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Author Topic: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O  (Read 14842622 times)

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28260 on: March 05, 2013, 05:48:22 am »

Cyber-bullying:  Another problem with that is it often goes beyond mere insult or isolated assholes.  It often involves dozens or sometimes even hundreds of people, for instance if you're gay, it's pretty easy for someone who doesn't like you to offer your identity to some random tribe of online homophobes.  There have been cases where kids were convinced to commit suicide, because they were harassed by literally thousands of people demanding they do so.  It can also translate into greater amounts of meatspace bullying than a person would normally face.  Then as others mentioned before, it's something that you can't as easily escape from, and can involve major privacy invasion and smearing in a format that is semi-permanent, the results of which can end up floating on a world stage for many years.  It's not always so bad.  Sometimes people are just overly sensitive or don't know how to walk away.  But sometimes it really is that bad.  And anyone who has been bullied knows that the physical wounds are the least of the experience.  It's your ability to have healthy and positive social habits and relationships that may never heal.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28261 on: March 05, 2013, 06:02:07 am »

What Salmon said.

Even a single cyber bully isn't going to be stopped by simply blocking them. The lengths that some people will go, and the mobs they can gather, can really screw with people who are already emotionally unstable. It's rather sick that those with mental illnesses are among the more often targeted and bullies make it a game to get them to commit suicide. Then when people do kill themselves the mob continues hounding memorials pages and the like, making loved ones suffer by cheering for the death of the target.
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« Reply #28262 on: March 05, 2013, 07:00:01 am »

It is really, really hard to obtain music legally these days.  After three days attempting to buy an album, is it acceptable to just pirate the damn thing?
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« Reply #28263 on: March 05, 2013, 07:02:56 am »

NOO! You must crawl, hands and knees, to every music store within a 500km radius in search of this album! And when that fails, you must download itunes and support Apple for the album! MUHAHAHAHAHA!

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28264 on: March 05, 2013, 07:25:17 am »

Imo, it is never not okay to download music. Mostly because the non-pirated versions tend to not be free :x
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« Reply #28265 on: March 05, 2013, 07:39:58 am »

I'd say if you've made a dedicated effort to buy it, and they're making it clear they don't want your money, you're good to pirate it.
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« Reply #28266 on: March 05, 2013, 07:47:25 am »

Skirting forum rules there, careful.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28267 on: March 05, 2013, 07:54:57 am »

There's no rule against discussing piracy, just no giving people links to illegal files, or asking where they can be found. So I don't think there's an issue. Probably.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28268 on: March 05, 2013, 08:02:29 am »

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Piracy is bad! But so is screwing over customers.

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« Reply #28269 on: March 05, 2013, 08:17:57 am »

It is really, really hard to obtain music legally these days.  After three days attempting to buy an album, is it acceptable to just pirate the damn thing?
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« Reply #28270 on: March 05, 2013, 08:22:56 am »

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« Reply #28271 on: March 05, 2013, 08:33:19 am »

It is really, really hard to obtain music legally these days.  After three days attempting to buy an album, is it acceptable to just pirate the damn thing?
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« Reply #28272 on: March 05, 2013, 08:45:46 am »

Story in the New york times. Expectant Couple, wife 6 months pregnant, dies in car crash on way to hospital. Baby lives.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28273 on: March 05, 2013, 08:48:13 am »

He always says shit like this, I'm not particularly impressed. Really can't believe I used to watch that jerk's videos.
I feel the same way.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #28274 on: March 05, 2013, 09:20:02 am »

Story in the New york times. Expectant Couple, wife 6 months pregnant, dies in car crash on way to hospital. Baby lives.
Ummm...hate to tell ya, but the baby didn't survive. Died yesterday. :(
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