Man Learns of His Death Through Prank Facebook Group
Awkward and uncomfortable comedy has become quite the rage recently, as shows like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' 'The Office,' and 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' have become incredibly popular and common. There's a fine line between that type of squirm-inducing hilarity and just being blatantly stupid, though, and that line gets crossed every day on Facebook.That absence of humor most frequently appears in idiotic groups, whose dullard administrators apparently have difficulty discerning between hilarity and depravity. It may not be as abhorrent as a pro-rape group or an anti-Semitic group, but an English Facebook member recently decided to prank one of his friends by telling everyone that the man was dead. Hiiiii-larious!!!
According to the Daily Mail, Daniel Kidd started a memorial page as prank on his (most likely former) friend Dan Evans, and posted that Evans had died in an electrical accident at work. Almost immediately, the group reportedly attracted hundreds of bereaved guests, who left 600 messages on the memorial page. Some of the visitors even began to offer condolences to Dan's family members, including a shocked brother who was traveling in Australia. Kidd has since apologized for his moronic hi-jinx, which he thought "would be funny." Well, it will be interesting to hear if he thinks the inevitable "Daniel Kidd is a Huge Tool" group is hilarious, as well. [From: The Daily Mail]
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Jenniferh021 said 7:48AM on 12-11-2009
People are sick and what exactly is FACEBOOK doing to deter these "groups"???? As far as I can see, this networking site is turning into a site that is manifesting nothing more than criminals. Change the rules, change the terms & conditions...do SOMETHING. Do YOUR part in making sure Facebook is SAFE for kids just looking to play around with their friends and for adults using it for social and professional networking. So far, this has not happened. Pathetic.
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Hellisforchildren said 7:02PM on 12-11-2009
holy overreaction batman. anyone who TRUSTS content from facebook is absolutely moronic. the site is not meant for serious professional or reliable transfer of information, its meant for entertaining social interaction. I can't believe 600 people simply jumped off the proverbial cliff together without calling the man's family. if they don't know the man well enough to be able to VERIFY whether or not he passed away, they can't be very great friends, can they? if you believe all the groups you see on facebook you're probably being slowly crushed to death under the weight of late night tv scam products. if you have small children on facebook, get off your damn computer and go play in traffic. your self-righteous idiocy is whats damned pathetic.
Ismithrice said 8:51AM on 12-11-2009
A better idea would have been to put in his own name instead of "former friend Dan Evans"
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BigD said 9:28AM on 12-11-2009
600 STUPID PEOPLE AND THEN SOME
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cflotsofluck said 10:27AM on 12-11-2009
It seems that anyone, can do anything, when it comes to the internet!! Kinda scary when you stop and think about it!!
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Dinky said 11:29AM on 12-11-2009
HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE ... This guy is an idiot, period. No one with any common sense would do something so callous.
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nwkoleda said 12:01PM on 12-11-2009
This isn't a "group" on Facebook, it's a memorial page. Memorial pages are members Facebook pages transformed after death for their friends and family to commemorate them. You can create a group for anything, it's really not that big a deal. What Dan did is much more sinister.
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Munkie said 1:53PM on 12-11-2009
I loled. people need a sense of humor. Have we forgotten what a prank is?
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rockitallnite said 4:12PM on 12-11-2009
Oh please, take the stick out of your butts people. It's Facebook, not real life, people take it too seriously. And don't forget, everything is funny in the right context. EVERYTHING.
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jbjg24m said 4:35PM on 12-11-2009
i once saw my name in the obituiries. turs out to be a guy with my same name. had to pinch myself to make sure it wasn't me !
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my98xlclassic said 5:34PM on 12-11-2009
I saw my name in the obits page while I was at work,I punched out and went back to bed. Can't get much done if i'm dead.
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teltech543 said 5:39PM on 12-11-2009
Only 600 people duped? The other millions of idiots on Facebook must not have gotten the message.
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Dan said 8:13PM on 12-11-2009
Hmmmm...............sounds like something Chandler Bing would do to Ross Gueller........nah.......Chandler would never do that.........lol ;)~
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