zinfamous
No Lifer
- Jul 12, 2006
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She may have killed herself through addiction, but you know there are people around her who enabled her.
Those people share equal blame for this happening. They are the ones who were in the best position to help her and they are the one who let her down.
Lots of people (we?) live in a culture where they think others should "mind their own business". People lose friends trying to be good friends (e.g. "I think your boyfriend's a douche bag").
yep. I think it gets worse with the facebook era. Now with this false perception that everyone is more connected than before, we actually become far more isolated and distant from one another on a truly personal level.
"Surely, one of their "friends" will mention this to him/her? Why should I stick my neck out and risk the social meltdown that is a FB de-friending?" D:
Or, just as bad, we tend to think that simply posting a somewhat unoffensive suggestion on someone's wall is going to get the message across. "Don't blame me! I told them what I thought!"