The Like/Hate Thread

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The sad part is that when people say "this type of stuff happens everyday in the hood", they aren't exaggerating. It used to look like this on the way home from school some days, (although I will admit the wooden boards shocked me) and having to go through stuff like this as a teenager is pretty much the reason why I'm afraid to go outside, be around people, etc.

And this fuck with the camera pretty much embodies the whose mentality that perpetuates all of this. It's thrilling and entertaining to see a fight break out in the middle of the street, eventually swelling into an entire roadblock of black fists and school uniforms. He's all "DAYUM!" while this kid is getting his skull bashed in, he's eventually carried away (God bless them) and the camera-man is left to follow the drama down the street. It's stupid.

*This involves people from Altgeld Gardens, so it's not exactly surprising. But it's still disgusting, and I've never really seen someone get beat to death before. And he was only 16, wtf society

EDIT: waddup wit da double post up there mayne

You know what I hate about this - and the YouTube culture in general?

This asshole is just standing there filming it gooing 'ooh' 'aah' instead of fucking doing something. The least you can do is call the police. I don't expect him to bust in like Judge Dredd or something but seriously.

I see this shit online all the time. "Oh man they're killing each other / that was a horrible accident / are they okay?!" but really they don't care. They don't do anything to change the situation, just stand there filming.

I'm not innocent, either. I walked - or drove - right past a couple street fights myself. It's a horrible thing to do, but I did. I could try rationalizing it but there's no point. I'm just tired of seeing people do the same thing all the time.