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should i be surprised that the first few comments are somehow defending logan paul in some way? are we so desensitized that we just kinda shrug our shoulders w

by swang 9y ago

should i be surprised that the first few comments are somehow defending logan paul in some way? are we so desensitized that we just kinda shrug our shoulders when someone posts a video of a dead guy? what about if a large portion of his audience is kids? "but wow his viewcount!" i mean what about that warlord that murdered and maimed a whole bunch of innocent people. he was bad but the efficiency in which he did it took my breath away! logan paul posts a lot of dumb, sometimes racist, mostly shit videos that manipulates kids into buying their "merch" and while i'm sure someone like this has existed for every single generation, the fact that no one is there to ask him whether doing this kind of shit is beneficial besides "for the views!" i mean it wouldn't be so bad if logan or his brother were actually mentally sound enough to make just the baseline level of common decency. maybe i am just too old, but the ability to influence so many kids at once scares me.

Rapzid 9y ago
I'm shrugging it off like a papercut. It's not good, I don't like it, and I don't want it to happen again but I'm not going to waste more than a few seconds on it. Honestly, what surprises and worries me are the number of people acting like they lost an arm..
mc32 9y ago
I think it's more complicated than that. YT makes money off these people for virtually pennies on the dollar. They could be more vested in their content creators, they could treat all their creators equally (rather than selectively). They could do so much more to be even handed and create expectation and you know, provide some guidance. No, that costs money. So the easy way out of all that costly messiness is cut that cheap troublemaking "talent" at the drop of a tweet because you know you have a firehose of more creators waiting.
martin_bech 9y ago
You are aware that death is a part of life right? I think is way overblown to be so mad, at someone showing a part of life.
- Rebelgecko 9y ago
  There's a difference between talking to children about death (e.g. Mr Hooper on Sesame Street), and a video where a dude goes looking for people that committed suicide, succeeds in finding a corpse, and jokes about it in front of someone's body.
  - martin_bech 9y ago
    People commit suicide.. thats a part of life (People in my imediate family have committed suicide). Its horrible, but its a part of life. Joking about it, is a copeing mechanism, perhaps not the very best one. I havent watched the video in question, Im sure its propably in bad taste, but you dont have to watch it. Nobody HAS to watch it.
    - Rebelgecko 9y ago
      No one has to watch it, but when the primary audience of the channel is children there's something not right about treating a recently deceased corpse like a sideshow exhibit. Suicides can come in clusters and behave almost like an infectious disease (I'm sorry if you've experienced this firsthand). It's perhaps not that surprising to see that people are more likely to commit suicide after a relative or friend does. Even media coverage of a stranger's suicide can cause an uptick in suicide rates. While Logan Paul may not have any obligation to handle the subject in a respectful way, Youtube also doesn't have any obligation to give preferential treatment to his shitty videos.
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by swang 9y ago

Rapzid 9y ago

I'm shrugging it off like a papercut. It's not good, I don't like it, and I don't want it to happen again but I'm not going to waste more than a few seconds on it. Honestly, what surprises and worries me are the number of people acting like they lost an arm..

mc32 9y ago

I think it's more complicated than that. YT makes money off these people for virtually pennies on the dollar. They could be more vested in their content creators, they could treat all their creators equally (rather than selectively). They could do so much more to be even handed and create expectation and you know, provide some guidance. No, that costs money. So the easy way out of all that costly messiness is cut that cheap troublemaking "talent" at the drop of a tweet because you know you have a firehose of more creators waiting.

martin_bech 9y ago

You are aware that death is a part of life right? I think is way overblown to be so mad, at someone showing a part of life.

Rebelgecko 9y ago
There's a difference between talking to children about death (e.g. Mr Hooper on Sesame Street), and a video where a dude goes looking for people that committed suicide, succeeds in finding a corpse, and jokes about it in front of someone's body.
- martin_bech 9y ago
  People commit suicide.. thats a part of life (People in my imediate family have committed suicide). Its horrible, but its a part of life. Joking about it, is a copeing mechanism, perhaps not the very best one. I havent watched the video in question, Im sure its propably in bad taste, but you dont have to watch it. Nobody HAS to watch it.
  - Rebelgecko 9y ago
    No one has to watch it, but when the primary audience of the channel is children there's something not right about treating a recently deceased corpse like a sideshow exhibit. Suicides can come in clusters and behave almost like an infectious disease (I'm sorry if you've experienced this firsthand). It's perhaps not that surprising to see that people are more likely to commit suicide after a relative or friend does. Even media coverage of a stranger's suicide can cause an uptick in suicide rates. While Logan Paul may not have any obligation to handle the subject in a respectful way, Youtube also doesn't have any obligation to give preferential treatment to his shitty videos.

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