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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 tdavis »

tdavis wrote: post #3

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

Seriously people? I didn't expect this to be taken well by most here (in fact it was an experiment to see if there was a limit to down-voting), but some of you seem to be on a war path now.

It doesn't really matter what the Justin.tv CEO said. He pasted some boiler plate because there's nothing more to be said; the deed had been done. What do you want? An apology for not finding the video? For not policing the Internet? Prosecution of anybody "egging him on?" Come on.

Someone broadcast their suicide. That fact doesn't make it any more tragic than any other suicide. It also doesn't mean anybody more than usual was responsible. There's really no story here which is why I chose to make a comment that didn't acknowledge there was.

You may return to being irrationally sanctimonious now.

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

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Post by fuzzmeister »

joja wrote: post #26

Protip: This is not Justin.TV's fault. This is no ones fault but the adult's (he was over 18). It really is that simple - though you wouldn't know it from the media. America: where self-entitlement lives on and accountability goes to die.

That is true, but regardless, egging someone on who appears to be on the edge of suicide is simply inhuman.

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

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Post by mrtron »

tdavis wrote: post #51
tdavis wrote: post #3

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

Seriously people? I didn't expect this to be taken well by most here (in fact it was an experiment to see if there was a limit to down-voting), but some of you seem to be on a war path now. It doesn't really matter what the Justin.tv CEO said. He pasted some boiler plate because there's nothing more to be said; the deed had been done. What do you want? An apology for not finding the video? For not policing the Intern…

Posting comments irrelevant to your initial insensitivity will not help save face, especially when you throw in an attack towards the entire crowd.

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

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Post by allenbrunson »

tdavis wrote: post #51
tdavis wrote: post #3

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

Seriously people? I didn't expect this to be taken well by most here (in fact it was an experiment to see if there was a limit to down-voting), but some of you seem to be on a war path now. It doesn't really matter what the Justin.tv CEO said. He pasted some boiler plate because there's nothing more to be said; the deed had been done. What do you want? An apology for not finding the video? For not policing the Intern…

how does this have anything to do with what you posted? your comment was insensitive, regardless of what justin.tv executives did or didn't do.

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

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Post by dhuck »

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

user: tdavis created: 287 days ago karma: 911

it really disappoints me to see users with very high karma levels making such obscene, unnecessary and completely non-hacker-news-esque comments. you are hurting this community: please stop.

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

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Post by mojombo »

tdavis wrote: post #51
tdavis wrote: post #3

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

Seriously people? I didn't expect this to be taken well by most here (in fact it was an experiment to see if there was a limit to down-voting), but some of you seem to be on a war path now. It doesn't really matter what the Justin.tv CEO said. He pasted some boiler plate because there's nothing more to be said; the deed had been done. What do you want? An apology for not finding the video? For not policing the Intern…

They say there's no such thing as bad press, but I'm not so sure anymore.

I came to this forum to escape the Reddit mentality. I'm glad to see that griefers are still being aggressively downmodded here. It gives me hope that the HN community can maintain its quality status.

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