This seems off to me - cops called over twitter

[Daria Morgandorffer]

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[ttt]

OK, if you know you have "psychotic stalkers" on your page, why are you sharing personal, private information with them???

[Daria Morgandorffer]

It's like crazy Knot wedding cancellors, on steroids.

[AJL]

I wonder if it was Dr. Amy Tuteur or one of her groupies.

[pixy0stix]

Having had a friend who recently sent out a "goodbye world" email message, and the cops responded with a well check I'm 1) glad that people will call regardless if people will think they're looney, and 2) the police will respond. He had taken the pills, and he was on his way out of the world when the police got there.

Flame me if you must, but if she put out there that she was thinking about suicide, then I'm glad someone called.

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Aug 13, 2012 13:55:44 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Having had a friend who recently sent out a "goodbye world" email message, and the cops responded with a well check I'm 1) glad that people will call regardless if people will think they're looney, and 2) the police will respond. He had taken the pills, and he was on his way out of the world when the police got there.

Flame me if you must, but if she put out there that she was thinking about suicide, then I'm glad someone called.

This is kind of what I think. I can understand her distinction between active and passive suicide ideation, but if I was a follower on twitter who cared about her I wouldn't care. And also, the cops weren't "called over twitter." the cops were called bc someone was afraid she was going to kill herself.

NOW it seems like the person may be an "enemy" of sorts who called the cops in retaliation for something, but even so, there are worse things than the cops responding to a suicide threat.

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Aug 13, 2012 13:55:44 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Having had a friend who recently sent out a "goodbye world" email message, and the cops responded with a well check I'm 1) glad that people will call regardless if people will think they're looney, and 2) the police will respond. He had taken the pills, and he was on his way out of the world when the police got there.

Flame me if you must, but if she put out there that she was thinking about suicide, then I'm glad someone called.

I agree with you completely.

[ttt]

If you post suicidal thoughts in a public place, you really can't be shocked when people think you are planning to commit suicide and act accordingly.

And what were the cops supposed to do? Just take your word for it that you aren't going to kill yourself? What happens when they say "oh okay", leave, and ten minutes later you kill yourself?

[emilyj]

I can't get worked up over people that post insane amounts of personal shit on the internet, and then want to whine about feeling violated.

Seriously. She puts out there that she's suffering from anxiety and depression, having a really rough time, and then puts out that it would be better if she wasn't around. WTF does she think is going to happen? Whatever the motivation, I'm GLAD someone is willing to call the cops.

Granted, now there sounds like there's more to the story, but at the surface? Come on.

[pixy0stix]

Aug 13, 2012 14:47:04 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

Which blogger is this?

The Feminist Breeder

[pixy0stix]

The massive amount of back patting and censure going on in her comments section is making me feel a little ill.

[Deleted]

All of her outrage about the police is missing the point that she tweeted something that could be viewed as a suicidal threat.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

This lady needs some perspective, stat. Suicide is a big fucking deal. I wish someone cared enough (or hell! wanted revenge enough!) to stop DH's best friend from committing suicide if he had blasted it all over the internet. I'm sorry you're sooo embarrassed. How about keep in mind that suicide threats aren't a joke next time. This pisses me off to no end.

[pixy0stix]

Ok, now that I know for sure which blogger it is, I'm going to go on a little rant:

These mommy bloggers in general are out for one thing: more readership. So the more controversial they are, the more outlandish their stories are, the bigger/badder/unbelievable they are the more viewership they command. It gets to a point where they are nothing more than cartoon caricatures of who they once were. They're always looking for something to blog about, so they make up situations or embellish them to the point where they are almost unrecognizable as a real world occurrence.

Example - Real life person: I farted today at work, and was slightly embarrassed. Mommy blogger: I let out he raunchiest fart EVER at work. It was so bad that it became engrained into my office chair. I had to run to the bathroom to check my panties to see if something had leaked out. I found a faint stain, but I couldn't determine whether it was poop or not, so I bent over and sniffed it to be sure.

Then cue all the responses: ZOMG that has happened to me too! I'm so glad you wrote this, I thought I was alone!

But... these bloggers tend to forget that the people they reach often aren't aware that their readership is clued into their hyperbole. So maybe someone random happened upon the hash tag, saw her tweeted conversation, and became worried. Becuase I highly doubt that what she was discussing wasn't being blown up to some degree, which you just.don't.do. with certain topics. At all.