Some people are just too evil

[Pheebs]

I saw Picky reading this thread last night and asked him what it was about and he explained the article.

My first reaction was:

"What?! No way? That's just wrong. What t***s... who on earth would do that".

I then tootled off to do something or other. I have now though just read the thread fully and I am completely shocked people found that funny?! I don't get it?! After having to clear an area of objects and pull kids out of the way when a child was having an epileptic fit on the floor at school I can no way say this is even remotely funny.

What disrespectful ****s.

[JodieG]

I'm always amazed at what people can find funny, I guess I shouldn't be but there you go.

[divine]

I still think people are misinterpreting what it is people find funny about that article, but it's been explained well enough already, no point repeating it.

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by divine`

I still think people are misinterpreting what it is people find funny about that article, but it's been explained well enough already, no point repeating it.

Heh, sadly re read the whole thread twice to see whether I could spot what was funny/whether I had misinterpreted anything and I found nothing - not the way these people were 'sly' or 'clever' in doing so or anything.

Nothing. At all

No repeating required... it's just... not funny!

[Dr. Z]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Personally it's not about their misfortune, it was simply the way they managed to do it over the internet that raised a sly smile. I think I said to myself, "What crafty bastards" They're dickheads for doing it, pure and simple, it's just the ingenuity of how they did it was what tickled me.

Thats exactly how I feel about it.

(and I have seen a fit in real life, my cousin was fairly severely epileptic and had a fit in front of me)

[iCraig]

Originally Posted by divine`

I still think people are misinterpreting what it is people find funny about that article, but it's been explained well enough already, no point repeating it.

Indeed, I can sense people think others here have found the actual seizures funny or something. It's not about that, I think every single person is in agreement that it's pretty ****ing low to deliberately induce a seizure on somebody.

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by iCraig

Indeed, I can sense people think others here have found the actual seizures funny or something. It's not about that, I think every single person is in agreement that it's pretty ****ing low to deliberately induce a seizure on somebody.

*waves hand in air* I don't think you find the seizures funny! I understand it was how they did it that you found funny! I don't get why... as I don't find it funny!

I can think of a comparison of what you find funny/amusing:

Silence of the Lambs. I LOVE and find myself smiling at how immensley clever Hannibal Lector is at capturing and killing his victims. I don't like the fact he kills and eats them (even if some of them were complete evil twits towards him) because that's wrong. But I find the lead up to it amusing, with comments like "I am meeting an old friend for dinner". Funny.

But the difference between that and what we're talking about is this is a real situation! REAL people got hurt! Which is horrifying! It's not clever, nor sly that these people managed to do this through the internet! They're cowards! They're masking their actions and disturbed mentality! Bet my bottom dollar they wouldn't do it to these people in RL. Why? Because they know it's wrong!

Anyone could have done what they did... it's not rocket science!

I don't mean to get arsey but please don't generalise when saying people have misinterpreted what you have found funny. Many haven't from what I see. We just all have difference of opinions and morals.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Pheebs

it's not rocket science!

Indeed.

It's computer science!

[Pheebs]

lol!

[Rich_L]

"Evil Genius Respect Syndrome" - I like that

Yeah it's pretty sick, but it's not too far away from 'You've been framed' esque programs, where people are laughing at other people getting hurt in comedy ways. Or 'Balls of Steel/Trigger Happy TV" where people find other people's embarrassment funny.

Just like a lot of doctors I know have an incredibly dark/morbid sense of humour because sometimes making light of an incredibly twisted situation is better then getting depressed about it. Hell, sites like sickipedia have jokes about rape, cancer, aids, paedophilia, a lot of which are pretty funny..depends on your audience I suppose.