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News: Brony took his own life due to bullying
11 years ago
From EquestriaDaily:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/.....to-online.html
-From Boardgamebrony-
Adam Smith was 19 years old when he took his life.
He wrote fan fiction and uploaded Youtube videos where cruel comments led him to create an “apology” video about his fan fiction, which others accused him of plagiarizing. They made fun of his speech and wrote nasty comments on his sites until he finally decided to take his life.
This happened in May and the Daily Mail just covered it.
There are
so many things
I want to say.
Last night I wrote about elements of harmony you guys think you needed to work on.
Tonight, before I read that article, I wanted to ask you what lengths you would go to in order to become a better individual concerning the element of harmony you wanted to work on.
And now…now I think we need to talk.
If any of you have ever been bullied, harassed or in any way hurt, please find someone to talk to. Please don’t think that taking your life is the way to go.
I’ve dealt with bullies before. More in-person than online. In my experience, it’s the psychological ones which are the worst. And sometimes it comes from people who don’t even know they’re doing the bullying. Sometimes they think their words are justified. That they have some self-appointed right to do what they do. I’ve dealt with some really harsh people before…
I’ve been in some very dark places where I didn’t know who to turn to. The most important thing to remember when suffering bullying is to know that you don’t have to take that harassment from ANYONE. Do whatever you can to remove yourself from that horrible situation. If it’s online, ignore them, block them, stay away from those places, whatever it takes to pull yourself away from those dangerous situations.
I talked about kindness last night. Moments like this make me wonder how to respond.
I know what this world needs is kindness and compassion more than anything.
I hope that we can all do our part to make sure the people in our lives know we love them.
And whenever we talk to anyone, online or off, we take the kind path (and sometimes the assertive and firm path is needed, but at your core, always compassion).
Just be a good person.
Just try.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/.....to-online.html
-From Boardgamebrony-
Adam Smith was 19 years old when he took his life.
He wrote fan fiction and uploaded Youtube videos where cruel comments led him to create an “apology” video about his fan fiction, which others accused him of plagiarizing. They made fun of his speech and wrote nasty comments on his sites until he finally decided to take his life.
This happened in May and the Daily Mail just covered it.
There are
so many things
I want to say.
Last night I wrote about elements of harmony you guys think you needed to work on.
Tonight, before I read that article, I wanted to ask you what lengths you would go to in order to become a better individual concerning the element of harmony you wanted to work on.
And now…now I think we need to talk.
If any of you have ever been bullied, harassed or in any way hurt, please find someone to talk to. Please don’t think that taking your life is the way to go.
I’ve dealt with bullies before. More in-person than online. In my experience, it’s the psychological ones which are the worst. And sometimes it comes from people who don’t even know they’re doing the bullying. Sometimes they think their words are justified. That they have some self-appointed right to do what they do. I’ve dealt with some really harsh people before…
I’ve been in some very dark places where I didn’t know who to turn to. The most important thing to remember when suffering bullying is to know that you don’t have to take that harassment from ANYONE. Do whatever you can to remove yourself from that horrible situation. If it’s online, ignore them, block them, stay away from those places, whatever it takes to pull yourself away from those dangerous situations.
I talked about kindness last night. Moments like this make me wonder how to respond.
I know what this world needs is kindness and compassion more than anything.
I hope that we can all do our part to make sure the people in our lives know we love them.
And whenever we talk to anyone, online or off, we take the kind path (and sometimes the assertive and firm path is needed, but at your core, always compassion).
Just be a good person.
Just try.
I might have considered ending it at some point as just about everybody I currently know has considered, but somewhere along the lines I realized that it would solve nothing. The jackasses would still be jackasses and sure I might not be suffering it anymore but I wouldn't be free to have good experiences either.
So I put up with it. Developed a thick skin, as it were. People still harass me and yeah it pisses me off. It upsets me for a while then I breathe and I move on. Life ticks on regardless of the actions of others and the way I see it I can either go with the flow and move on with my life or dwell on it and get left behind.