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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A woman in Taiwan killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook and none of them alerted authorities, police said Tuesday.
Claire Lin killed herself on her 31st birthday, March 18, and family members who reported her suicide were unaware of the Facebook conversations that accompanied it, Taipei police officer Hsieh Ku-ming said.
Lin's last Facebook entries show her chatting with nine friends, alerting them to her gradual asphyxiation. One picture uploaded from her mobile phone depicts a charcoal barbecue burning next to two stuffed animals. Another shows the room filled with fumes.
One friend identified as Chung Hsin, told Lin, "Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you."
Lin replied: "The fumes are suffocating. They fill my eyes with tears. Don't write me anymore."
A few of the Facebook friends chatting with her tried to stop her and track her down on their own, but none called police. Chung did not respond to attempts to reach him for comment.
Lin's last words, in Chinese, were: "Too late. My room is filled with fumes. I just posted another picture. Even while I'm dying, I still want FB (Facebook). Must be FB poison. Haha."
Lin's Facebook postings indicated she was unhappy because her boyfriend was ignoring her, and had failed to return home to be with her on her birthday. Her boyfriend found her body the next morning and alerted her family, Hsieh said.
Hsieh said he regretted that none of her friends called police to help her during the 67-minute episode, but he added it may have been difficult for them to know her whereabouts because of the nature of social media.
"It could be true that it would be hard to track down a Facebook friend without her address or phone contact," Chen said.
Chai Ben-rei, a sociologist at Taiwan's Feng Chia University, said the incident reflected social isolation in the Internet age.
"People may have doubts about what they see on the Internet because of its virtual nature, and fail to take action on it," he said.[/quote]
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[quote]Lin's Facebook postings indicated she was unhappy because her boyfriend was ignoring her, and had failed to return home to be with her on her birthday.[/quote]
Sane people would talk this over but fuck that! Let's kill ourselves!
Attention-whore. I've seen this sort of behavior before, been SUBJECTED to this sort of behavior before, and as much as I hate to say it, good goddamn riddance. People who do such things are the lowest form of scum because they deliberately hurt those close to them in a frenzy of melodramatic self-pity.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316234]Attention-whore, hot damn. I've seen this sort of behavior before, and as much as I hate to say it, good goddamn riddance. People who do such things are the lowest form of scum because they deliberately hurt those close to them.[/QUOTE]
yeah, people who kill themselves are terrible so they should just kill themselves u are so right
[QUOTE=Dachande;35316244]yeah, people who kill themselves are terrible so they should just kill themselves u are so right[/QUOTE]
Don't be a dick. I'm talking about the ones who commit suicide and tell all the people who care about them "Oooh, look at me, I'm dying slowly and painfully, pity me! PITY ME!" Do you have any fucking idea how traumatic that is?
[QUOTE=Dachande;35316244]yeah, people who kill themselves are terrible so they should just kill themselves u are so right[/QUOTE]
No but people who kill themself in this manner are terrible people
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316257]Don't be a dick. I'm talking about the ones who commit suicide and tell all the people who care about them "Oooh, look at me, I'm dying slowly and painfully, pity me! PITY ME!" Do you have any fucking idea how traumatic that is?[/QUOTE]
i can only imagine its not as traumatic as what the person who has been twisted into taking their own life has to deal with?? people who are suicidal need help, not to be told that theyre terrible and they should die good riddance right guys
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316234]Attention-whore. I've seen this sort of behavior before, been SUBJECTED to this sort of behavior before, and as much as I hate to say it, good goddamn riddance. People who do such things are the lowest form of scum because they deliberately hurt those close to them in a frenzy of melodramatic self-pity.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I would sentence her to death right away.
[QUOTE=Dachande;35316273]i can only imagine its not as traumatic as what the person who has been twisted into taking their own life has to deal with?? people who are suicidal need help, not to be told that theyre terrible and they should die good riddance right guys[/QUOTE]
Some people see themselves as tragic heroes/heroines - Their life is a generally okay, but they see it as a complete mess and they blame the world for it. And then they imagine that they'll be greatly mourned and everyone who ever wronged them will be sorry when they kill themselves, and they want to make sure EVERYONE knows of it. This woman is a poster case for that kind of person - Her boyfriend was just IGNORING her, and she KILLED herself.
Unfortunately, I was once friends with a person who did the same - She'd call me every day to tell me she was cutting herself because she knew it bothered me when she hurt herself, just so that I'd be upset and talk to her about it every day and waste a couple of hours of my time - The words would fall on ears that didn't care to hear them. Eventually she went too far. I was devastated then. Now I know better.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316257]Don't be a dick. I'm talking about the ones who commit suicide and tell all the people who care about them "Oooh, look at me, I'm dying slowly and painfully, pity me! PITY ME!" Do you have any fucking idea how traumatic that is?[/QUOTE]
I'm sure she's not just mentally ill and unstable. She's probably fine. I mean, she's clearly just an attention-whore, right?
Seriously, are you even reading what you post?
[quote=The article]Chai Ben-rei, a sociologist at Taiwan's Feng Chia University, said the incident reflected social isolation in the Internet age.[/quote]
No, it is an example of someone who has deep emotional and/or mental issues. Her death was nothing but the result of her own poor decisions. Don't try to blame her suicide on anything else, or anyone else, but her. Someone should have given her help before it came to this, but the blame can only be on her for doing it.
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This is coming from someone who has been similarly manipulated in the past, just not quite as extreme.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316300]Some people see themselves as tragic heroes/heroines - Their life is a generally okay, but they see it as a complete mess and they blame the world for it. And then they imagine that they'll be greatly mourned and everyone who ever wronged them will be sorry when they kill themselves, and they want to make sure EVERYONE knows of it. This woman is a poster case for that kind of person - Her boyfriend was just IGNORING her, and she KILLED herself.
Unfortunately, I was once friends with a person who did the same - She'd call me every day to tell me she was cutting herself because she knew it bothered me when she hurt herself, just so that I'd be upset and talk to her about it every day and waste a couple of hours of my time - The words would fall on ears that didn't care to hear them. Eventually she went too far. I was devastated then. Now I know better.[/QUOTE]
you had a friend who told you every day she was going to hurt herself which was " a waste of ur time" and when she finally did you were suprised?? AND ur trying to play the pity card of the people who were hurt that where in ur position while you did nothing to stop or help the suitation
ur pathetic honestly
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316300]Some people see themselves as tragic heroes/heroines - Their life is a generally okay, but they see it as a complete mess and they blame the world for it. And then they imagine that they'll be greatly mourned and everyone who ever wronged them will be sorry when they kill themselves, and they want to make sure EVERYONE knows of it. This woman is a poster case for that kind of person - Her boyfriend was just IGNORING her, and she KILLED herself.
Unfortunately, I was once friends with a person who did the same - She'd call me every day to tell me she was cutting herself because she knew it bothered me when she hurt herself, just so that I'd be upset and talk to her about it every day and waste a couple of hours of my time - The words would fall on ears that didn't care to hear them. Eventually she went too far. I was devastated then. Now I know better.[/QUOTE]
She was CLEARLY in need of serious help. If you're that desperate for attention, then at least get her to a shrink.
I'm [I]sad[/I] too when I can't spend time with my Girlfriend, but what the hell.
She needed help.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;35316350]She was CLEARLY in need of serious help. If you're that desperate for attention, then at least get her to a shrink.[/QUOTE]
I tried. Every day, I tried. She completely refused. I even talked to her folks about it a couple of times, and they didn't give a damn.
oh snip
[QUOTE=Dachande;35316347]you had a friend who told you every day she was going to hurt herself which was " a waste of ur time" and when she finally did you were suprised?? AND ur trying to play the pity card of the people who were hurt that where in ur position while you did nothing to stop or help the suitation
ur pathetic honestly[/QUOTE]
If you're trying to be taken seriously, take the time to spell out your words.
People make birthdays a ridiculous deal and I don't know why. To me, it's just another day. If you want to celebrate it, then thank you but you really don't have to.
My mom is in her fucking 40s and cries, locks her self in her room, or drives away for the day if she doesn't get enough or doesn't get anything wrapped. For my dad, he doesn't give two shit how many birthdays he has without anyone saying anything, he looks at it as another day also.
[QUOTE=Shiftyze;35316381]People make birthdays a ridiculous deal and I don't know why. To me, it's just another day. If you want to celebrate it, then thank you but you really don't have to.
My mom is in her fucking 40s and cries, locks her self in her room, or drives away for the day if she doesn't get enough or doesn't get anything wrapped. For my dad, he doesn't give two shit how many birthdays he has without anyone saying anything, he looks at it as another day also.[/QUOTE]
Some people like the attention, and the fact that it shows that you give a shit about them, others don't.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316364]I tried. Every day, I tried. She completely refused. I even talked to her folks about it a couple of times, and they didn't give a damn.[/QUOTE]
When she's that desperate for attention, she's mentally screwed up. Just because she didn't want to see a shrink (I know that feeling, it's very hard to talk to a complete stranger anyway.) doesn't mean she was just an attention whore. You're a terrible person, if anything.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;35316398]When she's that desperate for attention, she's mentally screwed up. Just because she didn't want to see a shrink (I know that feeling, it's very hard to talk to a complete stranger anyway.) doesn't mean she was just an attention whore. You're a terrible person, if anything.[/QUOTE]
No, she was a terrible person for screwing with my emotions and those of all the people who cared about her and expended every effort to try and make her feel better about herself. She WANTED to be miserable, and she WANTED to die, but she'd pretend otherwise.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316371]If you're trying to be taken seriously, take the time to spell out your words.[/QUOTE]
i dont understand how the word " ur, u " is a focal point
paying more attention to how i spell out words instead of you letting your friend kill herself?? i guess u still really dont even care that much
why are you trying to say that suicidal people should die because when they DO kill themselves they hurt everyone they know. tell me that makes a ton of sense
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35316232]Sane people would talk this over but fuck that! Let's kill ourselves![/QUOTE]
You can't think rationally if you're in an unstable condition because of strong emotions.
[QUOTE=Dachande;35316415]i dont understand of the word ur is a focal point
paying more attention to how i spell out words instead of you letting your friend kill herself?? i guess u still really dont even care that much[/QUOTE]
You'd best be trolling.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;35316317]I'm sure she's not just mentally ill and unstable. She's probably fine. I mean, she's clearly just an attention-whore, right?
Seriously, are you even reading what you post?[/QUOTE]
[quote]One friend identified as Chung Hsin, told Lin, "Be calm, open the window, put out the charcoal fire, please, I beg you."
Lin replied: "The fumes are suffocating. They fill my eyes with tears. Don't write me anymore."
A few of the Facebook friends chatting with her tried to stop her and track her down on their own, but none called police. Chung did not respond to attempts to reach him for comment.
Lin's last words, in Chinese, were: "Too late. My room is filled with fumes. I just posted another picture. Even while I'm dying, I still want FB (Facebook). Must be FB poison. Haha."[/quote]
Sounds like p bad whoring, but she's not conscious of this. She is still looking for pity and putting everyone around her in extreme agony, same definition though. The unwillingness to talk it over and overreact definitely puts it in that situation.
You people don't get it. Me, and the rest of her friends, tried absolutely EVERYTHING to get her help and to reason with her. She played us all, looking for pity from us, when she wasn't even listening. She used us to get her fix of attention, then killed herself. Fuck those people.
[QUOTE=archangel125;35316414]No, she was a terrible person for screwing with my emotions and those of all the people who cared about her and expended every effort to try and make her feel better about herself. She WANTED to be miserable, and she WANTED to die, but she'd pretend otherwise.[/QUOTE]
You've never been suicidal before, have you? Don't even pretend you know what she was going through. I can pretty much guarantee that there were a million things you didn't even know about. When you're suicidal, you feel that you aren't worth the fight anymore. Telling you about herself was a cry for help. It's not easy just to go "I need help". You did what you could once you heard it, and I respect that. However, turning right around and calling her terrible for that cry for help is atrocious.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;35316452]You've never been suicidal before, have you? Don't even pretend you know what she was going through. I can pretty much guarantee that there were a million things you didn't even know about. When you're suicidal, you feel that you aren't worth the fight anymore. Telling you about herself was a cry for help. It's not easy just to go "I need help". You did what you could once you heard it, and I respect that. However, turning right around and calling her terrible for that cry for help is atrocious.[/QUOTE]
I recognize a cry for help when I see one. She was a different case in that she had help available. We all tried to help her, and get her professional help. She WANTED to be miserable. And yes, I've gone through a period when I was suicidal, and I know EXACTLY what that's like. I don't think you get it either, soccer. You've never met someone like that before.
[editline]27th March 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jackald;35316457]Some people repeatedly pretend they're going to commit suicide for attention. It is emotionally draining to be with these people, so people drift away, then there's EVEN MORE reason for the "WOE IS ME I MUST SUICIDE" stuff.
It's really taxing because it gets to the stage where nobody wants to stop giving in to their behaviour for fear that they'll really do it and feel like the blood will be on their hands.[/QUOTE]
THIS. This is what it's all about.
[QUOTE=soccerskyman;35316452]You've never been suicidal before, have you? Don't even pretend you know what she was going through. I can pretty much guarantee that there were a million things you didn't even know about. When you're suicidal, you feel that you aren't worth the fight anymore. Telling you about herself was a cry for help. It's not easy just to go "I need help". You did what you could once you heard it, and I respect that. However, turning right around and calling her terrible for that cry for help is atrocious.[/QUOTE]
Then why bother to make yourself the center of pity and attention?
She needed help.
Not gonna say anything else.
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