#supercide 14

[vastderp]

hahahaha @daysofxavierspast (the blog who warned everyone that i was an agent of 4chan bent on pigeon-shitting destruction) blocked me for correcting them

so, once more, for the record: i am not an agent of 4chan, the pigeon shit conspiracy was a joke about how gullible tumblr is, and everything i said about the faked suicide epidemic was true. 

that is all.

[vastderp]

hopefully im not stepping out of line here by saying this-- i have been tricked by fake suicides more than once and still am and it sUCKS-- but i still feel really ehhh about the idea of telling the kids mom. I mean if the kids faking suicide, like you mentioned there is probably Some Sort of problem that is creating the behavior, and i worry that in some cases-- not all, mind you, but you wouldn't know which ones-- the reason is the parents are abusive. so I worry it'd cause more abuse :L

reporting any wrongdoing could lead to the jerkwad suffering terribly in ways that i would object to. i’ve had too many personal experiences with this question to not have had to make a decision on the matter.

if someone says they’re going to kill themselves, they might get shot for refusing to put the knife down when the cops show up. i’m still calling 911 for them. if a family member steals my identity and racks up debt in my name, reporting them might get them thrown in prison because they’re already on probation. i’m still reporting the theft.

if a kid tells his dad that his stepfather is beating the shit out of him, he knows the entire family might melt down in a custody battle. should that possible outcome decide whether the kid reports it or not? even assholes are people. there is no such thing as a villain, and i think we have to be careful with how we as a society distribute consequences and blame when bad shit happens.

the world sucks sometimes and victimizers are sometimes mistreated in turn, but in situations where i am forced to choose who should carry the extra weight of that unfairness, my last answer would be “the victim”.

[vastderp]

I can't help but correct you. The channers are there. Laughing at tumblr bullshit. Doing nothing. That makes that shit even funnier

of course individuals are. the schadenfreude is getting naked and doing the shimmy without any of them having to lift a finger. but "the chans" don't give a fuck, because there was never any invasion.

[vastderp]

do u have links to those blogs confirming their attempts were fake? thanks!

look on the username tag for each of the 'victims' and you can read their "it was a hacker i'm fine" posts for yourself, or check out my pseuicide tag for posterity reblogs

[vastderp]

Does hiddlebatchedloki have you blocked? I can't find your post in the notes list at all.

multiple people have told me this. LOL.

might be someone’s trying to make all their shame go bye-bye.

EDIT: this was queued but i've looked again and now they are. who knows!

[vastderp]

I have a really hard time believing Wearejustalike about the medically induced coma stuff. :s If Simormonroe was already dealing with hypothermia and the effects of sleeping-pill overdose then why put them in a induced coma - blood pressure is already dangerously low and can be worsened by med. coma, her hearts already stopped (supposedly twice) and medical comas can damage heart tissue (very very rarely also cause failure) (source: Dr. James Bernat of Dartmouth Medical School on NPR).

yep. thanks for the source on that, but unfortunately we are evil because we think truth is a thing that exists, instead of bending to the cries of liars sufferers so they will not be sad.

it’s a hard path, the meanie booboo life. at least we’re only worrying about the real monsters.

[vastderp]

wow. I'm pissed. I invested my fucking time into this shit and now I found out this is some shitty stuff made up by some childish fucktard who thinks that he/she can do this for a social experiment. I could've studied properly these last few fucking days BUT NOOO they just had to fuck it up and make me feel concerned about them. This is why I don't like people sometimes.

can i take a moment, though, to thank you for caring so much for other people you don’t even know? because seriously, that’s one of the most important things there is. please never feel bad for being the kind of person who misses studying because strangers are in need. i’m about as cynical as they come, but i admire the hell out of anyone who lets their guard down for others.

you’ll never know exactly how many people your fandom helped through hard times this week by sending nice messages and supporting each other, but the number is guaranteed to be greater than 0. like me for example, i wasn’t feeling that great myself, and seeing how eager everyone was to look out for each other even though i knew they were being tricked, that made me feel amazing. and furious, because jerks violating trust is about as low as it gets. but the thing is i kind of enjoy being pissed off anyway, so it worked out okay for me.

keep an eye out for people who struggle, just like you were doing before. don’t let shitheads wreck that. it’s been hard times for a whole lot of folks and your empathy is needed.  us bitter skeptics will do our part watching your backs as best we can. it’s gonna be cool.

good luck with your classes!

[vastderp]

jeshala replied to your post:Wow. I thought maybe you were exaggerating a...

Isn’t it the fault of the fakers for making fewer people take it seriously when someone is truly suicidal? I mean… how does this end up on your lap (though I wonder that a lot)

the usual reason for stuff like this is that i'm relentless and kind of an asshole. when someone eants to make the argument be about something other than what they did wrong, my tone provides a perfect excuse.

it's a flaw :(