Is this a psychotic statement? (1 Viewer)

[chet]

There's a thread about the Tide Pod challenge on another board that I read.  For those who aren't familiar, a bunch of stupid teenagers are challenging each other through social media to eat Tide Pods.  One guy said, "The more that die, the better."  That statement strikes me as supremely ####ed up.  Do you need to be psychotic to truly believe that?

 

[jvdesigns2002]

Do you really need to ask this? Of course the thought that “the more teenagers that die from this the better” is messed up and psychotic if it is truly believed.  With that being said—it’s also beyond effing stupid that teenagers would somehow encourage each other to consume laundry detergent.  

 

[Ilov80s]

There's a thread about the Tide Pod challenge on another board that I read.  For those who aren't familiar, a bunch of stupid teenagers are challenging each other through social media to eat Tide Pods.  One guy said, "The more that die, the better."  That statement strikes me as supremely ####ed up.  Do you need to be psychotic to truly believe that?

Yes, but don't need to be psychotic to say it 

 

[gianmarco]

I thought this was going to be about ski instructors.

 

[Sinn Fein]

I thought this was going to be about ski instructors.

I was hoping for a psychotic au pair 

 

[Osaurus]

You know it’s bad when Gronk does a PSA about it.

 

[rockaction]

There's a thread about the Tide Pod challenge on another board that I read.  For those who aren't familiar, a bunch of stupid teenagers are challenging each other through social media to eat Tide Pods.  One guy said, "The more that die, the better."  That statement strikes me as supremely ####ed up.  Do you need to be psychotic to truly believe that?

I get what you're saying. There are statements on this particular board that trouble me. Yeah, I'd say it's likely sociopathic, if not psychotic. Psychosis seems to be a different diagnosis than wanton cruelty or wishes for it.  

 

[tommyboy]

There's a thread about the Tide Pod challenge on another board that I read.  For those who aren't familiar, a bunch of stupid teenagers are challenging each other through social media to eat Tide Pods.  One guy said, "The more that die, the better."  That statement strikes me as supremely ####ed up.  Do you need to be psychotic to truly believe that?

Assuming it's a teenager, I said worse back then

 

[ShamrockPride]

You know it’s bad when Gronk does a PSA about it.

 If Gronk is smarter than you in any aspect of life outside of football, your chances aren't looking very good.

 

[chet]

Assuming it's a teenager, I said worse back then

No, it's a guy who's about 50 who's a very minor celebrity.  

 

[northern exposure]

No, it's a guy who's about 50 who's a very minor celebrity.  

Name?

 

[chet]

Name?

Not going to disclose it.  You wouldn't know him anyway. 

 

[northern exposure]

Not going to disclose it.  You wouldn't know him anyway. 

Just trying to determine who would be a "very minor celebrity". Local TV weather guy/gal as an example?

 

[Rhythmdoctor]

Not going to disclose it.  You wouldn't know him anyway. 

Why not? He said it, he's accountable for his words and obviously blasted it over social media anyways (if I'm interpreting it right).

 

[chet]

Just trying to determine who would be a "very minor celebrity". Local TV weather guy/gal as an example?

Probably even more minor.  He has a cult following for his art and was on a celebrity reality TV show but 99.99+% would never have heard of him.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

No, it's a guy who's about 50 who's a very minor celebrity.  

Andy ****?

 

[chet]

Andy ****?

Andy **** is HUGE compared to this guy.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Andy **** is HUGE compared to this guy.

just kidding around.  I think Andy is mostly just dangerous to himself.  

 

[cockroach]

Andy **** is HUGE compared to this guy.

Title of your sex tape?

 

[The General]

Yes it messed up. No the guy probably doesn't really mean people should die.

 

[Vanilla Guerrilla]

Need to keep them alive to contribute to our social security.

 

[RokNRole]

There's a thread about the Tide Pod challenge on another board that I read.  For those who aren't familiar, a bunch of stupid teenagers are challenging each other through social media to eat Tide Pods.  One guy said, "The more that die, the better."  That statement strikes me as supremely ####ed up.  Do you need to be psychotic to truly believe that?

It depends if it’s a pattern of one directional thinking. You don’t know this person or know if they have ever made a contradicting statement. When taking the stage of a relatively anonymous forum many factors can inspire a statement ( drugs, alcohol etc. Maybe this person survived an act of eating a Tide pod and is feeling regret and expressing it in the only way they can. Perhaps this person lost a loved one, even a child, and is lashing out in anger at such a senseless demise). The possibilities are endless.

One statement does not define a psychotic person. It takes observation and notarization of a behavioral pattern over time to establish if they have expressed opposing viewpoints.

That being said , is it easy to feel bad for people ( disregarding young children) that bite in to a packet of concentrated detergent?

Eh......not really.

 

[EYLive]

Sounds like the blue whale challenge from a while back. Several teens around the world killed themselves cuz of a internet challenge. 

 

[Kal El]

What's more psychotic, knowingly consuming poison in an attempt to survive it, despite the knowledge that several have already died doing so, or making a statement like the one in the first post?

For the record, I don't think the guy was legitimately saying he hopes the people die, but it is a colossally stupid idea to eat laundry detergent.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Stupid

Attention grab

lame

whoring for attention

trying to generate clicks for a website

really dumb

pyschotic?  Of course it is.

still really ####### stupid. 

 

[tommyboy]

No, it's a guy who's about 50 who's a very minor celebrity.  

well then, i have a better idea, why doesn't he go #### himself?

 

[Cjw_55106]

Some of you seem to gloss over the fact that kids do stupid stuff. The human brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25. 

 

[DallasDMac]

Some of you seem to gloss over the fact that kids do stupid stuff. The human brain isn’t fully developed until about age 25. 

Yea, I have to say, I was smart enough to know not to eat poison well before 25. No free pass on this one.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Yea, I have to say, I was smart enough to know not to eat poison well before 25. No free pass on this one.

Well, congrats I guess.