Kid goes 'demon' over MySpace addiction

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MotionMan

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I agree that this kid looks like he was traumatized for some time before the camera started to roll (The brother said something about sending "another" message).

This kid is probably likes MySpace a lot and does not appreciate his brother and his two friends messing with him about it. I would be pretty pissed if someone started messing with my AT account, but, because I am an adult (at least int he eyes of the law ;) ) I would be able to deal with it without losing my head like that kid did. Whatever his age, he is clearly not old enough to deal with it on the same level as the older kids that are bugging him.

I also know what it is like to be a kid who gets picked on and, at some point, you can go over the edge and lose all reason for a while.

There is also the chance that the kid has other problems and that the older brother knows just how to push his buttons to get him to lose it.

All in all, not a pretty picture, indeed.

MotionMan
 

Kaolccips

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They probably have been fucking with him really bad for like an hour before this. Though he definitely seems like he needs to get out... "What does myspace mean to you" "EVERYTHING BITCH!"
lol


(woops, pardon me for bringing back an old thread)
 

Gooberlx2

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To be honest I'd ground both kids into the next century. The older kids obviously went out of their way to poke and prod the little kid, who's natural reaction is to fight back, say irrational things (like myspace being more important than family), and throw a tantrum because he can't do anything else. At the same time, the little kid has lost control and obsesses over the site too much.

Both would be grounded and myspace would be permanently blocked from the household (at the router level).
 

BrownTown

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The parents need to lay down the law to BOTH their kids here, the young one is obsessed and the old one is an asshole. That being said this isn't as far out of the line as you people make it out to be. I mean I've seen little kids throw tantrums and go completely apeshit over the most random thing, hell when I was a kid I went ape shit of random stuff. And an older kid being an asshole to his younger brother is also pretty standard fair. AS a whole its a dysfunctional family, but TBH thats more or less the NORM these days.

Gonna be funny as hell when some of the posters here have kids and they throw a temper tantrum, then well see if you beat their ass in for it. Maybe the kid is a little old to still be pulling that shit, but like I said this looks worse than normal, but not THAT much worse.
 

SirStev0

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I remember things like this recorded over Vent from WOW guilds. Whatever. The combination of lackluster parenting and ample addictive distractions on the internet make for some funny scenes.
 

SirStev0

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After watching that ... There is a fairly large amount of older brother abusing going on here. I was quite the dick to my little brother too, and this reaction though grossly worse than anything I have seen is definitely somewhere along those lines.
 

Corbett

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The sad part about this thread is I am the first person to ask, Where are the parents?

They should ban him from the computer and delete his myspace.

He will thank them later on in life.
 

takeru

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LOL! omg, fast forward to the end, 3 seconds before the end look at the pic of the kid. :D
 

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
But seriously, how do you watch that video and only see a kid obsessed with MySpace? Did you somehow miss the 3 older kids standing in a circle taunting him endlessly? It's pretty pathetic to team up to pick on someone both younger and physically (and presumably emotionally) weaker and pretend you were just trying to help him.

QFT
 

MotionMan

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Originally posted by: SirStev0
After watching that ... There is a fairly large amount of older brother abusing going on here. I was quite the dick to my little brother too, and this reaction though grossly worse than anything I have seen is definitely somewhere along those lines.

I was the younger brother and I could totally see this happening with me and my brother over Hot Wheels or a baseball glove. It is not MySpace.

MotionMan
 

SirStev0

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Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: SirStev0
After watching that ... There is a fairly large amount of older brother abusing going on here. I was quite the dick to my little brother too, and this reaction though grossly worse than anything I have seen is definitely somewhere along those lines.

I was the younger brother and I could totally see this happening with me and my brother over Hot Wheels or a baseball glove. It is not MySpace.

MotionMan

I don't think you can really understand what is going on unless you were an older or younger brother. My brother would start whining at the slightest thing just to get me in trouble if my parents were around. I would terrorize the hell out of him if they weren't...
 

moparacer

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whoa that woman is off the meat rack.


When I first watched that I immediately went over to my sweetie and gave her a hug,kiss, and a told her how much I love her......


Got it good..... REALLY good!