Don't be offended by my frank analysis -- think of it as personality dialysis

So, this conversation is what happens when someone like Robert Altman dies, you work in a newsroom and you talk online to your brother, who also works in a newsroom and happens to be a movie buff:

me: the newsroom is arguing on whether or not robert altman dying is big enough news because most people wouldn't know who he is.
Daniel: [weeps]
[hangs self from rafter after carving "brooks was here"]
i hate this world
IT HAS TO BE IN YOUR PAPER
if you don't wanna do p. 1, fine
reefer it and put it wherever you put arts stuff
but FOR THE LOVE OF HOLY F***ING CRAP IT'S LEGITIMATE NEWS
me: haha, yeah, it's going in the paper
but, we were debating whether he was important enough
the managing editor said the average person doesn't know who he is
Daniel: he was one of the best directors of the 20th century
me: or can name more than one of his movies
Daniel: MAYBE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND TEACH THEM SOMETHING IN THE PAPER
i swear to f**k i will kick your managing editor in the balls
what a retarded logic
"i don't know him, therefore no one does, or will care"
jeez
me: haha
Daniel: oh man
i will fly to texas in december and drive to abilene and punch him right in his tiny balls
holy CRAP
what a moron
i've only seen a few altman movies, but know that his death is big news
guy had an amazing career
incredibly influential
no altman, no p.t. anderson
man
man man man
talk me down, kid
give me some good news
me: haha
ummm
today is your last day of work for the week
that's good news
Daniel: true
ok
a little better now
just
man
your editors make me sad
for humanity
me: haha
that was a nice little rant
it was him against everyone else
Daniel: good
me: and he felt pretty strongly about it for some reason
Daniel: tell him: "my brother daniel's coming for you. he's riding tonight and bringing hell with him"
or something equally intimidating
me: will do
Daniel: "my brother will hunt you until the sun burns out. he knows where you sleep. he will kill you"
me: we're running a brief on his death, but we're grouping it with a bunch of celebrity news, like michael richards, o.j.'s book, jackson and the hobbit, etc. our complaint was that altman doesn't belong in that category, but he said he does because he's not in the ranks of spielberg or lucas. we argued that (obviously), but his point was that he wasn't as popular, not that he wasn't as good. he said the average reader won't know who he is.
blah.
Daniel: HOLY MOTHERF**KING SHITBALLS
I HATE YOUR EDITOR SO MUCH I COULD PISS BLOOD
NOT AS GOOD AS SPIELBERG OR LUCAS?
ALTMAN WIPES HIS ASS WITH LUCAS!
YOU THINK THE PASSING OF ONE OF THE TOP AMERICAN DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME IS ON PAR WITH F**KING O.J.?!?!
CRAP CRAP CRAP
CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
talk me down
TALK ME DOWN
hurry HURRY
me: i'm laughing too hard
he's dumb
he doesn't know anything
Daniel: HE'S BEYOND DUMB
THE TURDS I LEAVE IN THE TOILET ARE DUMB
YOUR EDITOR IS A SHITCAN RETARD
WHO DOESN'T DESERVE TO MAKE NEWS DECISIONS
[panting]
oh man
MAN
me: easy now
this is why you moved away
and one day, my friend, i will too
Daniel: ths is ttrue
i can't even type right
balls
balls
poop
piss up a rope
me: now we're joking that we should go out and ask the 'average reader' if they know who the managing editor is
Daniel: hahahaha
nice
i think you should all take turns giving him licks
with a belt
come on
MASH
MASH, people
not the stupid tv show
the great movie

... aaaand scene.