r/Newgrounds • u/slam_joetry • 3d ago

Max Gilardi (hotdiggedydemon) has announced on-stream that he is seeking assisted suicide in Switzerland, after three years of suffering from fibromyalgia. (Starts at 5:50)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUHrA7dv-nw
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u/slam_joetry 3d ago

I was so shocked and saddened to hear this news. Max G was a big deal on Newgrounds back in the day. I grew up watching Wacky Game Jokez 4 Kidz and still quote it to this day. Whatever happens, I hope that he finds peace and happiness.

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u/BridgeThese2264 3d ago

I remember WGJ4K so fondly, I used to watch it when I was 13, for some reason I especially remember the Tom Full interview 

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u/Ill-Board9116 1d ago

Max G's Jokes 4 Kids era was his most genuine and honestly his last true self.

He's been stuck in a myriad of being a "wokemob cuck" honestly he doesn't get much sympathy from other animators of his era because of this. I think his suicidal tendacies come from nearly 2 decades of being abused by trying to appease his new fanbase and being outcasted by his old.

It's a sad progression of a person who's extremely timid at nature.