fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #361]

⌈ Secret Post #361 ⌋

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Because that's not a horribly insensitive thing to say at all.

It's probably a secret because she doesn't want to tell anyone she tried to commit suicide before. Note that it's not the person herself who refuses to play the game because of what the characters do, it's that she's worried about what her parents will think of it. Do you think the parents see the "actual mechanics"? No, they'll see teenagers putting guns to their heads. Doesn't matter what they're trying to accomplish by doing it, the fact still remains that they are doing it, which brings back bad memories.

I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding what you've said, but your comment struck me as extremely uncalled for. =| Being on the internet doesn't give you the go-ahead to be a prick to people.

Exactly. My parents talk to me about my hobbies, yet they still sometimes make weird assumptions about the games I'm playing or the stories I write. A game where characters shoot themselves in the head just won't go over well with most parents of teenagers who have threatened or attempted suicide. It doesn't matter what the characters are actually doing--what'll matter is the moment when the parent just happens to walk through the room and sees what appears to be a suicide in progress. Even if #18 OP could convince their parents that that's not what's going on, it'd still be extremely upsetting. The OP has good reason not to play the game, or to tell their friends the real reason they're not playing it.

i giggle at the last statement when you won't bother to put a name to your comment.

you aren't misunderstanding it a single bit. it pisses me off, and i expressed this.

do you know how many suicides i've seen and made an effort to stop? do you know how many people i've known that have blamed all of their fucking problems on their suicide attempts? plenty more than have been offended by teenagers putting a non-functioning gun to their heads and making the sound of glass shattering to summon a physical embodiment of their own emotional strengths.

i misread the initial secret. i had assumed that the poster was simply blaming their not playing on their parents disapproving, and not playing it due to their own reasoning. that said, i won't take back a word.

uncalled for? insensitive? being a prick? let's take a look at some other comments; hell, let's take a look at some of the secrets. if i put an 'anonymous' tag before my statement, would it be any more valid? do you think you're calling out the big bad internet bully?

utterly ridiculous. :)

Edited 2008-01-02 08:44 (UTC)

I don't have a name to put to my comment. There's two reasons why I'm on livejournal: reading fic and reading fandomsecrets. Neither requires a username, so I never got one. :')

I'm in the same boat as you, I'll have you know. I've known plenty of people like that myself. But what does that matter, honestly? Besides, it's the parents we're talking about, not the person who tried to kill herself.

And again, I don't see how other secrets and other people come into play here at all. I'm just another anonymous, I blend in. I disagree with things and I argue, but I get mixed in with everyone else who doesn't use their face here. You don't think that I'm just singling you out, do you?

No, I think it's better you didn't resort to anonymity, it means that you aren't as cowardly as the other people who leave comments fully intended to provoke people.

i didn't intend to provoke anyone; not 100% positive whether you were implying that i was or not. i didn't expect rainbows and sunshine, but i made my comment wanting my opinion to be represented, not to start a lol wankfest.

you're right about the parents. it isn't my place to criticize a person for what their parents might do, and i wholeheartedly apologize, as it was my mistake.

my opinion still stands, however, regarding what i intended to address.

not the same anon

don't pull your 'I've saved people from suicide' street cred. and do you honestly think that just because you have an lj id that makes you more righteous? in the end you're just as anonymous as anyone who doesn't use their journal to respond.

unkindness is unkindness and your savior attitude coupled with your lj id doesn't make you brave.

i misread the initial secret. i had assumed that the poster was simply blaming their not playing on their parents disapproving, and not playing it due to their own reasoning. that said, i won't take back a word.

it still makes you an asshole

i'm not saying i saved anybody, and i'm sure as hell not pretending to be any sort of saviour. i put that in there to show that i at least know what the fuck i'm talking about regarding people killing themselves or attempting to.

ok? i'm a cowardly asshole? cool, whatever.

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