Update to this thread. Apparently this thread was just the OP’s idea of a joke or a way to get attention. See post #242. Just thought you all might like to know he is alive and why he didn’t respond to anyone.
Thanks for the update. Usually, those that post online usually don’t follow through. Maybe he really was depressed, but I agree he should have checked back in here.
Thanks, TigersEye.
The guy’s a real mensch.../s.
Ed
Well, isn’t that just lovely.
Thanks for the update TigersEye. I know a lot of people stayed up all night, praying for this jackass. I didn’t, because I’ve already been burned by someone like that. But there were a lot of trusting people who invested their hearts and souls into this, who will be less trusting in the future. He/she hurt a lot of people. (”He” has claimed to be a father, but “she” also claims to have given birth.)
Many thanks for the update. To those of us who have watched a friend in a depressive death spiral the topic is a little touchy. We had a FReeper check out this way some years ago and it looked a lot like this. Don’t want to see that again. Best to you and thanks again.
I have a friend who made the mistake of calling her brother in another state and doing the, "I have no reason to live", BS and hanging up. He called me, at work, after he had called the police. Her one night of felling sorry for herself cost her a few thousand dollars for; ambulance, hospital and doctors. Some good came of it. She's been on the wagon for a year. Like I've all ways said, "Those who can't handle their liquor, should leave it for those of us who can."
Yeah, a friend and I figured this out that night based on the fact that an hour before he was yucking it up merrily on another thread.
Just think...if somebody *really* needs help in the future, this jackass just might cost that person their life because FReepers might remember being made sympathetic fools of.
There’s some heavy karma ~I~ wouldn’t want.
I’m surprised he wasn’t ZOTted for this stunt.
No surprise here. Thanks for the update.
Thank you for taking the time to let us know.
I suppose this situation is an example of someone not giving a damn that there are human beings behind the replies on this thread. Whether the original post was a drunken ramble, a true plea for “help” or some kind of “experiment” the OP should have the integrity to reply.
I’m woman enough to admit that I cried for the OP because I was worried for her/him. I prayed for the OP because it was all I could do. If I was duped, so be it. At least I have integrity.
Sounds to me like the culprit needs to be called on the carpet by Jim Rob and asked to come clean as to why he started this thread. Any indication that this was his idea of a joke should be a zottable offense.
Thanks for going back into the thread to get everyone’s name to ping. That must have been a lot of work!
I’m not entirely convinced it was a joke; to be blunt, the poster in question may have gotten really intoxicated that night and thus posted something he regretted later. OR, it may be as you described, some attention getting stunt.
I’m not sure which possibility is the truth, so I will refrain from judging anything, because after all, if possibility #1 is what occurred, then insults and condemnation are exactly the wrong thing to do. Could cause even worse “bad mojo” if something were to result from such criticism.
Either way though, I’d hope you, PhilosopherStone, are seeking help for whatever may be afflicting you because either possibility above does not show a healthy mental state. To be clear, the mental disorder in possibility #1 is obvious, but #2 shows a mental defect of a sort as well, specifically a lack of care for one’s fellow man’s feelings, i.e., a sociopathic tendency. I do not say that to insult; it’s out of genuine care and concern for you. Get help either way.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I will keep you in prayer. You should do the same for yourself. Also, if you are a philosopher of some sort and are struggling with the idea that God does exist, then I would recommend reading “The Religious Sense”, found here: http://www.amazon.com/Religious-Sense-Luigi-Giussani/dp/0773516263 A philosopher would probably be the best type of person to read that book by himself, but it is best read and discussed in the context of a School of Community, locations of which can be found here: http://www.clonline.us/contacts.cfm
Thanks. I wondered about him.
“Just thought you all might like to know he is alive and why he didn’t respond to anyone.”
Thanks for the update.
That’s ok, everybody needs prayers. They are never wasted.