Facebook dare drowning

rosewood said:
Humanity? Sounds like you need a dose
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Na Not really, to me if a situation occurs when you are caught in harms way through circumstances you had no hand in and die then thats a tragedy but putting yourself in harms way / danger for something as daft as a bet then...............hey tough ****, take the consequences!

Yeah i guess its sad for the parents but you know what we're overpopulated as it is so i guess having a few more of these 'population-control volunteers' isn't all that bad an idea.

I dont know why but i always think of darwinawards.com when i hear of stunts like these......................
 
There have been snail mail chain letters in the past which have caused much misery to some people; but that is as nothing compared to the immediacy and impact of things like Facebook.


They are a very large profit making organisation, I think it is up to them to have ways of quickly identifying and removing these harmful sort of sites rather than allow their network to be used for this; I bet if it was paedo porn they could sort it quickly...
 
prv said:
I think you must have misunderstood. My comment was nothing to do with ISPs. Only traditional letters and telephone calls.

Pete
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Perhaps I did, I was ploughing through at speed the reply's. Total Plonker!

I would mention tho, where I see your point. It would be unlikely that the person being dared by letter or telephone would go through with it. Unless of course a group meeting was arranged to be at the house by all who do the dares when the said call/letter arrives. Mission Impossible springs to mind. Your Dare if you choose to accept it (or Face dinner with Tony Blair and special scorn from your fellow friends) will self destruct in 5,4,3,2,1.

The Magic of Facebook to the youth today I connect it with would be in addition to the modern School ground/after school pranks. If a person is dared by someone usually it is a result of a group activity in my view.
 
prv said:
I think you must have misunderstood. My comment was nothing to do with ISPs. Only traditional letters and telephone calls.

Pete
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Perhaps I did, I was ploughing through at speed the reply's. Total Plonker!

I would mention tho, where I see your point. It would be unlikely that the person being dared by letter or telephone would go through with it. Unless of course a group meeting was arranged to be at the house by all who do the dares when the said call/letter arrives. Mission Impossible springs to mind. Your Dare if you choose to accept it (or Face dinner with Tony Blair and special scorn from your friends) will self destruct in 5,4,3,2,1.

The Magic of Facebook to the youth today I connect it with would be in addition to the modern School ground/after school pranks. If a person is dared by someone usually it is a result of a group activity in my view.
 
nimbusgb said:
One has only to witness some of the bile,hate and intolerance that purports to be free speach and banter in our own 'lounge' to see how even people with a common interest can border on sociopathy.
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+1. Though I do wonder how many of the worst offenders in The Lounge actually have a boat.
 
I'm curious to know if there is any evidence that Facebook has made youngsters any more likely to do something silly/dangerous/embarrassing then they were before social media came along. After all, where was the mechanism for instantly publicising the vicarious ways in which accidental death occur?

I seem to remember back in my dim and distant childhood that bored yoof played chicken on railway lines, dived into shallow water, drowned in deep water, drank noxious substances and did the most appalling things in cars without social media to egg them on. It just depended on how creative your mates were... Although in those days, you could legally smoke anywhere, beat children in schools, not wear seatbelts, fly a microlight without a license, flashers were an accepted part of the landscape and everyone wanted to be in Gary Glitter's gang.
 
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Hypocacculus said:
I'm curious to know if there is any evidence that Facebook has made youngsters any more likely to do something silly/dangerous/embarrassing then they were before social media came along. After all, where was the mechanism for instantly publicising the vicarious ways in which accidental death occur?

After all, I seem to remember back in my dim and distant childhood that bored yoof played chicken on railway lines, dived into shallow water, drowned in deep water, drank noxious substances and did the most appalling things in cars without social media to egg them on. It just depended on how creative your mates were... Although in those days, you could legally smoke anywhere, beat children in schools, not wear seatbelts, fly a microlight without a license, flashers were an accepted part of the landscape and everyone wanted to be in Gary Glitter's gang.
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Indeed. I wouldn't say I was Darwinian, but there was a certain creative flair in coming up with your own acts of lunacy for you & your mates to attempt. I shudder now, and frankly am delighted there wasn't any social media to tell others what we were up to. Especially the ones that didn't quite go to plan...
 
Hypocacculus said:
I'm curious to know if there is any evidence that Facebook has made youngsters any more likely to do something silly/dangerous/embarrassing then they were before social media came along. After all, where was the mechanism for instantly publicising the vicarious ways in which accidental death occur?

I seem to remember back in my dim and distant childhood that bored yoof played chicken on railway lines, dived into shallow water, drowned in deep water, drank noxious substances and did the most appalling things in cars without social media to egg them on. It just depended on how creative your mates were... Although in those days, you could legally smoke anywhere, beat children in schools, not wear seatbelts, fly a microlight without a license, flashers were an accepted part of the landscape and everyone wanted to be in Gary Glitter's gang.
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Sometimes I wonder how most of us survived, some didn't of course but mainly due to motor bike accidents. I found my school reports after my father died, term after term the chemistry master commented "apparently only interested in explosive compounds" - get caught making bombs these days and you're in deep ****.

I think the difference now with social media, is some idiots are pushing the limits too far just to outdo the rest, like those morons who went around "happy slapping" bystanders, not realising the police could also access their postings.
 
rogerball0 said:
Na Not really, to me if a situation occurs when you are caught in harms way through circumstances you had no hand in and die then thats a tragedy but putting yourself in harms way / danger for something as daft as a bet then...............hey tough ****, take the consequences!

Yeah i guess its sad for the parents but you know what we're overpopulated as it is so i guess having a few more of these 'population-control volunteers' isn't all that bad an idea.

I dont know why but i always think of darwinawards.com when i hear of stunts like these......................
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You got a very weird attitude to life I think. I cannot believe your being serious. You were obviously a very sensible child and a credit to all who knew you. Quoting Darwin to agree with your views that all daft kids should die is a curious one
 
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