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Please can we stop

52 replies

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:29

Bringing Caroline Flack into every single bleeding post?

Thanks

It’s really sad that she killed herself but sadly, she is not the first and will not be the last and I don’t think it was purely down to SM or MN.

I am sick of the bitchiest correspondents on my own SM surrounding their profile picture with a “be kind” logo (I don’t need to be told to do this) and posters here bringing her up on every thread.

(Didn’t want to put her name into the title as seemed a bit Hmm )

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RhymingRabbit3 · 29/02/2020 10:30

Yep
I stated an opinion on a baby name thread and was told I need to "be kind" in light of "all that's happened recently".

LemonTT · 29/02/2020 10:30

Well this won’t be a step in the right direction.

Gwenhwyfar · 29/02/2020 10:32

Nobody I know is talking about it, either in real life or on sm. Get different friends.

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:33

On here!!!

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BogOffJanuary · 29/02/2020 10:34

@MadameBee I agree, normally the ones with the harshest opinions and bitchiest comments are the ones shouting “be kind”. Perhaps they should take a long hard look at themselves first.

Ponoka7 · 29/02/2020 10:36

Be kind = shut up and agree with us.

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:37

“In light of what happened recently”

I don’t mean to be awful but why is Caroline Flack any different from any other suicide?

If you want to look at something awful celeb wise take a look at what happened to Princess Diana, and the media didn’t learn from that.

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GinDrinker00 · 29/02/2020 10:38

But you’ve just done the same thing? Hmm

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:40

How? I’ve come into a thread and said “please be kind because someone killed themselves”?

No I haven’t.

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tiredanddangerous · 29/02/2020 10:42

I was hoping this was going to be a can we stop banging on about Coronavirus thread. I haven’t seen Caroline flack mentioned anywhere apart from here.

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:43

@tiredanddangerous

That too Smile

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Thymelord · 29/02/2020 10:43

i was hoping this was going to be a can we stop banging on about Coronavirus thread

Me too! That would be great!

Lweji · 29/02/2020 10:44

I haven't seen it for a while here apart from this thread. Wink

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:44

Although Corona Virus seems to have replaced Harry and Meghan threads.

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YesThatsATurdOnTheRug · 29/02/2020 10:46

This is the first Caroline Flack thread I've seen in ages! Pick different threads Grin

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:46

OMG I just looked - there are 7 Corona Virus threads on page 1 atm.

Can they not just create a topic and merge them?

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MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:47

I am not on about Caroline Flack threads I am on about people trotting out “in light of what’s happened recently guys can we please be kind” on random threads.

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slipperywhensparticus · 29/02/2020 10:48

It's all over my facebook people kicking off because the CPS arnt prosecuting her because she is dead clearly that means she is guilty etc etc plus of course her "friends" are raising there social media profiles by releasing her last messages to them standing on the back of a dead woman to make a pound or too its disgusting

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:50

How can they prosecute a dead person Confused

And how is that a good use of public money.

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MimiLaRue · 29/02/2020 10:51

I completely agree. I'm getting thoroughly fed up of her being brought into conversations that have literally nothing to do with her.

I'm sorry she did what she did. But it wasnt due to unkindness FFS. You dont hang yourself unless you have deep seated MH issues going on.
If simply being kind was the cure for all mental illness, our psych wards would all be closed by now.

MadameBee · 29/02/2020 10:53

@MimiLaRue

Totally

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CallofDoodee · 29/02/2020 11:11

What MimiLaRue said.

Supersimkin2 · 29/02/2020 11:11

Sanity check OP. Well done.

pictish · 29/02/2020 11:12

Agree with you.

I also wonder why everyone assumes Caroline took her life owing to the media onslaught she received (it all passed me by), and not because her (alleged) history of violent and abusive behaviour was about to be revealed and exposed and therefore her popularity and career in tatters.

None of us know. Be kind can do one. I’ve seen some proper horrors urge kindness on Facebook. Fuck off.

Kirkman · 29/02/2020 11:17

I saw it on a post yesterday. It made me roll my eyes.

I really wonder why CF death is being used so much and jumped on, considering the details of her life that are widely known in celeb circles