This is horrible, but I feel that the 19 year old had more issues going on than just being "pumped up" on a message board to do it.

There are some people out there that seriously need help, but don't get it. It's quite sad.

I can see more of this sort of thing happening. Just wanted to give my 2 cents and bump your thread.

A_L

"do it f*****" is a classic response to suicide threads on 4chan.org.

Normally they are trolls just trying to be funny, even though it's not. But every once in a while you get someone who is serious, and when they get hundreds of replies telling them to do it some of them go through with it instead of getting help. It's a sad story but what's more sad is that people actually encouraged him to do it instead of telling him to get help.

Mod Edit: Circumvention of the censors in this case alone is allowed as it is a relevant communication of internet lexicon and not a reference to a particular human.

[edit on 20-11-2008 by MemoryShock]

Well, first off. I'm a member of bodybuilding.com forums and only post in the misc. It's an interesting forum, to say the least. The stunts pulled here can be unimaginable... So don't get your panties in a bunch just yet. Let's wait until some real evidence rolls in, shall we...

The guy's here are willing to do almost anything in order to get some attention. That is what makes the misc so infamous.

FTR I haven't logged on the past few days so I wasn't aware of this story until now. I'm searching for the original thread now as well as other reports.

watched the vid kinda reminds me of that one movie that was kind of like this whole scenario ... except for the more hits the site got the closer the person would get to death ... UNTRACEABLE ... haha that's it ... it just popped in mi head .... except for in this scenario it was replies that got the person closer and closer to death ... until he killed himself

That's like... Really really really sad.

Yeah. There are some scary people on the net.



Be careful out there.

I'm glad ATS enforces the T&C for civility. Don't think we'll see any of that here for which I am thankful.

Sad end for a young man. My sympathies go out to his family and friends.

Stop the world I wanna get off.If this is true then its a very very sad thing.My heart goes out to his family

I feel more sorrow for the man’s family and friends than I do him. If it sounds cruel so be it but I have seen the affects of suicide on family and friends. I think it is a selfish thing to do.

It is sad the guy did it but he wanted this so he got it. It is bad that others antagonized him “to do it” though I sort of doubt it took the posters to give him “courage” enough to do it. But as another poster said they most likely did not take him serious. The waiting so long to do something is sort of strange though I could see people waiting a few hours in case he took some sleeping pills. From the position it would have been difficult to see if he were breathing lightly or not.

Again though I feel for his family and friends.

Raist

Oy.

The internet does bring us together...but sometimes it brings us together in the wrong way.

Poor kid. His suicide note is heartbreaking...

This is sad and guess what i am not going to click on any links or watch/read about anything on this. I dont want to feed the trolls. I dont support it and think its not right to watch it. The more people feed this, the more other kids will try it.
really sad though.

That is strange, that is the same area where the kid who killed himself after reading the book "old world secrets the omega project codes" was from. Maybe there is to much of something in the water there?

[edit on 20-11-2008 by seek4 truth]

When did people become that cruel?


Stories like that just don't make any sense.


Human beings have lost their way.

I would never watch the video, but I did go read the suicide note. I can't believe anything that boy did in his short life really made him the bad person he described himself to be. This is how depression alters a person's reality. I really feel bad for his family and friends. I was taught to never treat suicidal ideations as a joke. Always take it seriously. I am not saying the posters were at fault- it is very possible he would have done it regardless. But now all those posters who made jackass comments and the ones who watched and knew and didn't hit the "alert" button (even reporting it as "inappropriate" would have gotten attention from a mod) have this on their conscience. He laid there for hours- an immediate report might have saved him. This really is very heart-breaking.

Well that just goes to show you that you really shouldn't care all that much about people on web boards. If being on a web board makes you feel unhappy, leave. You've got your real friends in the real world. Why waste emotion on people that aren't even your real friends (or enemies).