On June 06 2008 06:17 BaDayOri wrote:
I learned about this in psychology. ㅡ.ㅜ

its not that they dont care, its becuase they assume someone else has already called the cops

On June 06 2008 06:20 thedeadhaji wrote:
social psych. one person doesnt do anything, others assume everything's fine, yadayada.

bystander effect or Genovese syndrome. woo, PSC 141

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

June 05 2008 21:29 GMT

#10

This thread is going to die and I'm not going to do anything about it.
(after this post)

Quesadilla

United States1814 Posts

June 05 2008 21:34 GMT

#11

Kill all people, save all polarbears!

But honestly, this is pretty pathetic. I pull over and help people with flat tires let alone getting hit by cars. pretty -_-. People in that video act like they can't do anything.

BaDayOri

Korea (South)469 Posts

June 05 2008 21:38 GMT

#12

On June 06 2008 06:34 Quesadilla wrote:
Kill all people, save all polarbears!

But honestly, this is pretty pathetic. I pull over and help people with flat tires let alone getting hit by cars. pretty -_-. People in that video act like they can't do anything.

you are a special one-of-a-kind

mahnini

United States6862 Posts

June 05 2008 21:41 GMT

#13

On June 06 2008 06:38 BaDayOri wrote:

Show nested quote +

you are a special one-of-a-kind

He must be worth millions! POKEBALL GO!

HamerD

United Kingdom1922 Posts

June 05 2008 21:49 GMT

#14

It is bloody ridiculous. I for one definitely wouldn't ignore that shit. Hope there are others like me, who actually care about animals and people even if it isn't in their direct interests ><. It also annoys me how the thread nazis on TL.net hate any OP less than 345983749387 lines long with 39487394837 sources quoted. I could talk for hours on any number of topics spanning off a one line OP. I go to philosophy forums where you could make a 1 line OP last like 30 pages.

Emptyness

Bulgaria1016 Posts

June 05 2008 21:55 GMT

#15

First aid can often save someone life until the doctors arrive. It's sad when you see that the people just don't want to be there

useLess

United States4781 Posts

June 05 2008 21:55 GMT

#16

Take a psych course. People have already mentioned the bystander effect and the diffusion of responsibility. People arent helping not because theyre lazy, its because they assume someone else has already called for help already. It happens.

micronesia

United States24779 Posts

June 05 2008 21:59 GMT

#17

I think a good thing to do is assume nobody else called the police whenever you witness anything potentially life-threatening. This seems obvious, but a lot of people don't realize they aren't obeying it 8o

Bill307

Canada9103 Posts

June 05 2008 22:07 GMT

#18

The bystander effect can also be derived mathematically in Game Theory, showing that as the # of witnesses increases, the probability that anyone will step up to help approaches 0.

Nevertheless, that doesn't excuse any of those people from being so apathetic and/or spineless. -_-

(Edit: I haven't actually read the article. <_< )

ScarFace

United States1175 Posts

June 05 2008 22:08 GMT

#19

I doubt its because they didn't care. They ran up, afterall. No one runs up who is totally apathetic. I highly doubt all of them were just getting off on his blood and pain. I assume its like an earlier post said, they think someone else has done it, that the responsibility is in their hands. I've seen people been hit [and died] by a car, and I never bothered to run for help. Someone else did it, and thats how it--usually-- goes.

Unfortunate but in the end, not indicative of our declining morals. No matter how much people don't care, it wont be to the point where we watch others be murdered and shrug. Humans look out for other humans to ensure the species survive, a lot of it is natural instinct [though a large part is also social, duh].

UmmTheHobo

United States650 Posts

June 05 2008 22:13 GMT

#20

HAHAHAHAHAAHAH.

Oh god that is hilarious. The guy just walked by and looked at him. "Ladididadididalalala, oh my, blood is gushing out of that mans head, Ladidiadididalalala"