A friend of mine posted a YouTube video on his Facebook page a few days ago, of a red-headed teenage boy stating that in fact "gingers do have souls" We could easily tell the guy was agitated and frusterated within this video, he was screaming -or atleast raising his voice- pacing, and raising his eyebrows up to his hairline. There may have been humour within his actions, I'll give you that, but not within what he was talking about.
The guy was venting about being bullied and teased -past the point of amusement- for the colour of his hair. He was sick of being told that he had no soul and insisted that he did have a soul -numerous times- And he has feelings. He talked about his contemplated suicide and overall anger with the situation and his bullies. Still funny here guys?
I understand telling your friends that they're whack jobs and nincompoops, I mean I think I tell certain people that they smell twelve times a day! But where is the line drawn? We need to be more mindful about not only what we say to whom, but the way we say it. And we need to learn to listen always always always, in case someone is asking for help -such as in this video, regardless of the guy's occasionally quirky facial expression-
This video is a perfect example of a "joke" going too far, nearly ending in suicide.
And the worst part?
This video got 87,243 likes on YouTube and a lmao with twelve Os on my friend's page.
-em
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