Suicide Webcast Proves Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory
November 22, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek
You’ve probably heard about a college student suffering from bipolar disorder intentionally overdosing on drugs in front a webcam. So of course, you’ve got shocked relatives, and professors attempting to express the incident in academic terms
Montana Miller, an assistant professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, said Biggs’ very public suicide was not shocking, given the way teenagers chronicle every facet of their lives on sites like Facebook and MySpace.
“If it’s not recorded or documented then it doesn’t even seem worthwhile,” she said. “For today’s generation it might seem, `What’s the point of doing it if everyone isn’t going to see it?’”
I’m quite honestly not shocked, because Abraham Biggs’ very public suicide—and the extremely idiotic reactions some viewers had to it—proves John Gabriel’s Internet Fuckwad Theory.
Honestly man, why would you say “lol” after realizing that someone just killed himself in front of you? Wouldn’t you at least try notifying someone?
(image from Penny Arcade)
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