It’s not the video games that make people stupid now. Now, it’s Youtube.
No one ever said teenagers were always the brightest lights in the package. But this one, I t hink, needs to be reintroduced to common sense. The teen, in what had to have been a moment of absolute brilliance, decided to have his friend pour gasoline on him. He, then, proceeded to catch fire when the same friend flipped on a lighter in close proximity–also not the brightest light in the box, but that might be too obvious. The kicker is this, though. His mother, rather than knocking some common sense into him, has decided to blame Youtube.
It would appear he got the idea from a video of another wonderful example of human inteligence, who dressed up in a banana costume and set himself on fire–that video has since been removed from Youtube, citing terms of use violations. So now, she’s on a campaign to try and pin the situation on Youtube, saying it needs to be more strict with its guidelines.
Clearly, mommy dearest is almost as lacking in common sense as her darling son. Here’s a little bit of a logic lesson, just for those of you keeping score. Lack of self-preservation on the part of mommy dearest plus spawn of stupid does not constitute an emergency on the part of Youtube. Somehow, I don’t think there’s a lawsuit in this world that’ll change that. Not that some poor fool won’t try anyway. Here, have a clue by four.
