Something I feel needs to be said (Rant Incoming)

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Hey guys!

Been a while, huh?

Apologies, as I've been worked to the bone by my part time job (feels more like full time with the ridiculous amount of hours they are giving me ^^;)

But, I feel like there is something that needs to be addressed. Especially about a certain video on Youtube that I've seen recently.

So........where to begin. I suppose I should start off by explaining the channel that I started tuning into about a month ago calling itself "DramaAlert." Basically, it consists of a man by the Youtube (or CoD I don't quite remember which) username of "Keemstar." Basically, he researches and reports certain bits of news about Youtubers and news in the CoD community. Well to be honest, it's more like he gets reports from Twitter statuses of certain Youtubers. Kind of like....a News station on the Internet.
I tuned into this channel when I saw a video profiling the tragedy of Daniel Kyre from Cyndago.

This video can be seen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEP4EY…

From there, I started tuning into this channel. It didn't seem too bad at first....I mean, there were some things that I disagreed with, certainly.

But then......I saw this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJV0ww…

I......was in absolute disbelief after seeing this. No. It was more than that. A wave of actual rage just came over me. This....was absolutely sickening to me.
Now some of you might claim that "he's only joking," "his channel is called 'DramaAlert' for a reason" or "that person he was reporting on was only saying those things for attention." Some of those reasons may be true.....maybe not. I'm not sure. But one thing is for sure in my mind.....what Keemstar did....in mocking this person's suicidal tweets in such a way......was absolutely not funny to me. Nothing about suicide or anything about suicidal thoughts is a joke to me. I take these things very seriously (for deeper reasons than some people here may realize). You do not by ANY means mock a person for having suicidal thoughts or tendencies. And exploiting this just for VIEWS on a VIDEO is even worse. What if this person had gone through with their supposed suicide attempt? Would he still be mocking him then? How would that even FEEL on his conscious?

I'm sorry. I know that I am getting a little too riled up about this. But honestly? It's people like this that make me genuinely upset. It's situations like this that make me enraged. If a person is suicidal you get them HELP or try to help them yourself. You do NOT mock, make fun of, or exploit this by ANY means.
I would've respected Keemstar more if he had made this video in order to get the person in question the help he needed, or asked the Youtube community to do their part in trying to help.
But this?? The video in the way he made it?? It's just.....so wrong in so many ways.

Thanks for listening/reading to my rant (if you made it this far). I know that I can get a little heated sometimes, but it's better to express some things rather than just keep it to myself.

Anyways!
Take care, as always guys. And hope your October has been going well thus far :aww:
~animedugan :iconanimedugan:
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DarknessWolf44's avatar
There's nothing funny about suicide. Period.