be fair, but if you know anything about her personal life, she had a very sad life. She never knew her dad, her mom and grandma had mental issues (and she was known to have her own), she was an orphan growing up, she had multiple miscarriages and divorces, she was a drug addict, she was treatedly badly by men and the industry, etc.

So it honestly does not surprise me that either of them killed themselves unfortunately. They were rich and famous, yeah, but that alone doesn't necessarily make someone happy.

I don't understand why people's first instinct is to always assume that they must've gotten murdered and that there was a conspiracy to cover it up (and that they definitely wouldn't have had any reason to kill themselves) when they obviously had a lot going on. This doesn't just apply to Kurt or Marilyn specifically, but other celebrities as well. They were just two of the most obvious examples I thought of.

A lot of people say (and it seems that the general consensus is that) teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. While I think that teachers are very valuable and deserve to be compensated well (my brother is a teacher), I think that in these discussions, many people ignore the fact that teachers typically get a lot of time off.

They usually get summer break, spring break, and winter break, plus various holidays that schools get off through the year. They basically don't work for a good amount of the year, which I think that people should factor in. (The downside is that I know that they have to work extra grading things outside of school, though.)

Plus they normally get good benefits for being a teacher (which usually comes with being in a union).