http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_teenager_stabs_himself_to_death_onstage_at_open_mic_night_in_front_of_shocked_cr.html?obref=obinsite
kid gets up and sings a song called "sorry for the mess" then stabs himself to death. :lulz:
ENCORE!
disclaimer: I realize I'm probably a horrible person for thinking this is funny. Doesn't change the fact that I do.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:38:51 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_teenager_stabs_himself_to_death_onstage_at_open_mic_night_in_front_of_shocked_cr.html?obref=obinsite
kid gets up and sings a song called "sorry for the mess" then stabs himself to death. :lulz:
ENCORE!
disclaimer: I realize I'm probably a horrible person for thinking this is funny. Doesn't change the fact that I do.
(http://www.agilitynut.com/08/8/borooster.jpg)
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
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Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
The sympathy here shouldn't be aimed at the suicidal kid, he got what he wanted. It should be aimed at his friends and family, shit sucks for them.
Well, the suicidal kid too, really. After all, it's a kid, who's suicidal.
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 22, 2011, 10:01:20 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
The sympathy here shouldn't be aimed at the suicidal kid, he got what he wanted. It should be aimed at his friends and family, shit sucks for them.
oh, for them I've nothing but. He's left his family and friends with nothing but a horrible story as a last memory. For that alone, I say fuck him. Fuck him in the face.
Also, the people in the crowd, complete fucking strangers that have to live with that scene their entire lives. It's a shit thing to do.
His family will be stuck with this image for the rest of their lives for this one selfish act. I have nothing but sympathy for them.
Hay now waitaminute, I'm sure I done sawed this thread before.
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:mullet:
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You gotta read all them threads now fellers, everone.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
My personal stance on suicide is that nobody consents to being born, therefore, no one is obligated to continue living
unless their actions have caused other people to be born against their will.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 10:09:23 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 22, 2011, 10:01:20 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
The sympathy here shouldn't be aimed at the suicidal kid, he got what he wanted. It should be aimed at his friends and family, shit sucks for them.
oh, for them I've nothing but. He's left his family and friends with nothing but a horrible story as a last memory. For that alone, I say fuck him. Fuck him in the face.
Also, the people in the crowd, complete fucking strangers that have to live with that scene their entire lives. It's a shit thing to do.
His family will be stuck with this image for the rest of their lives for this one selfish act. I have nothing but sympathy for them.
It's not something that wants endorsing, but shit, You have to wonder what fucks someone up that bad.
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on April 22, 2011, 10:11:27 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
My personal stance on suicide is that nobody consents to being born, therefore, no one is obligated to continue living unless their actions have caused other people to be born against their will.
I lean toward the absurdist view on it:
QuoteFor some, suicide is a solution when confronted with the futility of living a life devoid of all purpose, as it is only a means to quicken the resolution of one's ultimate fate. For Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus, suicide is not a worthwhile solution, because if life is veritably absurd, it is therefore even more absurd to counteract it; instead, we should engage in living, and reconcile the fact that we live in a world without purpose. Suicide, according to Camus, is merely avoiding the Absurd, instead of living in spite of it.
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on April 22, 2011, 10:11:27 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
My personal stance on suicide is that nobody consents to being born, therefore, no one is obligated to continue living unless their actions have caused other people to be born against their will.
I agree, with the caveat that once the person is considered an adult you can still of yourself.
However it's remarkably inconsiderate to do it in front of a crowd and it would be generally more kind to withdraw from networks of friend and family before taking the easy way out.
Quote from: Alty on April 22, 2011, 10:10:42 PM
Hay now waitaminute, I'm sure I done sawed this thread before.
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You gotta read all them threads now fellers, everone.
I'm really just pointing out that this is hardly "breaking", because it's a week old and everyone discussed it over beer last Sunday.
I feel like we ought to have SOME standards, sometimes.
Oh I agree completely.
There are threads. We read them, participate. We make new threads.
OR we spag shit up to the max.
ETA: I lol'd at your posts.
Excellent. :thanks:
The theatrics of this incident reeks of some kind of mood disorder.
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on April 22, 2011, 10:55:04 PM
The theatrics of this incident reeks of some kind of mood disorder.
Yes.
Also the suicide part makes me suspect something.
Quote from: Nigel on April 22, 2011, 11:00:14 PM
Quote from: Lord Glittersnatch on April 22, 2011, 10:55:04 PM
The theatrics of this incident reeks of some kind of mood disorder.
Yes.
Also the suicide part makes me suspect something.
By incident I meant suicide :lulz:.
Quote from: Alty on April 22, 2011, 10:47:52 PM
Oh I agree completely.
There are threads. We read them, participate. We make new threads.
OR we spag shit up to the max.
ETA: I lol'd at your posts.
I didn't see the thread. and didn't search for one, so yeah, I spagged it up without bothering to look for another one. fuck, there's a lot of content in this place.
"use the fucking search function next time" is noted
Quote from: Nigel on April 22, 2011, 10:37:48 PM
Quote from: Alty on April 22, 2011, 10:10:42 PM
Hay now waitaminute, I'm sure I done sawed this thread before.
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You gotta read all them threads now fellers, everone.
I'm really just pointing out that this is hardly "breaking", because it's a week old and everyone discussed it over beer last Sunday.
I feel like we ought to have SOME standards, sometimes.
It was breaking news to me, and I didn't even see it til today!
I depend on PD for my news, since I have no TV and the voices on the radio only tell me to to burn down retirement homes.
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. his parents and friends deserve it all. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. his parents and friends deserve it all. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Chill bro. As I stated earlier this guy was probably mentally ill, people dont do shit like this if their depressed. They slit their wrists in the bathtub and take a handful of pills while their favorite CD plays. They dont stab themselves in front of a group of people.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. his parents and friends deserve it all. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Hey Pickle, my brother committed suicide. So did someone else's on the board. You are now officially on my "total piece of worthless shit" list, and I will endeavor to make the rest of your time here as unpleasant as possible. :)
Quote from: Nigel on April 23, 2011, 03:51:03 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. his parents and friends deserve it all. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Hey Pickle, my brother committed suicide. So did someone else's on the board. You are now officially on my "total piece of worthless shit" list, and I will endeavor to make the rest of your time here as unpleasant as possible. :)
I believe what Pickle was saying was that his parents and friends deserve all the SYMPATHY, Nigel, not that they deserve him killing himself.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on April 23, 2011, 03:52:27 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 23, 2011, 03:51:03 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. his parents and friends deserve it all. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Hey Pickle, my brother committed suicide. So did someone else's on the board. You are now officially on my "total piece of worthless shit" list, and I will endeavor to make the rest of your time here as unpleasant as possible. :)
I believe what Pickle was saying was that his parents and friends deserve all the SYMPATHY, Nigel, not that they deserve him killing himself.
Oh, OK. I misread it.
However, I am not OK with him declaring that my brother's suffering and sense of isolation, worthlessness, and hopelessness meant that he "deserved" death. I understand his anger, but it's misplaced. Fuck him.
Oh, and stabbing yourself to death in front of a room full of strangers? Sounds like something a schizophrenic would do. If this guy can't eke out a drop of sympathy for the unmitigated misery many schizophrenics experience, he isn't even a human being.
Quote from: Nigel on April 23, 2011, 03:51:03 PM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 23, 2011, 03:01:40 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
it's selfish, and the ultimate "look at me, me me" act. It's self serving at its worst. oh, you can't fucking cope? life's too fucking much for you and you want to leave the planet early? fine, tell everyone you know what you plan to do, everyone who loves you, thinks about you and cares about you. tell THEM it's just too much for you to handle and get their thoughts on the matter first. If the people who know and care for you agree that it's hopeless for you to remain on the planet, there's no better way, you're in too much pain and it would be a mercy for you to shove off this mortal coil, THEN fine, do it. But do it privately, quietly, and not in front of a room full of fucking strangers. Fuck him. Those people have to go to sleep the rest of their lives with that fucking shit in their brain. No one exists in a vacuum, and no matter how alone you may think you are, there's going to be at least one person you fuck in the brain for life when you decide to take your own life.
And this is coming from a self proclaimed libertarian, who also happens to be the sort of bloke that helps out complete strangers when it's in my ability to do so.
fuck him, I've no sympathy at all. [edit] his parents and friends are the only ones who deserve sympathy. he deserves exactly what he gave himself.
Hey Pickle, my brother committed suicide. So did someone else's on the board. You are now officially on my "total piece of worthless shit" list, and I will endeavor to make the rest of your time here as unpleasant as possible. :)
in case that wasn't clear.
I've lost 3 people I loved very much to suicide, one quick and painless (I have always hoped) the other two took the slow and painful way. anger at them is my way of dealing with it. Also a health dose of :horrormirth: directed at them who decided to leave us with this, nothing but questions and rage. I reject the idea that there was ever a point where there was noone to turn to. Maybe I'm projecting my inability to see it coming, from the people I thought understood that I had an open door, who really DID have somewhere to come to get the fuck out of their head.
I am truly sorry for your loss Nigel, even not knowing you very much at all. It's the worst sort of thing to have to carry around.
I'm the asshole. I can live with that. He should have called someone. They all should have. And I should have called more than I did.
fuck, this shit's depressing. I'm going to find some fun.
sorry for spagging up the board with this crap.
Quote from: Nigel on April 22, 2011, 09:43:19 PM
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Quote from: Nigel on April 22, 2011, 09:44:40 PM
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:lulz:
best use of a pic to convey a meme I've seen this year.
:thanks:
I gotta admire the guys commitment to an act.
As terrible as what he did is, it's almost monty-pythonish in the dark humour he "performed".
I mean, don't tell me you guys couldn't imagine a skit where the central character sings a jolly song apologizing vaguely for something that hasn't happened yet, and ending it with the character killing/blowing up themselves and the audience, witnessing the atrocity, at first stand around stunned and awe-struck, covered in bits of blood... a few silent seconds pass then... one person starts to slowly clap, and then, suddenly, a standing ovation follows in rhythm as the crowd regain their composure and cry "Encore! Encore!"
Also kinda brings a whole new meaning to "And now for something completely different"
Anyone who kills themselves (other than those with a painful terminal illness) clearly has mental issues.
This guy stabbed himself in the chest multiple times. That first stab didn't cause him to have any second thoughts or anything, he just kept stabbing away. That's some serious mental illness, right there.
Quote from: Jerry_Frankster on April 23, 2011, 07:54:05 PM
Anyone who kills themselves (other than those with a painful terminal illness) clearly has mental issues.
This guy stabbed himself in the chest multiple times. That first stab didn't cause him to have any second thoughts or anything, he just kept stabbing away. That's some serious mental illness, right there.
I wonder if he had an autopsy for drugs... wouldn't be the first time some idiot high on angel dust decides they are invincible and do things to themselves that they'll seriously regret when they come down, *if* they ever come down.
Oh oh!, Maybe, just *maybe*, the guy was like, an ultra hard core enviromentalist, and read this (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fjust-kill-yourself-urge-scientists%2F&h=c94e1) and decided to set an example for everyone else to follow...
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 08:04:17 PM
Oh oh!, Maybe, just *maybe*, the guy was like, an ultra hard core enviromentalist, and read this (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fjust-kill-yourself-urge-scientists%2F&h=c94e1) and decided to set an example for everyone else to follow...
I think if that was the case he would have given a sermon about environmentalism rather than sung an apology song.
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 08:04:17 PM
Oh oh!, Maybe, just *maybe*, the guy was like, an ultra hard core enviromentalist, and read this (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fjust-kill-yourself-urge-scientists%2F&h=c94e1) and decided to set an example for everyone else to follow...
I think if that was the case he would have given a sermon about environmentalism rather than sung an apology song.
I dunno, "sorry about the mess" could be a very vague reference to the fact we've messed up the planet and he wants to make amends by setting an example or something.
Yeah, ok, I know it's ridiculous, but it made sense in my head in that "I wouldn't be surprised if *insert horrormirth*" kinda way.
I wonder how this will affect the audience long term? I mean from a 'shrapnel' perspective, that could invoke some very interesting psychological changes, perhaps bad (phobias, nightmares etc) or maybe good (sudden realization that life is for living now, not later...).
As for the guy, sounds like he was somehow mentally imbalanced either from disease or drug... thats a shame.
Quote from: Ratatosk on April 23, 2011, 09:48:03 PM
I wonder how this will affect the audience long term? I mean from a 'shrapnel' perspective, that could invoke some very interesting psychological changes, perhaps bad (phobias, nightmares etc) or maybe good (sudden realization that life is for living now, not later...).
As for the guy, sounds like he was somehow mentally imbalanced either from disease or drug... thats a shame.
This might sound sick, and guys, PLEASE don't get the wrong idea about this, but I almost wish I was in the Audience... a once in a lifetime act, literally, me being the life-theater experience junkie that I am, I'd just want to be able to say *I saw it*.
Now just to clarify that touch more.... really, I think it's a part of me just trying to embrace high-weirdness, you know, I don't actually care much for seeing people killing themselves in general, but just once, on stage, would satisfy a morbid curiosity that I'll admit I have, the proverbial train-wreak that you just have to keep staring at til the bitter end because it would almost be weird *not to* should it ever happen in front of you...
Quote from: Ratatosk on April 23, 2011, 09:48:03 PM
I wonder how this will affect the audience long term? I mean from a 'shrapnel' perspective, that could invoke some very interesting psychological changes, perhaps bad (phobias, nightmares etc) or maybe good (sudden realization that life is for living now, not later...).
As for the guy, sounds like he was somehow mentally imbalanced either from disease or drug... thats a shame.
Also, on the drug note, if he hasn't already had an autopsy to rule it out, I'd be willing to bet $100 he was on some kind of drug/medication in a really high dose.
Most likely PCP, but also maybe opioids or meth-amphetamine.
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 09:10:54 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 08:04:17 PM
Oh oh!, Maybe, just *maybe*, the guy was like, an ultra hard core enviromentalist, and read this (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fjust-kill-yourself-urge-scientists%2F&h=c94e1) and decided to set an example for everyone else to follow...
I think if that was the case he would have given a sermon about environmentalism rather than sung an apology song.
I dunno, "sorry about the mess" could be a very vague reference to the fact we've messed up the planet and he wants to make amends by setting an example or something.
Yeah, ok, I know it's ridiculous, but it made sense in my head in that "I wouldn't be surprised if *insert horrormirth*" kinda way.
And thus, the very first schism of the Religious Rite of the Self-Stabbing Messiah divided the people.
Quote from: postvex™ on April 23, 2011, 10:30:55 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 09:10:54 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:48:35 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 08:04:17 PM
Oh oh!, Maybe, just *maybe*, the guy was like, an ultra hard core enviromentalist, and read this (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsthump.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fjust-kill-yourself-urge-scientists%2F&h=c94e1) and decided to set an example for everyone else to follow...
I think if that was the case he would have given a sermon about environmentalism rather than sung an apology song.
I dunno, "sorry about the mess" could be a very vague reference to the fact we've messed up the planet and he wants to make amends by setting an example or something.
Yeah, ok, I know it's ridiculous, but it made sense in my head in that "I wouldn't be surprised if *insert horrormirth*" kinda way.
And thus, the very first schism of the Religious Rite of the Self-Stabbing Messiah divided the people.
LOOK, THE MESSIAH HAD THIS PAMPHLET ON THE SEA SHEPHERD IN HIS POCKET WHEN HE DIED, IT MUST BE A SIGN GOD WANTS US TO BE ANTI-WHALING AND PRO-KNIVES
OR have knives with nice whalebone handles...
Quote from: Ratatosk on April 23, 2011, 11:12:18 PM
OR have knives with nice whalebone handles...
Obviously the whalebone handle knives are meant to be reserved for the Priests. Common people shouldn't be allowed to hunt whales. Unless it is to give the whalebones to the priests.
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
There's also the possibility that he was mentally ill. Killing yourself is by definition not normal behavior.
Even if you do it in style.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 24, 2011, 02:32:59 AM
Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
There's also the possibility that he was mentally ill. Killing yourself is by definition not normal behavior.
Even if you do it in style.
Given the specific situation I agree with Roger... this isn't offing yourself with sleeping pills and vodka or a razor and warm bath. The guy had something seriously fucked up going on in his head.
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 07:28:14 PM
I gotta admire the guys commitment to an act.
As terrible as what he did is, it's almost monty-pythonish in the dark humour he "performed".
I mean, don't tell me you guys couldn't imagine a skit where the central character sings a jolly song apologizing vaguely for something that hasn't happened yet, and ending it with the character killing/blowing up themselves and the audience, witnessing the atrocity, at first stand around stunned and awe-struck, covered in bits of blood... a few silent seconds pass then... one person starts to slowly clap, and then, suddenly, a standing ovation follows in rhythm as the crowd regain their composure and cry "Encore! Encore!"
I'd have let it go after the first post, Lys.
Perfect horrormirth in this one, then you just started flogging the already quite dead horse.
This one however, made me laugh in
that way.
Quote from: Payne on April 24, 2011, 09:42:51 AM
Quote from: Lies on April 23, 2011, 07:28:14 PM
I gotta admire the guys commitment to an act.
As terrible as what he did is, it's almost monty-pythonish in the dark humour he "performed".
I mean, don't tell me you guys couldn't imagine a skit where the central character sings a jolly song apologizing vaguely for something that hasn't happened yet, and ending it with the character killing/blowing up themselves and the audience, witnessing the atrocity, at first stand around stunned and awe-struck, covered in bits of blood... a few silent seconds pass then... one person starts to slowly clap, and then, suddenly, a standing ovation follows in rhythm as the crowd regain their composure and cry "Encore! Encore!"
I'd have let it go after the first post, Lys.
Perfect horrormirth in this one, then you just started flogging the already quite dead horse.
This one however, made me laugh in that way.
Well, I did make you laugh in *that* way, so you know, two steps forward one back and such. I'll work "it" out soon, I swear.
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Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
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Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
And/or some serious mind altering drugs.
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Quote from: Disco Pickle on April 22, 2011, 09:44:36 PM
yeah, I know. I just have little sympathy for people who choose to end their lives. It's a cowards way out, and possibly the most selfish act any person can take.
There's also the possibility that he was mentally ill. Killing yourself is by definition not normal behavior.
Even if you do it in style.
This.
Quote from: Lies on April 24, 2011, 03:46:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 03:21:16 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
And/or some serious mind altering drugs.
Right. I keep forgetting about the drugs for some reason.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 04:58:04 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 24, 2011, 03:46:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 03:21:16 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
And/or some serious mind altering drugs.
Right. I keep forgetting about the drugs for some reason.
I know
I only stab myself after taking drugs. sort of like only smoking after sex, or only drinking milk after eating a brownie. You just have to have that context for it to be good.
Quote from: Richter on April 26, 2011, 12:39:32 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 04:58:04 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 24, 2011, 03:46:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 03:21:16 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
And/or some serious mind altering drugs.
Right. I keep forgetting about the drugs for some reason.
I know I only stab myself after taking drugs. sort of like only smoking after sex, or only drinking milk after eating a brownie. You just have to have that context for it to be good.
I restrict myself to shotgunning garbage cans. :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 26, 2011, 12:41:15 AM
Quote from: Richter on April 26, 2011, 12:39:32 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 04:58:04 PM
Quote from: Lies on April 24, 2011, 03:46:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 24, 2011, 03:21:16 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on April 23, 2011, 08:45:18 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on April 23, 2011, 02:21:06 PM
Pickle, you might want to consider having some sort of sympathy for people who kill themselves. No one in their right mind does that. It's a mark of extreme and unhelped mental illness.
I wouldn't say no one. Someone with a debilitating and extremely painful physical condition could make a logical decision to terminate their life. or someone facing some really unpleasant consequences, like that kiddy fiddling pastor that Postvex posted a link to (ETA the right poster with the pastor story.)
True, but a terminal cancer patient isn't going to go up on stage and stab themselves repeatedly. The method kind of adds weight to the idea that there was something really wrong with this guy.
And/or some serious mind altering drugs.
Right. I keep forgetting about the drugs for some reason.
I know I only stab myself after taking drugs. sort of like only smoking after sex, or only drinking milk after eating a brownie. You just have to have that context for it to be good.
I restrict myself to shotgunning garbage cans. :lulz:
That's Holy Work
TM!, and totally unrelated to mear drug taking. :lulz:
This kid passed the Peregrinus test. Much respect.