- Joined
- Feb 1, 2015
I just finished Parts 9 and 10 of the documentary. Even though I knew a lot of the legend surrounding this phase of CWC trolling, I'd never actually sat through more than a couple of minutes of the various Mumble chats.
To me, the cringiest part of the trolling wasn't the Bluespike/Julie stuff; it was when Sarah May "found out" about Julie and threatened to kill herself. Even if I gave Sarah May the benefit of the doubt and argued that her intent was to try to force Chris to make a decision between her and Julie, threatening suicide is still a terrible thing to do.
While Chris certainly didn't have an adult's understanding of death back then (and, to be fair, I don't think the current incarnation does, either), he was also far too immature and emotionally incapable of dealing with a topic such as suicide. (Which became painfully apparent from the "afterschool special" way in which he tried to help convince Sarah to stay alive.)
So, as much as I hate to climb my pulpit, I think threatening suicide to Chris in real time was far more potentially damaging to him that asking him to shove a clay medal up his ass.
To me, the cringiest part of the trolling wasn't the Bluespike/Julie stuff; it was when Sarah May "found out" about Julie and threatened to kill herself. Even if I gave Sarah May the benefit of the doubt and argued that her intent was to try to force Chris to make a decision between her and Julie, threatening suicide is still a terrible thing to do.
While Chris certainly didn't have an adult's understanding of death back then (and, to be fair, I don't think the current incarnation does, either), he was also far too immature and emotionally incapable of dealing with a topic such as suicide. (Which became painfully apparent from the "afterschool special" way in which he tried to help convince Sarah to stay alive.)
So, as much as I hate to climb my pulpit, I think threatening suicide to Chris in real time was far more potentially damaging to him that asking him to shove a clay medal up his ass.