The Internet can be a cruel place, we all know that by now. Many of you probably saw a recent video of a woman flipping out in a store, yelling about how much she loved Trump and how the store employees, who happened to be black, were just awful. In the old days she would have been able to flip out this way and no one would have had any idea about the situation; she would have just gone home and went about her life. But these days, things are different. Cameras are everywhere, her tantrum was filmed, and this woman is now being publicly shamed all over the Internet.
Once things get on the Internet there is no getting them back- they take on a life of their own. A lot of people, sometimes it seems like most people, truly enjoy grouping up and mocking people, as long as it is in an anonymous way. It seems that sometimes people also really enjoy deriving pleasure from others’ misfortune.
Now some of these people had something coming to them, there is no doubt about that. If you act in an awful or even a bizarre way, out in society, people are going to come at you and put you in their place. But others just made a dumb joke, or did something slightly rude, and before they knew it they were being messed with and stalked all over the Internet. Sometimes the public shaming they endured changed their lives for good. Did they deserve it? You decide. Here are 15 public shamings that ruined people’s lives.
The Internet can be a cruel place, we all know that by now. Many of you probably saw a recent video of a woman flipping out in a store, yelling about how much she loved Trump and how the store employees, who happened to be black, were just awful. In the old days she would have been able to flip out this way and no one would have had any idea about the situation; she would have just gone home and went about her life. But these days, things are different. Cameras are everywhere, her tantrum was filmed, and this woman is now being publicly shamed all over the Internet.
Once things get on the Internet there is no getting them back- they take on a life of their own. A lot of people, sometimes it seems like most people, truly enjoy grouping up and mocking people, as long as it is in an anonymous way. It seems that sometimes people also really enjoy deriving pleasure from others’ misfortune.
Now some of these people had something coming to them, there is no doubt about that. If you act in an awful or even a bizarre way, out in society, people are going to come at you and put you in their place. But others just made a dumb joke, or did something slightly rude, and before they knew it they were being messed with and stalked all over the Internet. Sometimes the public shaming they endured changed their lives for good. Did they deserve it? You decide. Here are 15 public shamings that ruined people’s lives.
15. Dog Poop Girl
This case was one of the first that really let people know about public shaming. Around 10 years ago a woman boarded a subway in South Korea with a small dog. The dog ended up pooping on the subway, and even though other people on the subway asked her to, the woman didn’t clean it up. Bad move. Someone took a picture of her and it was posted on Internet forums. Soon people knew her name and address; she was also recognized and harassed on the streets. It eventually got so bad that she had to go into hiding and drop out of school. She later said she didn’t clean it up because she was so embarrassed. This is what is known as a “thinking error.” For God’s sake, if your dog poops on the subway clean it up!
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