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Posted on 12-05-07 01:43:00 PM (last edited by Ω Hiryuu at 12-05-07 10:43 AM) Link | Quote
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Though I kinda agree with that, there's a point where you have to say to yourself that this is online to a person that may not be who they say they are.

To be frank, I can easily be telling a six-year fib that I'm some guy from Arkansas, even with pics and voice data that strongly support. Know why? No one's -ever- seen my from this board.

For all you know I could be some hawt 24-year-old who's hopefully single...and I'm so sure most of the guys here would want that.

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Posted on 12-05-07 06:20:44 PM (last edited by Tyty210 at 12-05-07 03:21 PM) Link | Quote


Originally posted by HyperHacker
So they tricked this girl into falling in love with someone who doesn't exist, then dropped a bomb like that. Anyone who would do that sort of thing should be hung at the very least.



Didn't that girl commit suicide? I remember hearing about something like that on the news.

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Posted on 12-05-07 09:13:09 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Tyty210
Didn't that girl commit suicide? I remember hearing about something like that on the news.

It's only been mentioned several times...

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Posted on 12-18-07 10:44:08 AM (last edited by Sonicandtails at 12-18-07 07:47 AM) Link | Quote





I would just like to point out that I heard about this on the radio this morning again and it really pisses me off because now you hear things like "Don't use the internet you might get bullied" blah blah blah. Fuck that.

I hate the media, seriously. This girl killed herself because she was obviously mentally unstable and relied too much on friends and their opinion on her. She's a moron, and she's the same type of person I would bully online also. I bet she used AOLSpeak also.

Seriously though, this is stupid. Girls dumb and none of you can say otherwise because you know it full well. It's things like this that make the internet looked down upon.

EDIT: It's the same reason why we hate people who do pot and drugs. If people didn't over-use it or have been "breaking the law" for so long, then most people wouldn't hate others that do it. Basically, a snowball effect.

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Posted on 12-18-07 05:50:27 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sonicandtails
EDIT: It's the same reason why we hate people who do pot and drugs. If people didn't over-use it or have been "breaking the law" for so long, then most people wouldn't hate others that do it. Basically, a snowball effect.

People hate pot? Oh, right, the media blows it out of proportion and makes it look like a super-addictive life-destoying drug. That's "blind media robotism", not anything else.

The drug laws in this country are absurd, by the way. Lest we forget smoking/nicotine addiction (far worse and more damaging, especially second-hand smoke) and alcohol, which leads to drunk driving (thousands killed per year) and alcoholism, which leads to family abuse/divorce...

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Oh, I personally find the rest of your post to be bullshit.

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Posted on 12-18-07 07:05:53 PM Link | Quote





Originally posted by Xkeeper
Oh, I personally find the rest of your post to be bullshit.

Why's that? Why do you think she killed herself? Because she was being bullied? That's the point, but if you are so stupid as to kill yourself because someone makes fun of you, on the internet or not, you are obviously mentally unstable.

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Posted on 12-18-07 09:46:39 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sonicandtails
Originally posted by Xkeeper
Oh, I personally find the rest of your post to be bullshit.

Why's that? Why do you think she killed herself? Because she was being bullied? That's the point, but if you are so stupid as to kill yourself because someone makes fun of you, on the internet or not, you are obviously mentally unstable.

People can be driven to mental instability by bullying, school shootings for an obvious example. And this was coming from someone who she had had a long term relationship with, the created persona was her internet boyfriend. It would be very crushing to someone for a person they obviously care about so much to ridicule them. If she was already experiencing troubles, it's completely plausible that rejection could push her over the edge.

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Posted on 12-18-07 10:28:29 PM (last edited by Metal_Man88 at 12-18-07 07:42 PM) Link | Quote
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Originally posted by TheGreatGuy
Originally posted by Sonicandtails
Originally posted by Xkeeper
Oh, I personally find the rest of your post to be bullshit.

Why's that? Why do you think she killed herself? Because she was being bullied? That's the point, but if you are so stupid as to kill yourself because someone makes fun of you, on the internet or not, you are obviously mentally unstable.

People can be driven to mental instability by bullying,


*Raises glass*

Yup. Only drove me insane for a year or two in Elementary school. My eccentricity can be traced back to having to regain my sanity once my insane actions scared the bullies away. Even then... certain parts of what is considered necessary to have a 'normal' psyche are missing, because a 10 year old doesn't really know how to rebuild a psyche.

But it's always useful for turning off my feelings and shocking emotional pundits into silence.

Still, while I'll agree that suicide is partially mental problems on the person who does its part, it's sort of give and take. One should neither deceive to harm people nor should another person allow that to hit them that hard. If they have a mental condition that would cause that, then whoever was letting them get that involved in an internet thing could be considered negligent, too.


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Posted on 12-18-07 10:36:27 PM Link | Quote





I suppose it stems from my hate for people who are "emo" and people who cut themselves. So when it comes to suicide with me, I instantly hate the person.

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Posted on 12-18-07 11:07:49 PM (last edited by Tarale at 12-18-07 08:08 PM) Link | Quote
This whole story is horrible.

These people were adults. Grown ups that should have known better. The girl who killed herself was diagnosed with Depression (for some years), and it was something these grown ups would likely have known through their own daughter. They not only harassed the girl, but they got other grown ups involved in it too. They deliberately set out to "mess with" her.

Now, that's not to say that I agree with the Internet vigilantism that's occurred either. That is also pretty darn horrible. But I think it's sad that there's nothing that the legal or criminal system can do about this case and that people feel so strongly they've taken it into their own hands.

Sonicandtails, you're very lucky that you enjoy good mental health. However your hatred of those who don't strikes me as immature. Suicide is an unfortunate end-point of many mental illnesses such as Depression. Hating people for it doesn't make it any better.

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