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How crazy and stupid have people become?

30 replies

Foolofafook · 10/06/2024 19:51

Seriously just that. I just read an article about an actor having to remind people that he played a character in a film, after he was sent threatening dms:
https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-rictus-actor-fiction-clarification-response/

How absolutely terrifying to think that there are people who don’t stop to think for a second but lash out at others. I’m sure this must happen more frequently than I thought, but I’ve never seen this before.
Makes you wonder how many serious nutters are out there in the wild!

Furiosa Star Issues Statement Reminding People The Movie Is “Fiction” After Angry DMs

Jones plays the villainous Rictus Erectus.

https://screenrant.com/furiosa-movie-rictus-actor-fiction-clarification-response/

OP posts:
TheDefiant · 11/06/2024 00:00

@IdaPrentice No Edinburgh Castle but have had tourists ask why they built the castle so close to the train station 🤦🏼‍♀️

Guavafish1 · 11/06/2024 00:01

lots of idiots in this world

EmeraldRoulette · 11/06/2024 00:12

LindorDoubleChoc · 10/06/2024 20:49

There have always been people who have trouble separating fact from fiction. Actors in soaps and popular shows often talk about members of the public speaking to them as though they are in character.

I'll never forget two threads on Mumsnet along similar lines:

  1. someone posted a thread "How come it's snowing on East Enders when I live in East London and it's not snowing here" and
  2. the woman who insisted that Martin Freeman in a TV phone ad was not acting, but was infact sharing an emotional moment from his own life

They were trolling surely? I didn’t see those threads, sounds…like trolling. Let’s hope so!

HollyKnight · 11/06/2024 00:46

Some people are just daft. I remember watching Walking with Dinosaurs with my mum and her asking me, "Where is that? Where are they?" 😂

saltinesandcoffeecups · 11/06/2024 01:35

People are stupid (I’ll count myself in that category because I’ve had more than my fair share of idiot moments).

The one I remember was a press conference…. The backstory is that a small plane crashed into a body of water. The locale EMS was giving an update and the journalists were asking questions.

EMS: the water temp is currently X degrees on the surface…A person can survive for Y minutes at X degrees. It’s X-10 when 5 feet under the surface. .

Reporter: How long can they last at X-10?

EMS: blinks slowly Umm considerably less than 5 minutes… Next Question

So yeah people are stupid

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