Hey readers.
I know I haven't published on this particular blog in a year, but a concern of mine has brought me out of hiatus to write this warning: at all costs, avoid a user named vividlygeneric.
The backstory:
Vividlygeneric seems incredibly sweet and cute on the front. And initially, this person seems like someone you want to be friends with. However, this isn't the case. As soon as you no longer have anything to offer them, this particular person turns on a whim.
The first case of cyber bullying was when my sister started dating vividlygeneric's brother. The user got online and whined to her YouTube fans about how "betrayed" she was. Really? She basically turned the YouTube sphere against my sister to the point where my once brilliantly creative video making sister quit making videos to avoid being harassed.
But what vividlygeneric has done now takes the fucking cake.
My sister was living with the user's brother. They were engaged. My family and I did not get along with the guy (he sent me threatening text messages last summer and I reacted poorly and basically it was a mess), but we recognized that he was the one my sister wanted to be with. He ended up taking his life and my sister found him.
My sister knew he was depressed, her therapists knew he was depressed, and his therapists knew he was depressed. My sister, knowing we were going out of town, left him a note of things to do - a list that she believed would keep him alive while we were gone and would give her some extra time with him. She did the best she could in the situation, and frankly, situations like this have no right answers or solutions; you just have to do the best you can with what you have.
Vividlygeneric is now blaming my sister for his death in very indirect but biting ways. This is bullying and slander, and if I really wanted to, I suspect I could get this user blocked on YouTube. But I don't want to do that. I just want to warn everyone that this user is toxic and dangerous.
The text messages that this user sent my sister make the ones that I received last summer look like friendly conversation. Vividlygeneric is dangerous, mean, and out for attention. They claim to have survived 12 suicide attempts, which in my mind means they need some serious help which they aren't getting. They are unpredictable.
On all media, this person is known as vividlygeneric. I am not going to give actual names. I am not advocating you harass this person or send mean messages to them. They aren't worth that.
I am advising that everyone avoid them like the plague. It's really for the best.
~Birdie
