Oh yeah definitely. I'm only speaking on former GAF. I don't even know how it is there today lol.
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Internet celebrity Etika may be losing it again [WARNING: RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS] (Update: hospitalized again; see threadmark/staff posts)
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I've said from the start that I feel Etika is going through a mental episode of some sort, and I maintain that. But I don't think we can ever really say, one way or another, with anyone who does something off-putting on the internet. I think if you could lay bare the minds of many of the people pilloried by this site, you'd see some humanizing explanations for why they act the way they do.
It's absolutely necessary to call out bad actions that harm others, but increasingly I wish this community would tamp down some of the vitriol that paints a person as irredeemably bad. Don't support the product or service of a person who hurts others; tell them why their actions are harmful and why it has no place in society; and then deny them a platform that gives them visibility. But don't deny them a chance to become a better person. That's the corner I think we box some people into with our instinct to condemn everything in the strongest possible terms.
At the end of the day, we just don't know what battles people are fighting inside their head. I feel like it's going to take some deeply ostracized person committing suicide for us to realize that.
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This thread was something special and showed that many people don't take mental illness seriously.
This thread has been sobering for me, and this post really explains why so succinctly. :/
It's not like he was a bastion of the left before this happened, he was a edgy youtuber before but him actually doing physical stuff to others and making threats to other people and himself is certainly mental health related so you could say both.
I still remember when he flashed himself on stream or when he bragged about being invited to a Nintendo event despite him hacking their devices. Not to mention all the uncomfortable videos he made about female characters in Smash Bros like when Corrin revealed going heavy into foot fetish stuff.
same. I can only hope the state does well by him and really force him to receive help. doesnt matter if it takes a while.
Last thing I want is an update where I see he has died because of suicide/suicide by cop (and of course that anyone else is harmed)
This is legit sad man. I was once a big fan of his videos, discovered him when he started covering Pokémon XY news and stopped watching when all he did was getting drunk on streams. I hope he finally gets the treatment he needs.
What are you going on about?
Stop making shit up. I'm from the UK and even I know being a black person in America and you run into a white cop then half the time it's going to be trouble for you even if you ain't done nothing wrong.
I said he was lucky he attacked a black cop rather than a white cop. Most likely if it was a white cop there's a 50% chance or more he would have been shot to pieces especially as his black and nobody would have batted a eyelid if he ended up in a body bag.
No idea where you got that I accused the black cop of racial bias.
I hope he stays in the hospital for awhile this time. I don't want to wake up tomorrow only to find he's back out, again, and tweeting nonsense or livestreaming himself eating raw eggs.
Mental illness requires patience and understanding, and a willingness to get better. I hope he takes this opportunity, because it's been frightening to watch him break down in public like this.
Mental illness requires patience and understanding, and a willingness to get better. I hope he takes this opportunity, because it's been frightening to watch him break down in public like this.
He assaulted a cop without being provoked whatsoever.
Dude ain't coming back for a while.
That's what I thought after he was carted out in a stretcher, and yet here we are.
Crossing the line to assault, whether it be of a police officer or anyone else, is a pretty serious escalation.
That was after the apartment raid. The cop assault came after he was released following the stretcher incident.
The Keemstar interview on YT exemplifies just how far gone Etika is as this point.
True, and that's why I'm hoping that's finally enough to keep him under watch for longer than an evening. Assaulting a police officer is a very clear sign of self harm, so they really shouldn't let him out as easily as before.
Can someone explain this to me? (I'm not that familiar with Etika aside from watching a couple of clips reacting to Persona 5/Xenoblade 2 music!)
Yeah I have to assume they're fairly young people. You're not supposed to get excited and giddy about something like that.
Yeah, perhaps. There also seems to be an awful lot of, "well gosh, I sure hope he gets help. I care about his wellbeing!" while basically kicking back with a bowl of popcorn and posting all of his antics when that kind of exposure is certainly just adding fuel to the fire.
There's an unfortunate stigma against mental well being that the Internet's propensity for echo chambers has seemingly amplified even on the more "tolerant" mainstream Internet such as ResetEra. It's heartbreaking but not at all surprising. Humanity is just kind of shit.
Did someone mentione the cult theory?
https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjbxn6/so_etika_may_be_in_a_cult/
https://www.reddit.com/r/EtikaRedditNetwork/comments/bjbxn6/so_etika_may_be_in_a_cult/
If you think systemic racism from US police is exclusive to video games, your head is in the sand.
Seems like he's being let out... again :/ How the hell do they let someone so clearly troubled out after he assaults an officer? He was only kept for like a day or something. God damn.
I'm surprised this guy is getting a lot of sympathy. He's a fan of Keemstar and Pewdiepie (constantly watches their videos on streams and supports subbing to Pewds when he was fighting T-Series). Says stuff like he doesn't care if white people say the n word (no hard r though).
The last time he came back he said he deleted his account to go against how sensitive our culture has become.
The last time he came back he said he deleted his account to go against how sensitive our culture has become.
He has a lot of terrible behaviors that come from his background on the internet that I have absolutely zero sympathy for.
But I can still be sympathetic to how our poor system for treating mental health in this country has completely failed him. I don't have to still like the guy to not want to watch him be destroyed by totally treatable mental illness. It's obvious to just about everyone watching that he's a person in crisis and seeing how little is being done to stop it is pretty alarming.
You can completely disagree with someone and their antics, yet at the same time see someone going down a mental health pit and have sympathy for that.
It's a complicated situation. Yes, he has said vile things that should not be condoned, and he's pulled some idiotic stunts. But it's also apparent that he has mental health issues that are going unchecked, and as long as that persists, he won't be in a state where he could potentially make amends for what he's said and done.
It's entirely possible that he could receive treatment and continue to do terrible things in a clearer state of mind. But at present, he seriously needs help, the same as any other person suffering from mental illness.
Like do his parents keep requesting he be released or what?
If anything would make someone cynical about people it's definitely this. Dudes own fanbase doesn't give a crap about him and makes a spectacle or his suffering. Wouldn't be surprised he is depressed and spiralling down because he feels all of this is fake and pointless.
Stop tweeting and crowd sourcing advice from the fucking internet for one. Maybe call the police or a hospital or someone of authority.
Why is all of this being played out on the internet? It turns it into a spectacle that almost is definitely fueling the fire, as I've said before. It's ridiculous.
looks likes false alarm. I knew something was with him calling her. If i were to assume, this call may have extended his stay a bit longer, which he needs atm.
You're saying a black cop will automatically go easy on a black civilian, which for one isn't always true, and second IS racial bias.
Good. This weird revolving door tactic they had for him isn't working
I really pray they check him into a mental ward or and get him in with a psych who will prescribe something for him or put him on bipolar meds to suppress his manic episodes. He's very clearly endangering his own life, and maybe the lives of others. It's scary being in a place like that coming from someone who is Bipolar, it's basically impossible to control these mood swings and mini episodes without proper help. I only pray he gets the help he needs. The attention he's getting is only making things worse.
I do hope that he doesn't continue to be this way after treatment but there's always the chance he will. I don't like seeing anyone going through this as I have personally been in a state similar to him (without the vile things he has said) without my meds, and I would say he is going to be a lot calmer and level headed with them. I really like seeing people watch him break down infront of them and do nothing, but egg him on. Seeing these twitter videos of people giving him attention and hyping him up is just making things worse for his mental state.
This whole thing with his "fans" cheering him on as he assaults a random cop is some Black Mirror type shit.
That kind of explains why Erika keeps talking about the stars in his tweets.
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