This post is named appropriately after the anime film depicting the story of two siblings picking up the pieces after a horrible war.
The war that I am discussing in this post it a war that a lot of us remember, and would actually rather not talk about. I’m talking about a certain site with the initials AB.
To make things clear, I am not here to bash this site or create any negativity based on the people that wrote on it or voiced their opinions. People are always entitled to their beliefs. I am merely here to talk about the aftermath of this site and what became of its “targets.”
I’m sure that if you were, in any way involved with the occurances centered around AB, then you were affected in some way. For me, the site at first angered me because they really could get away with what they were doing. They mentioned me a number of times and called me something a bit offensive, and they really really targeted one of my good friends, dragging her into a very difficult part of her life.
The site caused a lot of pain for some of my friends and they handled it as best they could, but as Skye mentioned before, the world of design was split into two over the issue. Some people were in complete agreement to the site, and embraced its willingness to say whatever it wanted to say, even if people’s feelings were thrown into the mix.
For me, I was mostly affected because of how hurt my friends were. I’ve been called every name in the book, so I’m very used to being talked about negatively. I didn’t like seeing the community being split apart, bashed, made fun of, and ridiculed in a fashion that made people look like hyprocrites.
After everything happened, I must say that I now look at the community differently, and I’m not sure if it was for the better. These days, I’m kind of looking behind my back, and scared one day i’ll open up my comments to find something offensive and insensitive. It’s a good thing that this doesn’t happen, but who knows?
It has become a complete internet hobby, however, to ridicule and poke fun of people. Others find it funny because they don’t have to actively participate- witnessing it is entertainment enough.
A few months ago, a video was released on youtube featuring 2 hours worth of a girl being beaten almost to death by a group of kids at a house. It is sick to think of such a thing as being beaten up by a number of people, but it’s even sicker to see its 7 million hits. I personally believe those that enjoyed the video were as bad as those who committed the offense.
I see AB in that way too. A lot of people enjoyed it quite a bit. a lot of people anonymously posted offensive comments but didn’t want to soil their reputations (but they were later dragged out by AB anyway)
But I was not the only one affected by this ordeal- I later found out that many other designers were heavily hit by what happened. After reading this post, I found out how much damage this little site has caused for people, something that I never thought about until I read it. There’s nothing i can do for these people now to change what was said but it’s tragic that a site like AB would have the nerve to do what they did without thinking of others first.
I was wondering who else was affected by this site, and in what way?
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