Can someone, anyone, please help Eric?
August 3, 2001 10:24 PM   Subscribe

Can someone, anyone, please help Eric?
posted by Rastafari (22 comments total)
 
i saw this link the other night on cruel and i just about died laughing when i read the part about him fondling his testicles -- "unconsciously" -- in front of a checkout girl. the whole part about the cat is really, really creepy.
posted by moz at 10:44 PM on August 3, 2001


Please tell me this is some sort of a joke. Right? RIGHT?
posted by davidmsc at 10:54 PM on August 3, 2001


I was raised not to laugh at someone who is ill. That's what they taught us in the 1950's.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 10:57 PM on August 3, 2001


I am so happy to hear that we find humor in the satirization of problems that many people have.

thanks for the link.

really made my fucking day.
posted by sardines at 11:00 PM on August 3, 2001


I was raised not to laugh at someone who is ill.
I am so happy to hear that we find humor in the satirization of problems that many people have.

Are you perhaps suggesting that I posted the link to make fun of this person? If so, you are wrong.

First of all, he made the site himself. Second, if you read the bottom of the page, he posts his phone number for anyone to call, if you wanted to speak to him. I did not make the site up. I just linked it here for discussion. If you are suggesting that simply linking the site here is making fun of someone, then either you or I have missed the whole point of Mefi.
posted by Rastafari at 11:18 PM on August 3, 2001


Oh and yeah.......Some of those problems that this kid identifies would include me as a participant. Fine. At least when I choose to talk about it, I will do so in a respectful manner.

No biggie Rasta. I know that you have some great insight 99.999% of the time. But could you and others in the future simply try to filter out adolescent BS from the front page? This is a shithead page that is simply mean. It is lowbrow humor that is at the expense of people, with very real problems.

This is not some irreverant comic's skit. This is life. I am sure there is a website out there that would support this page. However, I do not think that it is appropriate here.

I usually don't comment on stuff like this, but this one really hurt. It is simply wrong.

Please do not do this again.
posted by sardines at 11:19 PM on August 3, 2001


I usually don't comment on stuff like this, but this one really hurt. It is simply wrong.

All apologizes, sardines. No offense intended.
posted by Rastafari at 11:38 PM on August 3, 2001


No problemo Rasta. Lordy knows I have crossed the line well too many times.

To reiteate, Rasta, I am with you 99.999% of the time. That's all.

And, you rock in my book.

Cheers buddy.


Joe
posted by sardines at 12:55 AM on August 4, 2001


Jesus H., people. When we get past this phase in society when everyone is afraid of possibly offending someone else, lemme know.
posted by owillis at 1:02 AM on August 4, 2001


Okay.
Owillis, your breath smells like Janet Reno's twat.

Happy?
posted by dong_resin at 1:34 AM on August 4, 2001


YOU'VE SMELLED JANET RENO'S TWAT? you must be the luckiest son of a bitch on earth because you know how hard it is to get to her heart, and to have gotten to her enough such that she'll let you smell her twat....... i salute you. that is unless there was forcefulness involve, then i want to vomit.

medication helps with the chemical balance, but you have to know you need to get better before you'll initiate the process, and it's a lot of pain. there are other people throughout time and space who have been through this stuff, and some have written on it as we all know, and if he could get out of his obsession with his crotch maybe he'll start reading this stuff and know that it happens to a lot of people and it's stuff you can actually learn and become more from.
posted by elle at 1:49 AM on August 4, 2001


Happy?

Yes. :)
posted by owillis at 1:56 AM on August 4, 2001


OWillis, shut the hell up, you pinhead.

If you have something to add, add it. If not, keep your damn, troll, stinky, ass shut. I do not have time for people like you.

I will listen to your points, but I will not put up with bullshit. You got a point relevant to the discussion - great. I am all ears. You want to make some troll, off comment remark? - shut the hell up. Defining yourself as "opinionated" is not enough for me. Either you have an opinion or you just have a big, troll ass mouth. All I can see is the latter as of this writing.

Right now, you are not welcome in this thread.
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I do believe the trick is defining the line that demarkates (is that spelled right?) satire and mean adolescent BS.

In this case, I really do feel that this kid crossed the line. If the page was real, well then I would suggest that this person needs better professional care. If the page was a spoof ( as I belive it is) well then I still think the kid needs even better professional care too.

Bottom line - I think it was a mean, dispirited, fucked up page that has no place for public consumption. Scream all you want about free speech . All I can think is that person took all this effort to belittle a whole segment of society. If that person had taken half of that effort, and devoted that time to a person who had a problem, and actually tried to assist that person in getting along to a better life, all of our lives may be better. But no, let the little kid worry about his crotche and forget that simple respect for other's problems. Of course, that has no place in this world.

There is a loss of compassion going on out there, and that is not only sad, it is outrageous. Sure, there are a whole host of "issues-du-jour" people who want to make up some fantasy disease so they can get attention. On the other hand, there are people who struggle with problems that have long been looked at as silly little issues. It is a pisser to find the solid ground

On a daily basis some news report tells us that something in out lives is fucked up. then we are told how to fix it like it is a loose knut on the crankcase of out auto engine. The trick is to filter what is real and what is just spin. Unortunately, all that spin (like this little kid's page) buffers us from seeing the real issues, and gives way to pathetic pages as noted in the link.

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OK. Having said all of that, Rasta, you are still just fahn in my book. Keep on keepin on.

Sleepytime. Seeya on the flipside.

J-
posted by sardines at 2:01 AM on August 4, 2001


> If you have something to add, add it. If not, keep
> your damn, troll, stinky, ass shut. I do not have
> time for people like you.

Time is money people, move it move it move it

You. You're not supposed to be in here. Get back to B14 now. You think this is a joke? This isn't a joke. If this were a joke I would be laughing. And you don't see me laughing, do you?
posted by holloway at 4:58 AM on August 4, 2001


Free clue, sardines: Making a few sanctimonious posts about how great the community is doesn't mean you own MeFi.
Oh yeah, and someone's calling you out.
posted by darukaru at 5:32 AM on August 4, 2001


Bottom line - I think it was a mean, dispirited, fucked up page that has no place for public consumption. Scream all you want about free speech . All I can think is that person took all this effort to belittle a whole segment of society.

Reading another piece of writing by Eric, it seems pretty obvious that his home page is either a joke or a prank at his expense.

Don't let that stop you from banning people from this thread, though, Sardines.
posted by rcade at 6:11 AM on August 4, 2001


It's very rarely that a "response" (if you can call that a response) makes my point, adds a personal attack and still comes off looking silly, with just a hint of Gestapo tactics. The judges are impressed.

Well, not really. You didn't stick the landing.
posted by owillis at 6:47 AM on August 4, 2001


I don't like sardines.
posted by gleemax at 8:57 AM on August 4, 2001


You people are so silly. This SCREAMS OUT that someone else made the page at this guy's expense. Weren't you ever in high school??
posted by rushmc at 9:41 AM on August 4, 2001


Wow. that description of Eric's life mirrors my own untill i was 20. thats scary.

I need to give him a call, we probably have lots in common.
posted by ewwgene at 10:00 AM on August 4, 2001


Choose Your Own Adventure, Eric-style!
Some people might find that link offensive, it involves masturbation. Follow at yr own risk.
posted by skwm at 10:21 AM on August 4, 2001


Didn't stick the landing? Are you kidding?

"Seeya on the flipside."

That's brilliant!
posted by jkottke at 10:26 AM on August 4, 2001


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