I think sometimes people like to feel offended to make them selves feel superior. This story naturally has some dark humor to it. If you don't see it you are blind and it is not off topic, it's about a game lol
It's not about feeling "superior", but seeing that you found my comment so funny I'll explain. I understand "dark humor" and I'm not a sensitive person. I realize many gamers are given bad stereotypes, and will make comments like "go kill yourself", etc., and think nothing of it. However, as you get older or if you are a professional you start to become introspective, and you realize that there are a time and place for everything. It's not "about a game", and if you read the article the person found a corpse while playing a game, how was that part of the game? Also, is this author known for writing misleading articles or for his "dark humor"? I noticed at the end of the article he says: "you can harass him and his views on Twitter @thebillmurphy". I still stand by what I said; it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?
"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." ~ C. S. Lewis
I think sometimes people like to feel offended to make them selves feel superior. This story naturally has some dark humor to it. If you don't see it you are blind and it is not off topic, it's about a game lol
It's not about feeling "superior", but seeing that you found my comment so funny I'll explain. I understand "dark humor" and I'm not a sensitive person. I realize many gamers are given bad stereotypes, and will make comments like "go kill yourself", etc., and think nothing of it. However, as you get older or if you are professional you start to become introspective, and you realize that there are a time and place for everything. It's not "about a game", and if you read the article the person found a corpse while playing a game, how was that part of the game? Also, is this author known for writing misleading articles or for his "dark humor"? I noticed at the end of the article he says: "you can harass him and his views on Twitter @thebillmurphy". I still stand by what I said; it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?
i feel like "it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?" isn't a fair question.. no one can say how they would react in the situation of it being their family member.. there could be circumstances defining your reaction based on said family member. Nothing is that black and white and from my point of view i'll take it on face value and not look at hypothetical situations because i know for a fact i couldn't gauge my reaction until i was in the situation.
This being said, doesn't make Bill a bad person for his article.and i can take it on face value for what it was.
I think sometimes people like to feel offended to make them selves feel superior. This story naturally has some dark humor to it. If you don't see it you are blind and it is not off topic, it's about a game lol
It's not about feeling "superior", but seeing that you found my comment so funny I'll explain. I understand "dark humor" and I'm not a sensitive person. I realize many gamers are given bad stereotypes, and will make comments like "go kill yourself", etc., and think nothing of it. However, as you get older or if you are professional you start to become introspective, and you realize that there are a time and place for everything. It's not "about a game", and if you read the article the person found a corpse while playing a game, how was that part of the game? Also, is this author known for writing misleading articles or for his "dark humor"? I noticed at the end of the article he says: "you can harass him and his views on Twitter @thebillmurphy". I still stand by what I said; it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?
i feel like "it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?" isn't a fair question.. no one can say how they would react in the situation of it being their family member.. there could be circumstances defining your reaction based on said family member. Nothing is that black and white and from my point of view i'll take it on face value and not look at hypothetical situations because i know for a fact i couldn't gauge my reaction until i was in the situation.
This being said, doesn't make Bill a bad person for his article.and i can take it on face value for what it was.
You said: "no one can say how they would react in the situation of it being their family member." Are you serious? If someone called you on the phone and told you they found the body of your loved one, you wouldn't know how you would react? Well, let's hope that you never experience a similar situation in your life. It doesn't matter if Bill doesn't seem like a "bad guy", I believe in fairness; if he thinks it's so funny to joke about, then I hope that he would get a good chuckle if something similar happened to his family. That's all I'm saying; if he could still find it funny if that was his family member, then I absolutely understand how he could find an article like this funny. I can guarantee you that if Bill is a "nice guy" he would be upset.
"I have found a desire within myself that no experience in this world can satisfy; the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." ~ C. S. Lewis
Nobody is saying that Bill is a bad person, I actually respect Bill and his contributions to this website quite a lot. I think he's a professional and I think he's extremely good at his job. At the same time, coming off this week with the slayings of police officers, people getting shot and having it plastered all over the internet, television, etc. It's just exasperating. It's tiring and I really didn't want to see this article posted here. I get why it's here. I gave it a read, I was curious. The topic is fine and I can understand dark humor - I'd probably laugh at this any other day, but the start of this month has simply been shit. I'd rather not get a chuckle off the misfortunate teen who found a corpse.
I think sometimes people like to feel offended to make them selves feel superior. This story naturally has some dark humor to it. If you don't see it you are blind and it is not off topic, it's about a game lol
It's not about feeling "superior", but seeing that you found my comment so funny I'll explain. I understand "dark humor" and I'm not a sensitive person. I realize many gamers are given bad stereotypes, and will make comments like "go kill yourself", etc., and think nothing of it. However, as you get older or if you are professional you start to become introspective, and you realize that there are a time and place for everything. It's not "about a game", and if you read the article the person found a corpse while playing a game, how was that part of the game? Also, is this author known for writing misleading articles or for his "dark humor"? I noticed at the end of the article he says: "you can harass him and his views on Twitter @thebillmurphy". I still stand by what I said; it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?
i feel like "it's funny unless it's one of your family members, right?" isn't a fair question.. no one can say how they would react in the situation of it being their family member.. there could be circumstances defining your reaction based on said family member. Nothing is that black and white and from my point of view i'll take it on face value and not look at hypothetical situations because i know for a fact i couldn't gauge my reaction until i was in the situation.
This being said, doesn't make Bill a bad person for his article.and i can take it on face value for what it was.
You said: "no one can say how they would react in the situation of it being their family member." Are you serious? If someone called you on the phone and told you they found the body of your loved one, you wouldn't know how you would react? Well, let's hope that you never experience a similar situation in your life. It doesn't matter if Bill doesn't seem like a "bad guy" or not I believe in fairness; if he thinks it's so funny to joke about, then I hope that he would get a good chuckle if something similar happened to his family. That's all I'm saying; if he could still find it funny if that was his family member, then I absolutely understand how he could find an article like this funny. I can guarantee you that if Bill is a "nice guy" he would be upset.
i already said i've lost several family members and loved ones in my life and no i reacted differently in each situation as i said nothing is black and white.
and saying "i hope he would get a good chuckle if something similar happened to his family"
except you know nothing about the victim, he might not have had family. he might have been a terrible person who hurt all of his family on multiple occasions and they don't want anything to do with him. he could have been a serial rapist (extreme example, but it's possible)
You have 0 circumstance besides a girl found an unidentified dead body while playing pokemon go, so no you can't assume to expect to know how anyone would react to said persons passing.
Nobody is saying that Bill is a bad person, I actually respect Bill and his contributions to this website quite a lot. I think he's a professional and I think he's extremely good at his job. At the same time, coming off this week with the slayings of police officers, people getting shot and having it plastered all over the internet, television, etc. It's just exasperating. It's tiring and I really didn't want to see this article posted here. I get why it's here. I gave it a read, I was curious. The topic is fine and I can understand dark humor - I'd probably laugh at this any other day, but the start of this month has simply been shit. I'd rather not get a chuckle off the misfortunate teen who found a corpse.
and thats fine, just like some people are fine with it.. it doesn't make "ill wishes" or "passive aggressive" threats against the writer of the article ok. You don't like it thats perfectly fine.. but then going on to do the above mentioned makes a bit of harmless tongue in cheek a personal attack against the writer, which i don't stand by.
it's ok to have views and express that. it's not ok to personally attack the writer because of it.
I laughed at the article here. I also enjoy the annual Darwin awards. I would not laugh at the article that was linked.
If the dead person who was found had been a member of 3/4th's for my immediate family then I would have found relief after 50 years.
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Offended? I don't think it's matter of offense, I just find it disappointing. I mean this in as respectful a way as possible, but this type of humor seems overly juvenile to me. I think a good way to explain my take is the movie Stand By me. What starts out as a fun adventure with kids seeking to see a dead body, quickly becomes that sad reality when they find it.
I think thats being quite a bit too harsh when the focus isn't really the death or the person but the fact that it was Pokemon Go that allowed this experience to happen.
That in itself lends itself to humor.
Every other real news site out there can take the hard, somber stance. In no way does this joke somehow diminish one's ability to mourn a loss, be sympathetic to a victim or understand the seriousness of death. This is simply a poke ... at a game related mishap.
While I can see the irony, I don't really find it humorous (that's just me though). Like I said initially it's sad a kid just trying to have fun had to be the one to find this. Although it's good the person was found. I know when I was a kid; my brother, two friends and I heard a bang and ran toward it, turned out a guy on a motorcycle had went under a guard rail. I was about 12 then.
That shit stuck with me for years, even though he lived ( not well from what i understand) and we knew we might see something bad. That's the first place my mind went when I read this story. I guess life experiences just shape us differently.
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I chuckled at the ending comment about Professor Oak. While it may somewhat distasteful to make jokes in an article about someone dying, this is ultimately news about a game. In addition, the body wasn't identified, nor was the cause of death. So it isn't showing disrespect to anyone in particular or their families. In fact, it doesn't even mention the body all that much save for hoping it wasn't a fictional character related to the game article and the fact that, well, the story was about a girl playing Pokémon found said body.
That said, may he rest in peace.
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I see no intent in the article to make fun of the corpse, but I do see a clear intent to make fun of the "unexpected consequences" associated with playing Pokemon GO.
I am far more offended by some of the reactions posted in this thread than by the content of the original article, lol
Implying that the author would "get what they deserve" if some offended member of the public physically assaulted them is in extremely poor taste. Especially in the light of recent events in Dallas...
arent u people too old for pokemons? its tv show for childs.
It is more than a tv show for childs (which we will call "anime" since the looney toons are also a tv show for childs but it is an entirely different thing), it is a story, a very well designed universe with its own diversity of things. It also is part of the childhood of most people that like pokemon. And even if you were not a child, it was (and depending on the occasion, is) a very popular thing.
Dont like it, dont play it.
And please people, quit it with the negative stuff, worse happens every day and no one cares about it. Would you care what happened to one in nearly 8 billion peopl that you never knew nor cared about that did not even live anywhere near you? No, there is more important stuff to think and worry about.
Heck, that guy could have even been a criminal and got something deserved, some poor id**ot that messed up with the wrong people, or simply someone with enough bad luck to end up like that. Get over it and stop ruining the fun for everyone, it was a casual "did you know..." not some breaking news.
SpottyGekko said:
The intent was to make fun of people playing Pokemon GO.
That is the thing, what and how you say it matters as much as your intention what you want to say.
"Dead Body, I Choose You!" could be funny if there was no actual dead body found, like this it is just a bad taste.
In other words, there is nothing funny about what happened. Nothing at all. Adding a head line and one little line at the end of the article does not make the situation any more funier.
SpottyGekko said:
The intent was to make fun of people playing Pokemon GO.
That is the thing, what and how you say it matters as much as your intention what you want to say.
Indeed.
The reactions of some of these "outraged" respondents are just as bad (if not worse) than the clumsy attempt at humour that triggered those reactions...
SpottyGekko said: The reactions of some of these "outraged" respondents are just as bad (if not worse) than the clumsy attempt at humour that triggered those reactions...
Reaction or not, it does not make the "attempt" any less "clumsier"...at the end of the day, it is indeed just a bad taste.
what is this the bleeding hearts club? the thread is abit of fun, no need to be such wusses ,empathy for the deceased is all well n good but shit happens
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This being said, doesn't make Bill a bad person for his article.and i can take it on face value for what it was.
Nobody is saying that Bill is a bad person, I actually respect Bill and his contributions to this website quite a lot. I think he's a professional and I think he's extremely good at his job. At the same time, coming off this week with the slayings of police officers, people getting shot and having it plastered all over the internet, television, etc. It's just exasperating. It's tiring and I really didn't want to see this article posted here. I get why it's here. I gave it a read, I was curious. The topic is fine and I can understand dark humor - I'd probably laugh at this any other day, but the start of this month has simply been shit. I'd rather not get a chuckle off the misfortunate teen who found a corpse.
and saying "i hope he would get a good chuckle if something similar happened to his family"
except you know nothing about the victim, he might not have had family.
he might have been a terrible person who hurt all of his family on multiple occasions and they don't want anything to do with him.
he could have been a serial rapist (extreme example, but it's possible)
You have 0 circumstance besides a girl found an unidentified dead body while playing pokemon go, so no you can't assume to expect to know how anyone would react to said persons passing.
it's ok to have views and express that. it's not ok to personally attack the writer because of it.
If the dead person who was found had been a member of 3/4th's for my immediate family then I would have found relief after 50 years.
As to joking about Dallas...R2D2 kicked that guys ass.
That shit stuck with me for years, even though he lived ( not well from what i understand) and we knew we might see something bad. That's the first place my mind went when I read this story. I guess life experiences just shape us differently.
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
That said, may he rest in peace.
I am far more offended by some of the reactions posted in this thread than by the content of the original article, lol
Implying that the author would "get what they deserve" if some offended member of the public physically assaulted them is in extremely poor taste. Especially in the light of recent events in Dallas...
It is more than a tv show for childs (which we will call "anime" since the looney toons are also a tv show for childs but it is an entirely different thing), it is a story, a very well designed universe with its own diversity of things. It also is part of the childhood of most people that like pokemon. And even if you were not a child, it was (and depending on the occasion, is) a very popular thing.
Dont like it, dont play it. And please people, quit it with the negative stuff, worse happens every day and no one cares about it. Would you care what happened to one in nearly 8 billion peopl that you never knew nor cared about that did not even live anywhere near you? No, there is more important stuff to think and worry about. Heck, that guy could have even been a criminal and got something deserved, some poor id**ot that messed up with the wrong people, or simply someone with enough bad luck to end up like that. Get over it and stop ruining the fun for everyone, it was a casual "did you know..." not some breaking news.
It's clear to me that the author of the article didn't write this to make fun of the corpse. The intent was to make fun of people playing Pokemon GO.
Hence I'm not part of the crowbar-armed mob that is searching for the author....
"Dead Body, I Choose You!" could be funny if there was no actual dead body found, like this it is just a bad taste.
In other words, there is nothing funny about what happened. Nothing at all. Adding a head line and one little line at the end of the article does not make the situation any more funier.
The reactions of some of these "outraged" respondents are just as bad (if not worse) than the clumsy attempt at humour that triggered those reactions...