A (Malicious) Internet Forum Experiment

[Vance]

"Mommy, why did the Nazis get so far?" "Well honey, they stopped thinking." "What did the thinking people do?" "Waited them out, honey."

[ExoByte]

I think I need to try this. I mean that seriously too. I have engaged in psychological experiments before, in real life and on forums. Even on this very forum. But nothing to this magnitude... though I've always wanted to. I will actually undertake this experiment. I'll use this thread to document it and report how it goes.

[GestaltAlteration]

You don't need to go through with it to know that lie would cause extreme guilt. I really hope no one actually does this, lest the experimenter be a real heartless bastard. Seriously, this isn't science. Find something better to do with your time.

[dragonoverlord]

Good idea, I wonder what would happen but y'know what maybe it would work better on myspace.

[Vance]

I never said I would go through with the experiment. I know it would cause extreme guilt. But do I really know that? They could shrug it off as a joke, or simply not care... Note that I do not take suicide lightly, and I am not a heartless experimentor. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you probably think I'm sick for laying it out with such detail, as if I was going to go through with it. The truth is, you have thoughts like these every day, and, since your mind runs ahead of you, you would, in a few seconds, have come to these lengths in planning it out, if not word for word. And don't say you don't just to push me out further in my "heartlessness." You know you do. You can casually converse it with your friends and not feel a shred of guilt. Anyway, so goes the life of a social experimentor, although I am not one. I find it very depressing.

[Universal Mind]

Anybody who does that is despicably evil. It is sick enough just to try to influence people to try that horrible act. Do you really want people going the rest of their lives thinking they influenced somebody to commit suicide? Why be that terrible of a person? Instead of doing that, why not just round people up and torture them or run over some old ladies? There is nothing experimental about it. Don't give me that shit. As Gestalt said, you already know what the result would be. It is just a matter of doing something awful to people's lives. That's all it is, and you know it. Dragonoverlord, if you still have any interest in presenting the picture that you actually have some good in you, you will retract what you just said.

[Vance]

God****, don't be so narrow minded. I NEVER said I would go through with it, you twit! Look to my above post! This could be a social experiment in itself for all you know! I am really disappointed in you. Go direct your rambling toward perverted horror directors. And if you think I do these things in my spare time, retract that from your mind as well. You made me swear, too. EDIT: And, if that doesn't convince you, I posted a thread on whether or not it was ethical to kill butterflies for a collection (fancy that, a heartless bastard who debates whether or not to kill a butterfly, he feels so bad) AND stated in advance that this was malicious INCLUDING posting a warning. So I'm sorry if I've offended anybody. My mistake. Just dont label me so you can step yourself up on the moral ladder. (And in the esteem of your fellow forum-users) While that statement may have seem abrasive, so is being called a heartless bastard. I don't want a flame war. Why can't we all be happy?

[dragonoverlord]

Dragonoverlord, if you still have any interest in presenting the picture that you actually have some good in you, you will retract what you just said. Hey im not retracting anything, I just said its a good idea (as in for a social expriement), whats the big deal? He seemed to put quite a bit of thought into it for a social expirement and it seems well thought out and i said "good idea" lol im a monster for saying that. Its not like im even gonna try it anyway. Don't take things to seriously jeeze is just an idea.