The Crying Game ...

[Robbo]

I don’t normally look at links on Facebook or in emails because it’s normally a piece of self-indulgent crap and when I witness a lot of the thinking and opinions of some young people, it makes me wanna do one of two things, knock them into next week or send them to prison to be re-educated in how to respect other people and to learn some manners.

But that’s just old age talking maybes, I’m a generation away from a lot of the young and so I suppose it’s inevitable I will be unimpressed with a lot of the way things are now as was my dad was with me when I grew up.

I don’t watch a lot of TV, hardly any really; this is mainly due to these ‘reality’ programmes and I suppose the general insincerity with everyone, everyone just seems so false and half-way up their own ass, I just hate it and so I don’t watch it.

Now, the worst thing I hate more than anything though is ‘false crying’, we all see it when people are being interviewed or playing a part in a reality program; it all started in the US when for some reason, when people got in front of a camera they would start to look as though they were choking up and beginning to cry ….. let’s face it, a lot of programs over here have many instances of this insincere emotion … it’s as if these people think that crying will somehow validate whatever it is they are saying and also attract some form of emotional support like a plea to their mummy ..

If ever I see any footage that goes anywhere near this emotional clap-trap I switch it straight off and to be honest, the Americans seem glued to the idea they necessarily have to feign crying to put across their point when all it does is demean them.
If I ever felt like crying, the last place I’d do it is in front of a camera with millions watching, I would feel ashamed if people [other than my close family and close friends] saw me cry.
This is not some macho bullsh!t, it’s about dignity and self-respect.

And so why this post?
For some reason, I clicked on a link that was put up on someone’s Facebook page and without seeing any of it, to me, it looked like another example of some Yank blubbing their frikkin eyes out over sweet fuhk all …. And yet I still clicked on it … and as the video started to play, I was sorely tempted to click it off and get on with some work but I’m glad I didn’t.

I detest the notion of crocodile tears and feigning emotions to attract support but for some reason, this vid got to me and I really wish I could jump on a plane to the US and go help him sort a few problems out for him … I might be being fooled here, I hope I’m not; I might even be going soft in my old age but see what you think … it certainly done my brain in and left me cold and feeling helpless … I wish I could be his big brother for a few days and tidy up some of the sh!t in his life ….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=iCi8fe0KtZ0

 

[Gassy]

That is why we don't clink on face book links at all......................... but

Try this , it made me laugh which is what we all need to do more



The old Pete would have a name card and place setting at that table :holedig::behindsofa:

 

[Robbo]

The old Pete is tired with it all mate ... but that doesn't mean I've grown weak ... it merely means there are a lot less casualties

 

[Liam92]

that 'whats going on' video was a lie

 

[Robbo]

that 'whats going on' video was a lie

I would bet my house on that first vid being authentic ... an individual who endeavoured to act that lot out could never have come across so genuine ... you would see flaws in his demeanour.
He may have changed his story because he didn't really wanna be seen as a wussy boy cry baby but if that's the case, then it's even more sad.

 

[Liam92]

I would bet my house on that first vid being authentic ... an individual who endeavoured to act that lot out could never have come across so genuine ... you would see flaws in his demeanour.
He may have changed his story because he didn't really wanna be seen as a wussy boy cry baby but if that's the case, then it's even more sad.

from what i've gathered the original video and the one that i posted (which was released 4 months after the first) were the only 2 that he released, but he deleted the second one soon after uploading it. he does have another channel of a bunch of random videos doing daft stuff with friends in which he looks pretty happy.

i don't personally know what to make of it all but if his situation actually improved, he doesn't seem very thankful or humble about it. however as you said, if he has had to deliberately try to change his appearance to cope then that is a sad situation to be in. in my view it's open to quite a bit of debate and i genuinely don't know what view to take.

 

[Robbo]

I tell ya what Liam, if he did act that first one [which I don't think he did] the guy has got a great career in Hollywood waiting because I have never seen acting of that quality before ...

I think there's always a discernible difference when someone has to act out a part remembering the lines and acting appropriately along those lines, and when people do this ... you can always tell if the part isn't too short.

I would be shocked if it was staged ..... in a way, I hope it was because it would mean he wasn't suffering and that I suppose is the most important thing for me I think...

 

[Liam92]

sorry i should probably rephrase my first post in that the first video was not 'a lie' but just that the second video cast doubt on it. i definitely agree that it would need to be some impressive acting if it was indeed staged since i had much the same reaction as everyone else when i looked at the first video. i think you said it best, hopefully it was staged but i guess nobody can know for sure except those that know him.

 

[Buddha 3]

Cosign...

It seems that in every show there needs to be a sob story. Anybody watch So You Think You Can Dance? I sometimes watch the Dutch version, because there are some people in it that I have worked with in the past, but when I see somebody blobbing about how they must win this, because when they were three years old, their bunny died and so they are doing this in memory of their bunny, it makes me want to put a brick through my TV. And since my TV was kinda expensive, I'd rather not do it.

Everybody has a lifestory, everybody has had hardships.

 

[Timboy]

If you have kids its hard to watch a video like that and not feel a bit sick in your stomach. Doesn't really matter if its a fake or not, there are thousands of kids growing up in that state.

Its one of the many things that I hate about the modern world, bullying has apparently increased enormously in recent years via social networking etc. When kids were bullied at school in the old days, at least they had some respite when they got home. Now it follows them into their home online or wherever they go via their phone etc.

Earlier this year a paintballer from overseas was telling me about how **** his life was and to my eternal shame I just thought it was yet another baller moaning so I didn't really take much notice. A couple of days later he topped himself. It made me realise that when people get all daft and nasty about stupid stuff in paintball like what colour armbands they have to wear or whether the ground is level in a camping field - that there are people out there with real problems. Bit of perspective is never a bad thing.