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Serious Discussion / Kids die, Kids capitalize.
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Date: Fri, Nov 19 2010 00:59:16
A young person dies, all of a sudden everyone that has ever spoken to that person is immensely overcome with grief all over the internet. It makes me sick how kids these days capitalize on the deaths of other people over the internet. How do you feel about this? Should death be made a public spectacle for everyone to display their grief to the world? Or should the mourning be private? Don't get me wrong I am not against paying respects or saying nice things, but when people act as if this person was their best friend or whatever, it just drives me insane. Death is a serious thing and shouldn't be used to anyone's advantage no matter how big or small. Thoughts?
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Date: Fri, Nov 19 2010 02:05:09
I see it alot on the news, some kid dies, people flood their facebook posting bullshit. Facebook gets hacked by somebody and changed to display porn and other shit. What a nice way to farewell the said person ^^
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Date: Fri, Nov 19 2010 02:33:27
this actually happened a week or so ago, a boy took his own life and suddenly everyone flooded his fb/formspring as well as theirs with messages as if he was their best friend, its almost overly dramatic
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Date: Fri, Nov 19 2010 04:49:50
I don't care about other peoples death at all. Unless it's someone I personally know or am related to, why would I care?
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Date: Fri, Nov 19 2010 05:14:21
yes we`ve witnessed that with the death of bonkura.
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Date: Mon, Nov 22 2010 22:54:34
Apho;35934]this actually happened a week or so ago, a boy took his own life and suddenly everyone flooded his fb/formspring as well as theirs with messages as if he was their best friend, its almost overly dramatic[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Zombo wrote: yes we`ve witnessed that with the death of bonkura.
This. This is what I wrote in the RIP Bonkura thread.: Ugh..this is what pisses me off so much. Yes, I do realize he isnt alive anymore, and I am NOT saying that its good he died. What I AM trying to say is: NONE of you knew him personally. ALL you know about him, was that he was a crazyassmofo spinner. THATS IT. You dont know his personal life, his girlfriend's (if he had one) name, his lifestyle, what car drove, how much his parents cared about him. For crying fucking out loud, stop this fanboy shit, and leave him the fuck alone. -
Date: Wed, Nov 24 2010 19:29:10
Dude I seriously hate it. Some miners dies in New Zealand recently (29) and everyone is on their facebooks going "RIP miners, we all love you" and shit like that. And then everyone would like the status and shit and I''m just sitting here thinking "Shit, fucking tens of thousands of people die a die, get over it". I know that it is a bad thing and all but jeez, they acted like they had a personal relationship with them >____> Don't get me wrong though, I believe the deaths are negetive but it has next to no impact on me.
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Date: Sun, Dec 19 2010 12:11:08
News outlets gain more readership by exploiting the human tendency to focus on the negative. This means that newspapers and the like tend to contain mostly depressing news, of which tragedy and death have become fixtures. People who were heretofore unknown become relatively famous once the details surrounding their death have been published, causing sympathizers to flock to post their condolences online, create Facebook groups in support, etc. While I believe that a portion of these people are sincere, I think people also exploit tragedy in order to gain attention. By doing this, they are subconsciously boosting their ego by showing others how "nice" they are and re-affirming that they have the capacity to experience empathy. But something about the outpouring of support rings shallow, as if the empathy is exaggerated or hypocritical. The moral rectitude feels forced, as if the 'mourner' is taking a "high ground" stance. (You didn't even know the victim personally before, so why would you suddenly care about him/her now?) I'm all for private mournings, but realize that families of victims who choose to have the story of the victim's death publicly disseminated do so for various reasons. Maybe because every person has an untold story, or maybe because they want to instruct and warn other families not to make the same mistake. Unfortunately, it tends to have the unintended effect above-mentioned. (Although, I'm not even sure newspapers are required to seek permission to post the article if the tragedy occurs on public property, but this is off-topic.)