Some people are just too evil

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by SidewinderINC

That's because they're not posted here.

Don't care if it's over there, would you find it funny if it was possible using the internet a diabetic was made to slip into a coma? Same question to Pebs, Desmo and iCraig??

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by Kitten

still think it's sick and not remotely funny - not going to change my mind over a few familiar names. Still I guess I may react sensitively as my cousin is hospitalised by epileptic attacks on a regular basis and the internet is one of the few comforts and ways he can communicate with the outside world when he is suffering.

I'm not trying to make you change your mind about how funny it is (because it isn't funny), just maybe people need to chill out with the "OMFG anybody that laughs at that in any way shape or form is a heartless cretin that is not worthy to kiss my shoes" attitude that is being portrayed.

[divine]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

Don't care if it's over there, would you find it funny if it was possible using the internet a diabetic was made to slip into a coma? Same question to Pebs, Desmo and iCraig??

That's a different situation in a way because of the nature of what people actually find funny about the situation.

No one is laughing at the suffering, more at the act which induces it. Much like you would probably laugh if you saw someone trip and stumble in the street, only far more extreme.

[leowyatt]

Originally Posted by SidewinderINC

I'm not trying to make you change your mind about how funny it is

it isn't funny full stop. I don't see how saying people are weird is similar to saying "OMFG anybody that laughs at that in any way shape or form is a heartless cretin that is not worthy to kiss my shoes"

Originally Posted by divine`

That's a different situation in a way because of the nature of what people actually find funny about the situation.

No one is laughing at the suffering, more at the act which induces it. Much like you would probably laugh if you saw someone trip and stumble in the street, only far more extreme.

So you're saying the fact they used the internet was funny???

[SidewinderINC]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

it isn't funny full stop. I don't see how saying people are weird is similar to saying "OMFG anybody that laughs at that in any way shape or form is a heartless cretin that is not worthy to kiss my shoes"

I know it isn't funny.

[divine]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

So you're saying the fact they used the internet was funny???

In a way yes, it's almost like an extension of the Rick Roll prank.

[Blackstar]

I'm not going to change my mind about finding it sick that is happened and being disgusted at people finding it funny, that is their choice to find it funny. Obviously Kitten feels the same.
I have strong opinions on things like this but i'm not going to attack specific people who laughed, i'm just saying i don't think anyone should personally.

[Muban]

Originally Posted by divine`

Which must make you wonder how truthful some people are on the internet with regards to what they publicly condone/condemn...

I have always been of the opinion that some people aren't in the least bit truthful on the net, more than I would like to believe probably. I don't see the point though, surely it's the one place you can speak as plainly as you find.

EDIT: I know my morals and opinions get up some peoples noses, someone (I forget who) once referred to me as 'Supernanny'

[iCraig]

It IS heartless and it IS very cruel, I think some people just get tickled ever so slightly by dark humour. It's no different to the jokes about Madeleine Mcann. A 4 year-old who's most likely dead somewhere, yet there's 100s of jokes circulating about it. It doesn't mean the millions of people who chuckled at the jokes are all cruel twisted weirdos, they just appreciate a bit of dark humour. I will concede though it obviously isn't to everybody's taste.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Muban

I have always been of the opinion that some people aren't in the least bit truthful on the net, more than I would like to believe probably. I don't see the point though, surely it's the one place you can speak as plainly as you find.

People will always succumb to the 'keeping up appearances' mentality wherever they are though, regardless of much an 'anonymous' stage may allow truthful expression. I suspect here there will be people who won't air their honest view on certain subjects for fear of certain reactions and conversely on the SPS forums people will post things they don't really believe to fit in and keep in with the crowd.

Originally Posted by Kitten

^^ Now THAT was funny.

I'm struggling to tell exactly how you mean that, whether you genuinely found that funny or are having a sarcastic dig.