From a friend of mine on Facebook, in regards to Facebook:
Hey idiots/empathy-deficient facebook zombie-people: there is such a thing as “too soon” and just plain “garbage-person behavior”. If you are currently in a safe/non-disaster-zone city making “ironic” humorous posts about New York and the other eastern seaboard cities being affected by the storm RIGHT NOW, you are a complete asshole. Period. People are dying, losing their homes, livelihoods, pets, etc. In your eternal fervor to prove that you’re the quickest mean-girl in the schoolyard, you show just how low & meaningless this social networking “culture” of “friends” really is.
Ouch. And I agree completely.
But people are dying all the time, by the very same crimes/behavior we mock constantly. Are comics assholes for bringing humor to situations that occur at the time, but not really on people’s minds?
And the death-toll is absolutely miniscule compared to say, people that die via heart attacks, car crashes, every hour, let alone this huge window of time.
Does this mean we ALL have to stop sharing that HIGHLARIOUS photo of Godzilla, Jaws, and the Stay-Puft Marshallow Man converging upon the Statue of Liberty?…
Or that it’s okay to share if you live in NYC or NJ, but not if you’re on the West Coast?
More or less of a “complete asshole” than the Stranger contributor who has posted twice today to score cheap political points from the suffering of all those affected by the storm?
I’ve been following the surfing websites, and seeing dozens of pictures of great waves. It’s funny how these hurricanes are seen as a godsend by surfers. And the waves they produce are surprisingly well-structured and clean (not just crappy storm surf).
http://i.imgur.com/KtNkg.jpg
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash…
http://imgur.com/a/s7Jbt
Humor is a completely healthy way of dealing with stress. Don’t tell me how to cope with my family’s peril, you Sandy Vagina.
Ugh. Think of all the shit – literally and figuratively – in that water.
Also, since when does the Mercury have a soul?
Geezbro: Some of those surfing pictures are pre-flood. Like, the storm generates high winds, and sends swells toward the coast. The swells land before the storm does.
I’m from Florida and have lived through more hurricanes than you can shake a stick at. Kiss my ass. I’ll post that picture if I feel like it, and no, it doesn’t mean I’m a sociopath.
@Drunk, yep, pretty much