Comments on Profile Post by Lyander

Aaaaaaaaand it turns out his mum might be racist? Either way, asshats riding on his fame and making fake GoFundMes. This is why the world is a shitty place.

I was afraid of that when I saw the video, I feel bad for the kid, online overexposure leads to memes and cyberbulling...for sure he does not deserve it, there are so many assholes around the world, hope he grows strong and responsible

The world is a beautiful place. People are shitty. At least some are. Was given a lot of shit as a kid myself. Now that I’m an old fart, I give it back. When needed.

@Lyer25 Someone posted on twitter that the reached out to his sister and it wasn't actually his mom's account with the racist stuff but someone else. Also, someone else posted up gofundme account posing as them trying to scam money off the situation.

To repeat. Some people are shiity excuses for human beings. A negative effect of the Internet. You get to meet more than in the old days. But you also get to meet a lot of great people too. Like here. Usually. A lot. Most of the time. Except when your not. :)
Can’t imagine what it is like to be a kid and have the Internet giving you shit too.

@9suns (I only just now got the 6moons reference): yeah, I love the message but fear for what this means for him over the next few months. No matter his family, I feel for the kid.

@Ringingears Agreed. the world is exceedingly beautiful but people can be less so. Kids nowadays (people younger than me, anyway) seem to value their online presence a lot, so having the internet shitpost about you canNOT be good. Can't wait til I'm an old fart so I can dish it out with impunity :P

@DigMe Thanks for the heads up! Weird that there was a kid that looked like him in the one photo with the flag, but perhaps it's a doppelganger? Argh, this is confusing. I just want all facts to come to light in an orderly manner, no more freaking subterfuge and half-truths. As if the world were that easy.

What I hate about all this is how fast news travels on the net. No wait, that's good, but what sucks is that very few people think to get the whole story before chiming in, and even worse, these same people start flaming others over something that may or may not be true.