When trolling reaches new lows...

[shrekfan246]

That said, there is one other this site would be better off without...

Who would that be?

EternalNothingness?

I haven't seen many of his posts but I see the name dropped a lot.

He was a very dedicated troll. Hasn't been very active lately from what I've seen, probably letting his bars drop back down or something, but there was a time where every day or two he'd make three or four topics about completely random things, offer "his ways" of making them better, insult the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, and then completely disregard or Wall'o'Text anyone who disagreed with him.

OT: I wasn't exactly aware that trolling on the internet had any low to reach. You know, I have an automatic reaction anytime somebody opens up a Youtube video to just blurt out "Never read the comments." now because of all the horrible things people type there. I don't mind good-natured ribbing, but comments like those in the OP just reinforce my belief that humans are pretty close to being a hopeless cause. Every single day, more and more compassion is just seemingly sucked away from the world. I get it, terrible things happen. To good people, to bad people, to young people, to old people. I don't expect everyone to get teary-eyed just because someone they didn't know died. But I would think it shouldn't be that hard to hold back from saying stuff like "Oh man, this is so terrible that just watching it gave me cancer! lololololol" on the comment section of a video posted by a guy who just died of cancer.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

what does it matter, the guys dead and free speech is still a liberty.

The most outrageously abused liberty known to man (as in humanity).

 

[Strain42]

I'll admit, I'm a fan, but I didn't know that he died...in fact I didn't even know he had cancer until about a month ago.

I'm sad that he's gone, but it's the same sadness I give to the death of someone like Mitch Hedburg or Richard Jeni. I didn't know them personally, they weren't a close friend or family.

I can give the whole "my heart goes out to his friends and family" speech, but I know there's not much I can do, as I'm not a part of it. I was a dedicated viewer, and I'll confess a curiosity about where the series is going from here.

Basically some people here are saying stuff like "Why should we care that he's dead?" and while I may sort of agree that since his death may not have impacted you on a personal level, and there might not be a good reason to type positively about it, there's also no good reason to be a dick about it, either.

When dealing with someone's death, it just sort of helps to remember the whole "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all" rule.

You don't have to be all like "Oh, what a terrible loss this is. I'm in a glass case of emotions." but you're not helping anyone by going "Who cares? He's dead."

Keep that **** to yourself. And I'm not saying that to impede upon the whole free speech thing. It's not a matter of free speech. It's a matter of not being an asshole.

 

[Substitute Troll]

This sort of behavior makes me want to introduce a license requirement to use the Internet.

 

[TheNaut131]

I'm sad that he's gone, but it's the same sadness I give to the death of someone like Mitch Hedburg or Richard Jeni. I didn't know them personally, they weren't a close friend or family.

I can give the whole "my heart goes out to his friends and family" speech, but I know there's not much I can do, as I'm not a part of it. I was a dedicated viewer, and I'll confess a curiosity about where the series is going from here.

Basically some people here are saying stuff like "Why should we care that he's dead?" and while I may sort of agree that since his death may not have impacted you on a personal level, and there might not be a good reason to type positively about it, there's also no good reason to be a dick about it, either.

When dealing with someone's death, it just sort of helps to remember the whole "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all" rule.

You don't have to be all like "Oh, what a terrible loss this is. I'm in a glass case of emotions." but you're not helping anyone by going "Who cares? He's dead."

Keep that **** to yourself. And I'm not saying that to impede upon the whole free speech thing. It's not a matter of free speech. It's a matter of not being an asshole.

You know, that's pretty much how I feel. I really enjoyed his animations and thought he was a pretty cool guy, but I can't really say this is affecting me on a truly personal level.

However, I see no actual reason to be glad about his death, especially if this person hasn't wronged you in anyway. I mean, he was human of course so he probably made mistakes at some point in life, perhaps choices certain people wouldn't agree with, but none of us can say anything about that because we don't know anything about that.

Really, if your logic is simply "fuck em, his work sucked and he's overrated" it simply sounds like "I didn't liked the stuff he made and more people like him than they should have." You don't need to worship them, you can dislike their profession all you want, but what's the point in actually hating them?

Yeah, yeah freedom of speech exist and the person in question is dead, but why focus that freedom on a dead guy you barely knew and slightly disliked for minor, petty reasons?

What's the point? They're dead. I think they've had it pretty bad.

 

[woodaba]

Well in their defense, he was always pretty overrated. Just some fat kid drawing pictures, people made him out as some sort of saint. It's all for the better, now that his mother kicked him out of the house he can get some exercise and not die of a heart attack or something like that.

See this?

This is what this thread is about people.

Get a fucking brain, you troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to attack a dead person.

 

[Blade_125]

Don't feed the trolls. Just like bears, if they have easy access to food they keep coming back.

People will be idiots, but it doesn't change anything about Ed's life. Don't give the babies the attention they are trying to get. Maybe eventually they will earn the difference between positive and negative attempts for attention.

 

[Captain Booyah]

And on the subject of trolling . . .

Guess who just got banned recently

OOH, OOH! I GUESSED RIGHT! I GUESSED RIGHT! I'd like my prize now, please.

OT: I refer the OP to the Greater Internet Dickwad Theory. It's a sad fact of life, but jerks can and will be jerks when presented with the opportunity. As disgusting as it is, though, it could be much worse. At least his Facebook page wasn't spammed with goatse photos or anything.

 

[TheNaut131]

Well in their defense, he was always pretty overrated. Just some fat kid drawing pictures, people made him out as some sort of saint. It's all for the better, now that his mother kicked him out of the house he can get some exercise and not die of a heart attack or something like that.

See this?

This is what this thread is about people.

Do me a favor and clasp your lips over the barrel of a gun, you troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to attack a dead person.

Whoa, let's calm down. You see, I can agree that it's pretty pointless to attack a dead person but I believe it's just pointless to tell a living person to kill themselves just for their opinion.

Really, it's idiotic to be glad that someones dead just because you didn't like their work and believe they're overrated. It is just as idiotic to wish another person death, for insulting one random person.

 

[SeeIn2D]

Well in their defense, he was always pretty overrated. Just some fat kid drawing pictures, people made him out as some sort of saint. It's all for the better, now that his mother kicked him out of the house he can get some exercise and not die of a heart attack or something like that.

See this?

This is what this thread is about people.

Do me a favor and clasp your lips over the barrel of a gun, you fucking troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to fucking attack a dead person.

Exactly that's my point. Fine. You don't like someone's work. Thats fair and expected that people don't like it. But when you go out of your way to not only state that you didn't like their work, but also to troll about the guy actually dying is completely fucked up and its not acceptable at all. I just don't understand why people do this. Like honestly go outside or something, or consult someone if they actually feel that way.

I just think it's so sad to get all of your laughs from seeing the reactions of people who you've pissed off on purpose. There are so many better things to do on the internet. Contrary to popular outside belief, the internet isn't just porn and trolls. It can actually be a very enriching place if you look hard enough.

And on the subject of trolling . . .

Guess who just got banned recently

OOH, OOH! I GUESSED RIGHT! I GUESSED RIGHT! I'd like my prize now, please.

OT: I refer the OP to the Greater Internet Dickwad Theory. It's a sad fact of life, but jerks can and will be jerks when presented with the opportunity. As disgusting as it is, though, it could be much worse. At least his Facebook page wasn't spammed with goatse photos or anything.

Well I haven't looked on the EddsWorld facebook page at all since he died so I don't know what kind of stuff people are posting there but I can bet it's pretty similar to the stuff people are putting on his videos.

 

[woodaba]

Well in their defense, he was always pretty overrated. Just some fat kid drawing pictures, people made him out as some sort of saint. It's all for the better, now that his mother kicked him out of the house he can get some exercise and not die of a heart attack or something like that.

See this?

This is what this thread is about people.

Do me a favor and clasp your lips over the barrel of a gun, you troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to attack a dead person.

Whoa, let's calm down. You see, I can agree that it's pretty pointless to attack a dead person but I believe it's even more pointless to tell a living person to kill themselves just for their opinion.

Aha! But, you see, I never implied that he should kill himself, merely begin sucking on a gun barrel!

...

That excuse doesn't really hold water, does it?

You're totally right of course, I should never wish death upon another person, no matter how insensitive or stupid they are acting. I'll edit my post now. Thanks.

 

[Torrasque]

Welcome to the internet where people act like asshats because they know that there will be no repercussions.

This.
To be fair, I troll every year when 9/11 rolls around (hopefully I don't have to this year) because I don't like the amount of attention it gets. Kind of like how I troll everything regarding Kony. I troll a lot actually...

But I know when you just don't troll because it is more offensive than funny.

 

[woodaba]

Get a fucking brain, you troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to attack a dead person.

It appears you have insinuated that I am akin to cavemen while misspelling the term in itself, perhaps you are the troglolidinidyte =P.

All joking aside, I would never attack a dead person, they're no fun, poke them with a stick and what do they do, nothing, it's pathetic, his corpse is pathetic. I'll poke his legacy with my stick though, great fun. Will try not to poke it too much though, might get diabetes or whatever fat person disease he died of.

I have found a page in TV Tropes that perfectly describes you. Enjoy.

 

[TheNaut131]

Get a fucking brain, you troglodite. It's one thing to dislike someone's work, but another thing entirely to attack a dead person.

It appears you have insinuated that I am akin to cavemen while misspelling the term in itself, perhaps you are the troglolidinidyte =P.

All joking aside, I would never attack a dead person, they're no fun, poke them with a stick and what do they do, nothing, it's pathetic, his corpse is pathetic. I'll poke his legacy with my stick though, great fun. Will try not to poke it too much though, might get diabetes or whatever fat person disease he died of.

Spoiler

Have fun with that.

 

[Ieyke]

Welcome to the internet

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Honestly, I really don't think a single other word needed to be said after those first 4.