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Old 07-01-2013, 10:54 PM   #1
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#cutforbieber trending on Twitter.

So the hashtag 'cut for bieber' is trending on twitter at the moment because he smoked some weed and his fans think that if they cut themselves, he won't smoke weed.
Thought some of you might have some veiws on this.

I personally think that it is horrible and that you have to be many shades of stupid to even contemplate doing something like this. It's basically belittling the very real problem of self harm and is thus obviously not very good as people who self harm for legitimate reasons (ie. not trying to get people to stop smoking weed) will be the ones who get criticised et cetera.

I am terrible at writing what I mean but I hope you get what I am saying.




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Old 07-01-2013, 10:56 PM   #2
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That's appalling.



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Old 07-01-2013, 11:05 PM   #3
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Well, on the plus side, weed is less cool now.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:06 PM   #4
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Wow. Just.... I think celebrity culture has gone too far in terms of it's ability to influence the actions of so many young people.




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Old 07-01-2013, 11:07 PM   #5
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Some people are saying that it was started as a joke/ spoof.
Either way its completely belittling self harm.
It's a serious thing that people deal with, and it's stuff like this that makes it have the reputation it does.



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Old 07-01-2013, 11:15 PM   #6
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I can imagine this started as a spoof. That said, it wouldn't surprise me if his fans were so obsessed that they actually think they're contributing to the greater good of his health...

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:17 PM   #7
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Apparently it started off on 4chan.

Good old 4chan.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:26 PM   #8
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Even if it started as a joke, I can also imagine his actual fans doing this. Which is horrible. I agree with your assessment, Flem.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:28 PM   #9
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well, they shaved their heads for him, im sure they'll do this too.

I bet it started as some person thinking it would be funny.

There are so many JB fans, maybe if they do actually do it, the schools will have a panic and suddenly start giving self harm talks etc.

Could maybe have a positive consequence.





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Old 07-01-2013, 11:28 PM   #10
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I almost couldn't believe what I was reading when I read that hashtag...
What?! This is possibly one of the (if not the most) stupidest things I've ever heard of.

I'm really disgusted that sick people would actually start that trend... even if it started as a spoof, it is terrible that there are some fans who are so vulnerable that they believe cutting themselves will influence Justin Bieber.




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Old 07-01-2013, 11:30 PM   #11
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People actually did this.


I'm disgusted.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:32 PM   #12
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i also have to say, i feel mighty sorry for JB.. it must be so awful to feel like everything you do is going to have such a profound effect on people, i mean, hes still only a young guy himself.





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Old 07-01-2013, 11:44 PM   #13
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well, they may not have started it, they might genuinely belieb (see what i did there) that them hurting themselves will either a) actually make him not smoke weed or b) prove how much of a fan they are.

fans have been sending death threats to their celebrities partners for years.





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Old 07-01-2013, 11:47 PM   #14
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well, they believed that he had cancer and so shaved their heads in support.

people do funny things when theyre besotted.





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Old 07-01-2013, 11:47 PM   #15
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It's awful, I saw a pic of someone who had cut Tokio Hotel and Bill, and it disgusted me. They would be so upset if they ever saw that. I mean why cut something good in your life? It's never even once occurred to me to cut a singer or band's name. I wouldn't feel compelled to do it if I found they'd smoked pot either.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:48 PM   #16
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Photos of stuff from this keep showing up in my facebook newsfeed. I've never had that much of this sort of stuff. And some from pretty young kids. I wonder if anyone will now be afraid to ask for help because people will laugh and think it's about Justin.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:49 PM   #17
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It's not smart to smoke weed, but neither is cutting yourself over your idol...
This. I mean if Tokio Hotel or Evanescence or someone I like did something I didn't agree with, it would still never occur to me to cut over it. I mean I don't even know them, why would I cut over them? It's just, bizarre to me.

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Old 07-01-2013, 11:52 PM   #18
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some people might see it as the same as getting a tattoo of your favourite band.





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Old 07-01-2013, 11:56 PM   #19
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I think it is a shame that so many people are so easily influenced.
I was always taught to think for myself and question instructions
"Because someone told me to" or "because my friends did it" was never a good enough reason when I was a child - "if someone told you to jump off a bridge would you do it?"

If people will cut themselves because someone on the Internet told them too/they think it will stop bieber smoking weed then they probably need help!



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Old 08-01-2013, 12:02 AM   #20
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My dash on Tumblr keeps coming up with screenshots of people's Twitter posts with pictures of it :<

Not cool.

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