Man attempts suicide live on 4chan,people cheerlead.

My name is URL · 02-12-2013 03:00PM

In a video of the incident, still available on LiveLeak (NSFW), the room fills up with smoke and Stephen apparently starts to burn.

“#imdead #omgimonfire,” he typed from under the bed.

“I’m ****3d.”

Such a guy.. even able to retain enough composure to use hash-tags as he burned :rolleyes:

Big Bag of Chips · 02-12-2013 03:01PM

zerks wrote: »

You know as well as I do if I omitted the link the very first reply to the op would have been "Link?"

If I was that disturbed by making a "spectator sport" out of such an issue, I just wouldn't bother starting a thread about it - links or no links.

Fair enough, post it and comment on it, if you so wish - but don't end your post denouncing the "spectator sport" element, when that is exactly what you are promoting, by posting it

Eight Ball · 02-12-2013 03:03PM

How anyone could click on links to that ill never know. Everyday a little piece of me dies inside when I hear sh1te this.

Morag · 02-12-2013 03:04PM

BillyMitchel wrote: »

What's IRC?

ah Jayus the youth of today!

Morag · 02-12-2013 03:06PM

OhHiMark wrote: »

Ah that's grand so. I know how the internet is but it'll be a sad ****ing day when people encouraging someone to commit suicide while watching him do it is just passed off as one of those things that happens.

What makes it any difference then somone on a bridge or building a 100 years ago and fcktards telling them 'Go on then, Jump!" ?

Same dark and nasty side to some people has always been about.

DMR1861 · 02-12-2013 03:25PM

4chan is great.

It's good the guy survived but seriously, what an attention whore.

Genghiz Cohen · 02-12-2013 03:28PM

Morag wrote: »

What makes it any difference then somone on a bridge or building a 100 years ago and fcktards telling them 'Go on then, Jump!" ?

Same dark and nasty side to some people has always been about.

Do a flip!

renegademaster · 02-12-2013 03:32PM

#speechless!! :eek:

darced · 02-12-2013 03:39PM

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Cantona's Collars · 02-12-2013 03:39PM

Big Bag of Chips wrote: »

If I was that disturbed by making a "spectator sport" out of such an issue, I just wouldn't bother starting a thread about it - links or no links.

Fair enough, post it and comment on it, if you so wish - but don't end your post denouncing the "spectator sport" element, when that is exactly what you are promoting, by posting it

The 'event' is over so technically we aren't spectators but merely watching & commenting on it after the fact.It's a bit different than sitting there watching it live & cheering him on.
By your logic,every time some tragedy appeared on the news we'd be better off switching channels.

My point was not about his attempted suicide as bad as it was but how people can sit there watching him do it & actively encourage him to be an hero.

Czarcasm · 02-12-2013 04:02PM

zerks wrote: »

The 'event' is over so technically we aren't spectators but merely watching & commenting on it after the fact.It's a bit different than sitting there watching it live & cheering him on.
By your logic,every time some tragedy appeared on the news we'd be better off switching channels.

My point was not about his attempted suicide as bad as it was but how people can sit there watching him do it & actively encourage him to be an hero.

Well that's easy explain - some people are dicks.

Vito Corleone · 02-12-2013 04:07PM

I saw some of the recording of it yesterday, very long with extremely poor video quality.

crazygeryy · 02-12-2013 04:18PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I saw some of the recording of it yesterday, very long with extremely poor video quality.

Why dont you write to him and ask him to do it again only this time do it right.

bigron2109 · 03-12-2013 10:43AM

People been dignosed with terminal illness who don't want to die and then you have this gob **** trying to kill himself while people film it. The world is a bad place at times.

Femme_Fatale · 04-12-2013 12:28AM

I'm 35 and never used IRC. It's really not a mainstream thing.

SV · 04-12-2013 12:31AM

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I'm 35 and never used IRC. It's really not a mainstream thing.

I'm 26 and have, although it was back in my more computer obsessed nerdy days. I definitely wouldn't consider it mainstream whatsoever, I barely knew what I was doing on it

Killer Wench · 04-12-2013 12:46AM

The first time that I read this article, I couldn't help but think of how we watch and encourage men and women to beat each other in ultimate fighting games. We root for individuals who pound their fists and kick their feet at other humans. We roar when we see the blood or the teeth being knocked out.

Suicide is a tragic subject, but if we removed that element and focused on a guy dying in front of a camera, then it seems like an extension of the other spectator events that we consume.

Mint Aero · 04-12-2013 12:51AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

The first time that I read this article, I couldn't help but think of how we watch and encourage men and women to beat each other in ultimate fighting games. We root for individuals who pound their fists and kick their feet at other humans. We roar when we see the blood or the teeth being knocked out.

I don't, I sit quietly and watch. Can't stand those yobos getting over excited at a fight.

04-12-2013 12:52AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

Suicide is a tragic subject, but if we removed that element and focused on a guy dying in front of a camera, then it seems like an extension of the other spectator events that we consume.

No it doesn't. It really doesn't.

DMR1861 · 04-12-2013 12:52AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

The first time that I read this article, I couldn't help but think of how we watch and encourage men and women to beat each other in ultimate fighting games. We root for individuals who pound their fists and kick their feet at other humans. We roar when we see the blood or the teeth being knocked out.

Suicide is a tragic subject, but if we removed that element and focused on a guy dying in front of a camera, then it seems like an extension of the other spectator events that we consume.

Deep down we all want to see blood and violence. 4chan's anonymity allows us to express our darker desires.

Morag · 04-12-2013 12:54AM

panem et circenses

Killer Wench · 04-12-2013 12:56AM

Mint Aero wrote: »

I don't, I sit quietly and watch. Can't stand those yobos getting over excited at a fight.

I've never watched a full fight. I've walked in on relatives watching a fight and I quickly leave the room. I don't want to watch in case it is that rare event when one of them dies.

04-12-2013 12:57AM

Killer Wench wrote: »

I've never watched a full fight. I've walked in on relatives watching a fight and I quickly leave the room. I don't want to watch in case it is that rare event when one of them dies.

I use the same reasoning for not going outside.

Killer Wench · 04-12-2013 12:58AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I use the same reasoning for not going outside.

Then I'm sure you smell.

TerrorFirmer · 04-12-2013 01:23AM

Pretty messed up, I browse /b/ a fair bit for the good stuff - it's given us some of the best interest humour around, but I detest stuff like that, and some of the more horrible stuff that appears. The guy in question apparently is 200k in debt, girlfriend left him, parents don't want to know him, hence the decision he made.

There were a lot of people telling him - begging him - not to do it, it's not fair to say it was a room of 200 people all egging him on.

Foxhound38 · 04-12-2013 02:23AM

Remember seeing something like this a few years ago - basically an artist set it up to look like a dude went on chatroullete and then hung himself. So when people came on to it, all they would see is a hanging body in the background, and the reactions were recorded. Seemingly out of 1000 people recorded, only one called the police.

Here's the link to the highlight reactions. The video is *possibly* NSFW - I'm not sure, nobody actually died or was injured (it was just set up to look that way) and it's not particularly graphic or disturbing or anything, especially if you know the score from the start or at least I found so.

Anyway, the reactions are a somewhat telling representation of the vast, uncaring chaos of the Internet. I'm not sure if I'm fascinated or depressed by it.

04-12-2013 02:49AM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Remember seeing something like this a few years ago - basically an artist set it up to look like a dude went on chatroullete and then hung himself. So when people came on to it, all they would see is a hanging body in the background, and the reactions were recorded. Seemingly out of 1000 people recorded, only one called the police.

Here's the link to the highlight reactions. The video is *possibly* NSFW - I'm not sure, nobody actually died or was injured (it was just set up to look that way) and it's not particularly graphic or disturbing or anything, especially if you know the score from the start or at least I found so.

Anyway, the reactions are a somewhat telling representation of the vast, uncaring chaos of the Internet. I'm not sure if I'm fascinated or depressed by it.

"Garda station."
"Eh yeah, I'm online and it looks like one of the 7 billion people in the world has hung themselves."
"OK, can see if they're male or female?"
"I'd guess male."
"OK so we're down to 3.5 billion. Race?"
"White. I think, I can't see the face so they may be East Asian."
"OK I'll patch in our stand-by investigator in Shanghai, he can follow what you say as well."
"Okay..."
"Can you see any serial numbers on appliances?"
"Eh..."
"Quickly! If we're to save this person who's apparently been hanging for an unknown amount of time somewhere in the world I need to get on to the customer care for an appliance manufacturer as quickly as possible!"

etc.

kowloon · 04-12-2013 03:12AM

If people had been able to get hold of the bandwidth 20 years ago this wouldn't be considered a sign of the times.

ardle1 · 04-12-2013 03:36AM

All drink,drug and internet related simplessssssss..... Back in the day it was easily established that either a woman or money caused crazy sh!t like that. So fcukin sad to see our young kids fcuked up so bad at such young 'ages'.. When's it all gonna end.

expectationlost · 04-12-2013 03:52AM

the guy got exactly what he was looking for

Man attempts suicide live on 4chan,people cheerlead.

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