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    Cheater called out on Facebook. "Is this your Husband?"

    I hate video posts and never watch them, but the accompanying story sums it up pretty well:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3405192.html

    In a nutshell, this guy allegedly loudly bragged about his extramarital exploits on a crowded Amtrak train. This woman heard him, snapped a pic, and posted it on Facebook with commentary.

    It's since gone Viral.

    Does he deserve it or not?

    I mean, in a bar or something I'd expect to listen to that but on a train? I'd just be thankful for my iPod and tune out.
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    He probably deserves the divorce. I think it would be funny if this was just wise guy braggadocio with the guys just trying to outdo themselves with their storytelling (seen this in the flesh before) and he isn't actually a cheater. Funny in the cosmic sense, not funny in the broken marriage and two people dealing with heavy topics sense.

    I think on a train there's an expectation that people are doing their own thing and if you're smart you realize the weird things you're hearing often lack context.

    i think the problem with this viral stuff isn't the bad that happens to the guilty, I think it's the fact that I can simply take a photo of someone, write a blurb and because there's no way to fact check it, 81K people might believe it BEFORE someone responds to the story.

    I tend to be a big fan of public shaming for physically rude public behavior caught on camera. The 2nd or 3rd hand stuff tends to come across like global High School.

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    • #3
      For the most part, I'm actually a fan of public shaming, but am aware that it can be woefully abused.

      There have been incidents with the cat dumped in the trash bin and the woman who was stealing flowers from a grave that were used to great effect.

      We used to live in small towns, and we minded our manners so our families and friends wouldn't find out we were being jerks while away. Then the world got so big that we could be jerks with relative anonymity. The reach of social media and ease of recording practically anything is making it so that we can no longer be jerks quite so anonymously and are going to have to go back to the faux civility we used to practice.

      Whether this is to the good or not remains to be seen.
      Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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      • #4
        Originally posted by D_Yeti_Esquire View Post
        i think the problem with this viral stuff isn't the bad that happens to the guilty, I think it's the fact that I can simply take a photo of someone, write a blurb and because there's no way to fact check it, 81K people might believe it BEFORE someone responds to the story.
        Exactly my first thought. If it was video of him saying that he cheated on his wife, that's one thing, but a photo and a claim that he said it is not very credible.

        The counter to that is, "What reason does a random stranger have to lie?" And the answer to that is, "What if it's not actually a random stranger, but someone he knows/knew with a grudge?"

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        • #5
          If it's true that they were actually talking about it in a public space like that, he got what he had coming. It's all free game in public.
          Violence has resolved more conflicts than anything else. The contrary opinion that violence doesn't solve anything is merely wishful thinking at its worst. - Starship Troopers

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          • #6
            I agree with the other skeptics. He probably wasn't bragging about any such thing. Odds are he and his friend were just jabbering, and some person on the car who'd had a long day and was sick of overhearing unwanted conversations decided to get a little revenge.

            There's no audio, no video, nothing but "because I said" to show this guy was saying anything. That's why caption contests exist: because a photo can mean anything. Good chance the guy isn't even married. If so, let's at least hope his wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/other has enough sense to see why this is more likely to be bullshit than not.
            I have a drawing of an orange, which proves I am a semi-tangible collection of pixels forming a somewhat coherent image manifested from the intoxicated mind of a madman. Naturally.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Nekojin View Post
              The counter to that is, "What reason does a random stranger have to lie?"
              Another possible answer: "How likely is it that a random stranger will fully understand the situation and report it accurately as occurred?"
              "So, my little Zillians... Have your fun, as long as I let you have fun... but don't forget who is the boss!"
              We are contented, because he says we are
              He really meant it when he says we've come so far

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              • #8
                The counter to that is, "What reason does a random stranger have to lie?" And the answer to that is, "What if it's not actually a random stranger, but someone he knows/knew with a grudge?"
                Another answer, all too often, is "just for the hell of it." Same reason people use a photo they snatched off the internet someplace and make up a story about it being a kidnapping victim; to have something they did get passed around and get everybody all worked up.
                "My in-laws are country people and at night you can hear their distinctive howl."

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