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19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

rksprst wrote: post #49
tlrobinson wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like it was mostly the bodybuilding.com (currently down) forum members that were doing the egging. Justin.tv happened to be caught in the middle. Google cache: http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:iCJ0Fwq-DVwJ:forum.body...

Also: http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:r5eE7w8sqEQJ:forum.body... http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:Y6Es8cNik58J:forum.body... Be interesting to see if some of those guys get tried with second degree manslaughter or something similar.

This comment is so depressing that I am going to kill myself. I hope you get indicted for second degree manslaughter when I die.

(My point phrased less cynically: telling a commenter on a forum to kill himself should not be the same crime as flattening someone with your car.)

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

smoody wrote: post #29
tdavis wrote: post #3

Pills? If you're going to live broadcast your own death, make it more interesting than watching paint dry. Sheesh.

memo to self: stop using ticketstumbler.com

memo to self: start using ticketstumbler.com.

I'm glad the guy has an actual personality. I agree with his statement, too. Pills + webcam = boredom.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

sofal wrote: post #46
tlrobinson wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think for a lot of people there's a huge disconnect between internet and reality. On the internet it's often just words on a page, with no association to real people. Also, there's so much shocking material and people joking around on the Internet sometimes it's hard to realize what's "real" and what's not. People like guy who pranked Zed Shaw a couple weeks ago certainly don't help: http://zedshaw.com/blog/2008-10…

Having a vile, boisterous, abusive, and slanderous alter ego for your blog personality probably doesn't help too much either.

Yeah, let's all be really nice and talk about how much we like flowers.

Seriously though, Zed's personality may suck, but it makes for great reading. As a blog reader, that's all I really care about.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

#154

Post by aikiai »

statictype wrote: post #119
SamReidHughes wrote: post #118

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This reminds me of something that happened to me after 9/11. In my teenage immaturity, I made a comment insinuating that America got what was coming to it. I'm not sure why I did that (the mind is good at rationalizing behavior after the fact, so I can't trust my own memories on the matter), but I think it was a reaction to the complete unanimous sorrow going on in the forum. Everybody thought that the attacks were a…

And is it similarly irrational to mourn your Father's death more than the death of some random guy in a hospital you never knew?

Is it wrong to NOT mourn your father's death more than the death of some random guy in a hospital you never knew?

Just because most of us would, does not necessarily give us the right to judge someone who doesn't.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

axod wrote: post #130
debt wrote: post #75

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Honestly. Justin.tv is not doing well. The service is shoddy, every channel is riddled with pedophiles and now this.

"every channel is riddled with pedophiles" Seriously? Do you have proof of this?

I think the statement is probably technically true. Some percentage of the population is a pedophile, some percentage of the population uses justin.tv. It is likely that there is an overlap.

I'm sure Slashdot, news.yc, and Reddit are all "riddled with pedophiles" also. Who cares?

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jrockway »

mikkom wrote: post #141

> The contention that filming and uploading (and even hosting video of) a crime is a crime as well might not be valid, but given the very nature of live broadcasts, the issue becomes more complicated. Is suicide a crime?

Is suicide a crime?

Yup. Dead people don't pay taxes, after all.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

#157

Post by jrockway »

mrtron wrote: post #32
smoody wrote: post #29

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memo to self: stop using ticketstumbler.com

There was an additional cheap comment from another ticketstumbler founder that has since been removed showing a similar sentiment, mocking the Justin.tv statement.

No offense, but this brings new meaning to the expression "OH NOES". I mean seriously, who cares?

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

#158

Post by altrego99 »

tdavis wrote: post #3

Pills? If you're going to live broadcast your own death, make it more interesting than watching paint dry. Sheesh.

Man you got downvoted like anything! I wonder how it was done though, as HN seems to lack any control downvoting in my browser.

Re: 19 year old from Florida commits suicide on Justin.tv

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Post by jonknee »

jrockway wrote: post #155
axod wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"every channel is riddled with pedophiles" Seriously? Do you have proof of this?

I think the statement is probably technically true. Some percentage of the population is a pedophile, some percentage of the population uses justin.tv. It is likely that there is an overlap. I'm sure Slashdot, news.yc, and Reddit are all "riddled with pedophiles" also. Who cares?

Slashdot, news.yc, and Reddit don't involve kids broadcasting video out of the bedroom.
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