Happyslapping...

TS: acupuncture vs. kirstie walking all over me with her thigh-high boots?

yea, i think a lot of this is if it coincides with school start/end

shit. i hope the little lads across the road at the boys' school don't get any new ideas after all of this. they're, um, lively enough as it is.

I am still in hysterics over this.

So if you want to know what sort of people think six guys slapping a woman is cool then investigate viceuk

i got to the bottom and there was a definite atmosphere, and people looked uneasy, i felt the presence of people behind be rushing about, *something* was happening, i walked briskly to the bus stop and the 29 was there. as i got on i looked around to see 5 or 6 lads punching this other lad, he fell to the ground, and they all kicked him as he lay prostrate, their cameraphones pointing, laughter rang through the air. everyone on the bus was looking out the window, and people looked ashen.

there was loads of people everywhere outside too. no one did anythiing.

i felt shaken, these had been the people that were right behind me on the street. i couldnt relax on the tube on the way out, and i couldnt relax when i was out. i had to walk past this spot on the way home, i just wanted to go home. for the first time since ive been in london i really did feel, well, nervous. i came home early, and there was no one around

its pretty fucked, but pretty inevitable i think. sometimes i am surpirsed that there isnt more random acts of violence around. as a kid at the public school i got knocked about a bit on a friday night, but i was usually aware that it was gonna happen. i dont like the randomness of this, esp. at bus stops.

How are we gonna increase market share of buses if this sort of shit happens?!!?

B b but Americans invented it! Its from Jackass, innit?

Also: I guess the footage I'd like to see is the "happyslapping" incident "gone wrong" where the bullies get hospitalised by their "victim"

Apparently thats happened too - someone I know says theyve seen footage of some little american shits in a car doing, of all things, drive-by slappings by leaning out car doors. Exept this one kid misjudged his lean out, and fell out the car, and got run over and killed.

I cant feel a drop of sympathy either.

Quote from David Lynch, years ago: "I hate the fact that the law allows scum to walk on your lawn, but they arrest you if you shoot 'em."

They don't do happyslapping around here, and since I'm in Florida, we can now shoot/stab/assault them to death on the fucking street if we feel threatened by anyone. Happyslapping will never work here. Maybe they made the law as a preventive measure so as not to have happyslapping catch on here? I highly doubt it, of course -- I know it isn't -- but it'd be slightly amusing if it were.

At lunch for the past two years I used to sit with a group of acquaintances and they used discuss Jackass with frequency as if it were the pinnacle of television programming. They also discussed anime and video games relentlessly. I'm not sure how I ever tolerated any of that (and my 13-year-old brother does the same thing now -- except that we don't have cable and so he doesn't watch Jackass), and I'm not sure how any of them ever came to associate with me in the first place aside from them having regarded me as an eccentric curio. Yikes! It's quite a stretch to go from that to reading ilXor in the span of a few hours.

It is, though. The Bounty Hunter skit- funniest thing on TV ever.

which one was that?

I was shocked and my feelings were really hurt and I started to cry later as I walked home. It made me feel a little better knowing this might be part of some random 'dare' thing and that it happens to other people.