ghosting WTF

bassy

watch out on them roads peeps,there,s ones lying on the roads with a white sheet over them.apparently its called ghosting and its all about trying to stop cars etc :rolleyes::rolleyes:

TheValeyard

Well, that cant possibly end badly.

ohnonotgmail

well that would explain the bump I felt earlier.

bassy

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

well that would explain the bump I felt earlier.

did you reverse back to see what the bump was

Doctor Roast

Drop a gear..

iamstop

If you lie on your stomach with your arms by your side you can be planking while you're ghosting.

Win win for the Tik Tok populous.

silliussoddius

Sounds very difficult, is there a hack?

bassy

silliussoddius wrote: »

Sounds very difficult, is there a hack?

ye its a secret apparently..

Kylta

Can I have my white sheets back please

Effects

bassy wrote: »

watch out on them roads peeps,there,s ones lying on the roads with a white sheet over them.apparently its called ghosting and its all about trying to stop cars etc :rolleyes::rolleyes:

How many have you come across so far?

bassy

lot of white sheets being whipped from clothes lines all over the country.

o1s1n

Did you by any chance read about this on Facebook, op?

bassy

o1s1n wrote: »

Did you by any chance read about this on Facebook, op?

im not on facebook.

Snotty

o1s1n wrote: »

Did you by any chance read about this on Facebook, op?

Believe it or not, it's on the official Garda Síochána site😂

bassy

o1s1n wrote: »

Did you by any chance read about this on Facebook, op?

Garda Síochána site

dirkmeister

You're ghostin' us, motherf*cker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here.

Kylta

dirkmeister wrote: »

You're ghostin' us, motherf*cker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here.

Yeah good movie

Leg End Reject

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/news-media/an-garda-sochna-warn-of-dangers-of-social-media-trend-ghosting-.html

I've seen it all now. Gobshıtes.

bassy

Leg End Reject wrote: »

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/news-media/an-garda-sochna-warn-of-dangers-of-social-media-trend-ghosting-.html

I've seen it all now. Gobshıtes.

fooking unreal,whats the world coming to ??

Leg End Reject

bassy wrote: »

fooking unreal,whats the world coming to ??

Imagine killing or injuring one of them and being sued?

bassy

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Imagine killing or injuring one of them and being sued?

which makes it even worse,as in there idiots yet the could sue you for there beyond self stupidity......................................................

ArnoldJRimmer

I know that as every generation gets older, they look at those coming behind and thinks that they are eejits, and I got up to my fair share of stupid sh!t as a young lad myself.

But stuff like this and the washing tablet thing are so braindead that I can't wrap my head around it. In my day dares involved going into the old woman in the video shop to try and rent a copy of Basic Instinct, or sh0tgun a can of Harp, not cause serious physical harm to ourselves or others. (Although I do realise now that a can of Harp is probably more toxic than a washing tablet)

the_syco

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-warn-against-social-media-prank-of-lying-in-front-of-traffic-1.4436762

The prank typically involves somebody lying in the road with a sheet over them to cause oncoming cars to stop or take notice. The reaction of the driver is then filmed and uploaded to social media platforms in the hope it will go viral.

The Garda warning follows an incident in the south of the country in recent days where a girl was injured by a vehicle while “ghosting”.

What she probably thought would happen; driver flees, terrified, and she gets millions of likes.
What probably did happen; driver got a fright, and slammed the accelerator.

Strumms

bassy wrote: »

fooking unreal,whats the world coming to ??

It just seems that in this country anyway, a sizable number of kids born around 1999 and after , have become victim to either, the absolute worst parenting imaginable, an educational system more akin to a state babysitting circus and or they were born with some kind of brain condition...

If I’d tried that or my friends I’d have and us probably have ended up in St. Patrick’s....or similar....

If you want to be a prize cock and endanger your own life for the purposes of entertainment, attention seeking (WHICH IS WHAT IT IS) or whatever reason, go right ahead, do the decent thing first and leave enough money to get the poor victims a new bumper / suspension.

bassy

the_syco wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-warn-against-social-media-prank-of-lying-in-front-of-traffic-1.4436762

What she probably thought would happen; driver flees, terrified, and she gets millions of likes.
What probably did happen; driver got a fright, and slammed the accelerator.

she was looking for tik tok hits,not car hits

Signore Fancy Pants

Fcuking d1ckheads.

Dr. Bre

I thought ghosting was when ya go for a poo and get up and look down the jacks and no sign of a poo

Mrs OBumble

Evolution in action, yet again.

Rubberchikken

So is the driver at fault if they drive over one of these imbeciles?

Just when you thought a generation couldn't get any.more stupid.

I did experience the craze for stepping off the path as a driver approaches to see if they'll stop or swerve.
I did neither, and she looked ashamed and embarrassed as she hurridly dragged herself back onto the path. P#ssant.

PearseCork92

Leg End Reject wrote: »

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/news-media/an-garda-sochna-warn-of-dangers-of-social-media-trend-ghosting-.html

I've seen it all now. Gobshıtes.

That press release immediately reminded me of this bit from Brass Eye

It's a f*cking disgrace

Ficheall

Is this a pisstake? Finding little evidence online.. One can but hope..

bassy

Ficheall wrote: »

Is this a pisstake? Finding little evidence online.. One can but hope..

go back and check the official garda link..........................................

Ficheall

bassy wrote: »

go back and check the official garda link..........................................

Yeah, I saw that, but can't see any evidence elsewhere. I'm hoping it's more likely someone is taking the piss with the website than people actually doing this.

bassy

Ficheall wrote: »

Yeah, I saw that, but can't see any evidence elsewhere. I'm hoping it's more likely someone is taking the piss with the website than people actually doing this.

reported on daily papers also.

Edgware

bassy wrote: »

reported on daily papers also.

On The Star, Sun and Mirror so it must be true. Nothing that the Golden Generation does would surprise me

Grab All Association

Cancel culture/tide pod challenge generation. Anyone caught doing this should be prosecuted for endangering the lives of motorists.

sbsquarepants

I heard about this on the radio this morning and though this has to be wind up, but apparently no, some fúcking imbecile has been hospitalised after being hit by a car doing it....who could have possibly foreseen that!

the purple tin

Keep that craic up and they will be 'ghosting' for real!

The_Kew_Tour

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I heard about this on the radio this morning and though this has to be wind up, but apparently no, some fúcking imbecile has been hospitalised after being hit by a car doing it....who could have possibly foreseen that!

She will probably be awarded 100k in court and the poor driver gets the blame.

sbsquarepants

Wouldn't surprise me!

GBX

Let them do it. Let them get long term injuries - see how funny to them it is then. We all do silly shít when young but this takes the biscuit.

Church on Tuesday

ohnonotgmail

GBX wrote: »

Let them do it. Let them get long term injuries - see how funny to them it is then. We all do silly shít when young but this takes the biscuit.

It isn't just themselves that they hurt. Any driver that hurts them will also be affected.

the purple tin

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

It isn't just themselves that they hurt. Any driver that hurts them will also be affected.

A driver could swerve off the road to avoid them and end up being hurt too.
That's the problem with social media, dumb stunts like this can spread like wildfire because of it.

Tchaikovsky

PearseCork92 wrote: »

That press release immediately reminded me of this bit from Brass Eye

It's a f*cking disgrace

Has there been a thread on Cake in the Current Affairs/IMHO forum yet?

utyh2ikcq9z76b

Dr. Bre wrote: »

I thought ghosting was when ya go for a poo and get up and look down the jacks and no sign of a poo

It's when you go for a poo and come back to your date/girlfriend and they are gone, have blocked you on social media and go on like you never existed

jojofizzio

Who does the recording?the imbecile hiding under the sheet or some equally intelligent by-standers??

bassy

jojofizzio wrote: »

Who does the recording?the imbecile hiding under the sheet or some equally intelligent by-standers??

some equally intelligent by-standers :mad::mad:

the purple tin

jojofizzio wrote: »

Who does the recording?the imbecile hiding under the sheet or some equally intelligent by-standers??

I reckon the idea is that the driver stops gets out of the car and pulls back the sheet to see a'dead body'.
The dead body suddenly sits up and shouts Boo! The driver jumps out of their skin. The corpse runs off laughing and the twerp filming from the bushes uploads it to social media.

jojofizzio

the purple tin wrote: »

I reckon the idea is that the driver stops gets out of the car and pulls back the sheet to see a'dead body'.
The dead body suddenly sits up and shouts Boo! The driver jumps out of their skin. The corpse runs off laughing and the twerp filming from the bushes uploads it to social media.

I hear ya...so the take-home message is “be very suspicious of any shroud-enveloped corpse-resembling entities lying in the middle of the road.Best drive around them and not disturb their siesta al fresco”::):)

Mr Meanor

The Darwin Awards 2020 was looking a bit thin for honourable mentions, good to see some people are helping to rectify that.