Regarding Deafmedic

[LoraJ]

My first experience with this was on the Friends usenet group. Some guy had two personalities. He had a male character and a female one who was his "best friend". He got tired of the best friend and shipped her off to another country. One day he posted that she got hit by a car and was killed. Everyone is shocked and upset and crying. I went into a weekly chat that some of these people were in and one of them said that this dead person never even existed.

We tried to get him to confess but he wouldn't. About 10 of us got together and made a fake name and outted him but so many people didn't believe it. It was all very sad. I think the guy finally confessed a year later and no one seemed to care.

I just don't know why people enjoy messing with peoples emotions like this.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

Pick a number between 1 and 10 and if you guess right I won't ban you

You may as well whack me now because I never guess right!

Well, it's been nice knowin' ya!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

You may as well whack me now because I never guess right!

Well, it's been nice knowin' ya!

Don't let the door hit you in the rear end on your way out!

 

[Caropooh]

About five of my best girlfriends I met online 5+ years ago... so I can say I will forever be skeptical, but truly love my friends. I see them regularly. In person. In fact, I'm waiting for a call from one of them who is currently in labor. But I will still always remain cautious because of the people who have taken my naivete away.

So very glad the little girls are ok. And I will keep them in my thoughts...

I'm with you. Some of my very best friends are also ones I've met online. Some of them I've met in person, some I haven't. But each and everyone of them is very special to me. We have all had children born prematurely. We have been through, surgeries, misscarriages, caring to full term, divorces, everything. We too have had some members that have left us over major issues and even seen some hoaxes. We have been together for over 6 years now. We are from other countries, religions, financial status, etc. I consider it "real world" whether I have met them in person or not. If one of them ever set up a hoax like this one, it would most certainly be emotional for all involved.

 

[Aidensmom]

Pick a number between 1 and 10 and if you guess right I won't ban you

Can't you at least give her a couple of chances?

Seriously, Alex, I would like to express my personal appreciation in your assistance with this matter. As one of the people that was really hurt by this whole incident, I can't thank you enough for the information that was provided before anyone was hurt more.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Can't you at least give her a couple of chances?

Seriously, Alex, I would like to express my personal appreciation in your assistance with this matter. As one of the people that was really hurt by this whole incident, I can't thank you enough for the information that was provided before anyone was hurt more.

I second that Aidensmom....Alex has been awesome. We couldn't have asked for a better friend.

 

[DisMN]

I agree with Katholyn, no prayer is wasted, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about in being fooled here. Perhaps the instigator doesn't realize and appreciate what she had in her board friends, when she had it. That's another kind of tragedy.

I agree 100% with these sentiments. No prayer is wasted when given with a loving generous heart.

 

[2BigKIdz]

Is it really that big of a deal to make up a life or a tragedy on an internet board? This is the internet, not real life, afterall. This isn't someone you really "knew," like a neighbor or a friend. I guess it depends on how you see the "DIS." Is it a community or a diversion? I suppose if you are one of the people who share your life's tragedies and triumphs with DISer's you would feel betrayed and "sick to your stomach."

I think it is a very big deal to abuse the emotions of people that care about you. This is my "real life" right now, I just happen to be spending this moment of it on the internet. It's not like these were characters on a tv show or in a book, these are real people who had established relationships with people on this board. I don't comprehend why some feel you have to actually have met a person to have a genuine friendship. I've "met" people over the phone through my work that I have thought of as friends, I've never seen those people, but if I learned of their tragic passing I would be very upset.

 

[JennaTX]

I just wanted to say that I am very sorry for those of you who knew these people, have been greiving for them, remembering them in your prayers, etc. Whether it is an "internet friendship" or a "real life friendship", it is still a friendship with feelings that are involved.

Like others have stated, hopefully those children will be protected and taken care of, God bless them!

 

[travelbug]

He/she/it is a pathological liar, Shugardrawers was right on. Chris is a paramedic in N. Georgia.

I thought I remembered Deafmedic talking about being a doctor, and sure enough I found the thread:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=875499
Sounds like one of many lies??

Sad situation for sure. I appreciate Webmaster Alex making sure the truth came out.

 

[WebmasterAlex]

Can't you at least give her a couple of chances?

Seriously, Alex, I would like to express my personal appreciation in your assistance with this matter. As one of the people that was really hurt by this whole incident, I can't thank you enough for the information that was provided before anyone was hurt more.

I think there were many people who showed a lot of grace and class here from the OP to the people who tried to bring out the truth to the people who are posting on this thread....
Goes to show you there are a lot of good people for every bad one!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I've said this before, but I do think that it's important to remember. Most people represent themselves truthfully and it's important to not let this disturbed person color our views of all the honest people on the internet. Be smart in your dealings with others (don't send money, divulge person information on a public forum, etc), but don't let this person (to put it nicely) ruin the good things that do happen online. Don't let this whack job win!

 

[Loubon]

Don't let this whack job win!

Spoken by a person who had a foot hatch in their signature!

(Sorry I just couldn't resist! )

 

[DisneyPhD]

I thought I remembered Deafmedic talking about being a doctor, and sure enough I found the thread:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=875499
Sounds like one of many lies??

Sad situation for sure. I appreciate Webmaster Alex making sure the truth came out.

I did some reserach last night that shows that Chris is infact a hard of hearing man who is a medical examiner (Dr.), not paramedic in the feild. This carrer would be a good one for someone with a hearing loss that wanted to be a Doctor. You don't have to read dead peoples lips, just the facts.

However if I wanted to I am sure I could search more and find a deaf Doctor in Gerogia (near atlanta) named Chris. Both on the internet and asking around sources of deaf people I know. That is if the info (besides the dealth) we have is really correct.

However I don't want to know. I hope in my travels in my life and carrer I never run across him again (that is for sure. )

 

[L107ANGEL]

Spoken by a person who had a foot hatch in their signature!

(Sorry I just couldn't resist! )

I so needed that laugh

 

[momof2inPA]

I will make a mental note, not to get to emotional if god forbid you may need prayers and pixie dust. Thanks for the kinds words

Grammar aside, I've given heartfelt p&pd before because of posts on this board, I felt sad when I read about this person's wife and children dying in the car accident. That said, I don't think that their children's lives or well-beings are necessarily in jeopardy because they made up this scenario on the DIS boards. People make up stuff here on a regular basis, this car crash was just an extreme version of those stories. Yes, I would consider it to be very cruel to the people who actually met this person and their kids and considered them to be friends, but to the rest of us who barely knew this person existed, it was just a story (and made up stories often make me cry, I see nothing wrong with getting emotional over any situation read on the DIS- real or invented). I don't think that making stuff up on an internet board necessarily makes someone a monster in real life or would cause their kids to lead a life of doom. It's a strange way to spend your time, but it happens.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Grammar aside, I've given heartfelt p&pd before because of posts on this board, I felt sad when I read about this person's wife and children dying in the car accident. That said, I don't think that their children's lives or well-beings are necessarily in jeopardy because they made up this scenario on the DIS boards. People make up stuff here on a regular basis, this car crash was just an extreme version of those stories. Yes, I would consider it to be very cruel to the people who actually met this person and their kids and considered them to be friends, but to the rest of us who barely knew this person existed, it was just a story (and made up stories often make me cry, I see nothing wrong with getting emotional over any situation read on the DIS- real or invented). I don't think that making stuff up on an internet board necessarily makes someone a monster in real life or would cause their kids to lead a life of doom. It's a strange way to spend your time, but it happens.

So it's NORMAL to say your own kids (or in this case step-kids) were killed in a car accident. Saying something like that has no reflection on your character? Okey dokey then.

 

[Loubon]

I don't think that making stuff up on an internet board necessarily makes someone a monster in real life or would cause their kids to lead a life of doom.

Forget the Internet for a minute.....let's say someone from work that you just knew casually from the coffee room told a story like that. Still no big deal? In this case it is not the medium it is the message. Doesn't doom the kids by any stretch of the imagination but certainly doesn't qualify for no big deal status.

 

[momof2inPA]

It's not like these were characters on a tv show or in a book, these are real people who had established relationships with people on this board.

That's exactly it. I think some people just see these boards as a diversion, like an interactive tv show or book.

 

[Loubon]

I so needed that laugh

I'm there for you!