'Star Wars Kid' Becomes Internet Star

[eyelikeart]

I don't know...I feel for him...but I don't...

click me (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20030821/ap_on_re_us/star_wars_kid)

[iJon]

i dont feel sorry for him. he made 4 grand from it and spent it all. what happened to him isnt that bad. he was being funny, and got paid for it.

iJon

[G4scott]

The kid was stupid, the kids who posted it were mean (although I don't think they meant for it to get as big as this), and the kid's parents are dumbasses. Their son was dumb enough to do that, and what's happened has happened. Suing others won't help anything...

[ibjoshua]

I feel really sorry for this kid. He didn't ask for this and feels unjustly humiliated.

This might sound crazy but some people don't want fame. I for one appreciate my (relative) anonymity.

i_b_joshua

[tazo]

Originally posted by iJon
i dont feel sorry for him. he made 4 grand from it and spent it all. what happened to him isnt that bad. he was being funny, and got paid for it.

iJon

When and how did he make 4000? working from home for one week? ;) :D

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by tazo
When and how did he make 4000? working from home for one week? ;) :D

I think a fan club gave it to him.


I'm serious, they got a Big PayPal Account and people acually donated money...

:eek:

[tazo]

Originally posted by MrMacman
I think a fan club gave it to him.


I'm serious, they got a Big PayPal Account and people acually donated money...

:eek:

/me is going to make a star trek movie.... :D

[Powerbook G5]

I'll make a movie, too. Dude, he got an iPod and $4,000 for it! I should just make a website and the only thing on it will be a paypal donation thing...heh...pay me!

[VirtualInsanity]

Who would film themselves doing something hugely embarassing and then leave the video in a place accesible to the public?

This is called stupidity. In the real world, people like this get weeded out to make way for more sucessful humans.:rolleyes:

[iGav]

Originally posted by VirtualInsanity
This is called stupidity. In the real world, people like this get weeded out to make way for more sucessful humans.:rolleyes:

but then what kind of scum-bag then goes to the trouble of uploading the thing to the internet??

Just a thought...

I'd sue em', then get Mad Frank from Bethnal Green to have a polite word with them... they wouldn't do it again... actually they wouldn't do anything again... heh-heh-heh!

[mim]

Originally posted by iGAV
but then what kind of scum-bag then goes to the trouble of uploading the thing to the internet??

Just a thought...

I'd sue em', then get Mad Frank from Bethnal Green to have a polite word with them... they wouldn't do it again... actually they wouldn't do anything again... heh-heh-heh!

Or just send them to Bethnal Green <shudder>. There truely are fates worse than death.

[OutThere]

It was a surprisingly good show, however poorly encoded by the people who put it online...

[Squire]

Originally posted by VirtualInsanity
Who would film themselves doing something hugely embarassing and then leave the video in a place accesible to the public?

This is called stupidity. In the real world, people like this get weeded out to make way for more sucessful humans.:rolleyes:

The last paragraph of the article sums it all up.

originally posted on yahoo.com
But Baio warns that the lesson is "if you don't want to risk being the next Star Wars Kid, you should be very careful about what you videotape and where you keep it."

Squire

[tazo]

What if the starwars kid is faking the whole pseudo-psychological injury?

[themadchemist]

I hate to say it...

But if the iPod had video capabilities, then Ghyslian's (Star Wars Kid's) could use the new iPod he was given as a gift for the proper purposes:

To watch the masterpiece he wrote, directed, and starred in,

"Star Wars: A New Dope"

No, I'm kidding...Poor kid, but I don't think he's being humiliated as much as worshipped at this point.

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
I'll make a movie, too. Dude, he got an iPod and $4,000 for it! I should just make a website and the only thing on it will be a paypal donation thing...heh...pay me!

err...sorry for the double post, but I just thought of this.

Powerbook G5: Nobody will sympathize for you if you are the one who uploads the video. How about, you make it, I "accidentally find it," upload it & humiliate you, you pretend to suffer psychological damage and sue me, and we split the cash. I'll even let you keep the iPod. :D

[iGav]

Originally posted by OutThere761
It was a surprisingly good show, however poorly encoded by the people who put it online...

:p :p :p I know, they just don't teach kids properly now days about dv compression... :eek: :p :p

E- poor effort.... heh-heh!!

[iGav]

Originally posted by mim
Or just send them to Bethnal Green <shudder>. There truely are fates worse than death.

Tottenham mate, in an Arsenal shirt... I'd get Mad Frank to drop em' there afterwards... they can walk home! heh-heh! :D

[wdlove]

Its a very sad story. Just shows the true power of the internet! :(

[idea_hamster]

...on average we'd all be famous for fifteen minutes.

He never said that we'd get to pick and choose where, when or for what.

[yarowe]

Originally posted by Powerbook G5
I'll make a movie, too. Dude, he got an iPod and $4,000 for it! I should just make a website and the only thing on it will be a paypal donation thing...heh...pay me!

Looks like a lot of people have already tried this, Powerbook G5.

Pretty successfully, too:
http://send-my-daughter-to-college.com/index.html (Made $300!)
http://www.ianbacks.com/progress.html (Made $20.00)
http://www.buymeanewhouse.com/theoperation.html (Made $52.15)
http://www.helpmebuyaguitar.com/ (Made $65.00)

Of course, you would need the story to go along with it. ;)

[vniow]

http://www.petitiononline.com/Ghyslain/petition.html

[themadchemist]

Originally posted by yarowe
Looks like a lot of people have already tried this, Powerbook G5.

Pretty successfully, too:
http://send-my-daughter-to-college.com/index.html (Made $300!)
http://www.ianbacks.com/progress.html (Made $20.00)
http://www.buymeanewhouse.com/theoperation.html (Made $52.15)
http://www.helpmebuyaguitar.com/ (Made $65.00)

Of course, you would need the story to go along with it. ;)

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