Teen's Twitter After Mowing Down Grandma

[C&C214]

First of all, when you instantly kill someone at a high speed when they have the right of way, you are being negligent, whether its the actual law or not i dont care, try to be a little more cautious about what you are doing while operating a vehicle. the speed limit at the intersection is no more than 30 MPH, she was going over 40.

secondly, if you see someone lying on the ground essentially dead and the next day you dont inquire about the condition of that person but instead you post all over twitter about how you need to find peace of mind, lets try actually working on that rather than posting about it. and to you assholes that mentioned about looking at twitter while at the dying womans bedside, you can go fuck yourselves because guess what, i was one person at her bedside. and i can assure you that there were no people on twitter while at her bedside. only devastated family members praying for a miracle that she would wake up and crying at the fact that we knew deep down that it wasnt possible.

do we expect this girls life to end because . she took one from us....no. BUT we expect her to show a little remorse, a little regret about the fact that she was speeding and took another persons life. maybe a tweet about being sorry, maybe an attempt to reach out to the family she impacted to greatly by her actions but when you do nothing, say nothing.....how can you expect people to feel or react.

you people can say all you want, until you are forced to deal with that situation (i hope you never have to) you cannot comment. when you have a family member that was pure genuine goodness ripped from your arms and your life so violently you will feel/react differently.

 

[Blackjack200]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[Linux23]

Sadly that's society at its best.

People don't give a shit until it hits home with them and their families. That's why you see celebrities start XYZ foundations only when it personally affects them or their loved ones. Where were they before they were personally affected by a tragedy? Or why aren't there more common sense laws until someone gets killed? Sad.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I see where the outrage is coming from here, but I also want to cut the girl a little slack at the same time. When someone dies the expected reaction from everyone close to them is sadness and gravity. Part of the time that's how people will act too. At the same time though they'll continue right on doing things they would have normally done, even only a day after the death. Guys will still watch football on sundays and manage to get excited over the results. Women will still talk to their friends on the phone about things other than the death. People will still laugh at jokes, play video games, go to work, go shopping, or do whatever else it was they had going on.

Somewhere in the back of our minds we imagine that they should be sitting in a corner somewhere moping, but the fact of the matter is that people will get on with much of their lives almost immediately after a traumatic experience. People have been acting this way since time immemorial, so no one really stops and thinks about it. Tweeting is a new activity that has just begun to be normal. A lot of people whose sense of etiquette was established before social media feel like something is wrong with it in this context, but if twitter was part of normal life for this girl, she really can't be seen as doing anything worse than most people do.

 

[Zargon]

. and to you assholes that mentioned about looking at twitter while at the dying womans bedside, you can go fuck yourselves because guess what, i was one person at her bedside. and i can assure you that there were no people on twitter while at her bedside. only devastated family members praying for a miracle that she would wake up and crying at the fact that we knew deep down that it wasnt possible.

1- sorry for your loss, 55 is too young to lose a relative


2-to be fair to the 'assholes' you are yelling at, the article did a good job making it sound like you were reading her tweets from the hospital

do we expect this girls life to end because . she took one from us....no. BUT we expect her to show a little remorse, a little regret about the fact that she was speeding and took another persons life. maybe a tweet about being sorry, maybe an attempt to reach out to the family she impacted to greatly by her actions but when you do nothing, say nothing.....how can you expect people to feel or react.

you people can say all you want, until you are forced to deal with that situation (i hope you never have to) you cannot comment. when you have a family member that was pure genuine goodness ripped from your arms and your life so violently you will feel/react differently.

look. everyone deals with death differently, everyone. let alone when its a situation like you are in now, you are all probably better off ignoring the actions of a 19 year old with likely very few real experiences under her belt. Though it can be painful to not just push anger at her, its not going to help YOU.

 

[smackababy]

1- sorry for your loss, 55 is too young to lose a relative


2-to be fair to the 'assholes' you are yelling at, the article did a good job making it sound like you were reading her tweets from the hospital



look. everyone deals with death differently, everyone. let alone when its a situation like you are in now, you are all probably better off ignoring the actions of a 19 year old with likely very few real experiences under her belt. Though it can be painful to not just push anger at her, its not going to help YOU.

Not to mention, twitter is most likely a large part of a 19 year old's life. Expecting them to do nothing they normally due because of an accident is a bit silly. I understand the family is upset, but being outraged because some girl twitters something is pretty much just looking for reasons to be upset.

 

[Zargon]

. and to you assholes that mentioned about looking at twitter while at the dying womans bedside, you can go fuck yourselves because guess what, i was one person at her bedside. and i can assure you that there were no people on twitter while at her bedside. only devastated family members praying for a miracle that she would wake up and crying at the fact that we knew deep down that it wasnt possible.

1- sorry for your loss, 55 is too young to lose a relative


2-to be fair to the 'assholes' you are yelling at, the article did a good job making it sound like you were reading her tweets from the hospital

do we expect this girls life to end because . she took one from us....no. BUT we expect her to show a little remorse, a little regret about the fact that she was speeding and took another persons life. maybe a tweet about being sorry, maybe an attempt to reach out to the family she impacted to greatly by her actions but when you do nothing, say nothing.....how can you expect people to feel or react.

you people can say all you want, until you are forced to deal with that situation (i hope you never have to) you cannot comment. when you have a family member that was pure genuine goodness ripped from your arms and your life so violently you will feel/react differently.

look. everyone deals with death differently, everyone. let alone when its a situation like you are in now, you are all probably better off ignoring the actions of a 19 year old with likely very few real experiences under her belt. Though it can be painful to not just push anger at her, its not going to help YOU.

its impossible to judge someones demeanor/feelings/actions on 2 tweets, hell if this forum judged you merely on your post, and the fact that you apparently googled this story and tracked down a conversation about it, the opinion would probably be pretty low. hell she could have been crying while she tweeted that stuff and maybe hadn't slept since it happened. its equally likely she doesn't give a shit(sadly). Just hope that this ends up making a better person, so atleast even minor amount of good can come out of an entirely shitty situation.

or just post angry here since no one has a clue who you really are if that's going to make you feel better and help along the mental healing that's required after you lose a loved one

Sadly that's society at its best.

People don't give a shit until it hits home with them and their families. That's why you see celebrities start XYZ foundations only when it personally affects them or their loved ones. Where were they before they were personally affected by a tragedy? Or why aren't there more common sense laws until someone gets killed? Sad.

ugh. please stop. 'common sense laws' that come out of the wake of a tragedy are hardly ever 'common sense' but a poorly put together knee jerk reaction law full of loopholes and idiocy.

 

[rockyct]

ugh. please stop. 'common sense laws' that come out of the wake of a tragedy are hardly ever 'common sense' but a poorly put together knee jerk reaction law full of loopholes and idiocy.

Yeah, California just rolled back a large part of the three strikes law after the damage its done in the past 20 years in locking up nonviolent criminals. That law was passed by ballot measure after a father lost his daughter to a random murder in front of a coffee shop. Part of the problem was that it didn't have loopholes or exemptions. Drug possession or shop lifting could result in a 25 year prison term if it was your third strike. If a violent crime is your third strike, it still means life in prison. At least now, there is an option.

I agree completely with Zargon. I don't think its fair to judge anyone who's coping with a death, even the accidental death this girl caused or the son of the woman who died who even posted here. It's really not fair to almost label her a monster for going 40 mph in a 30 zone and then make a tweet about her dinner. Grief and death affect people differently. There is no right or wrong way to deal with what happened although she is probably is doing it in a more healthy way.