The hashtag #cut4justin is just unbelievably scary (self-harm warning)
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Brandon Kiser (@Kiser) January 07, 2013Over the weekend, On Friday, gossip site TMZ released photos of Justin Bieber purportedly smoking a joint. The thought of their idol smoking marijuana was apparently more than some Bieber fans could handle, and today, a young woman an Internet troll tweeted that she would kill herself if the story was true.
(Warning: Graphic images)
@justinbieber #cut4justin Justin please, I beg you, stop smoking weed or i might actually kill myself #beliebers http://t.co/bthzoNs2—
☪ Brittany Newton ✡ (@dutchminati) January 07, 2013
It seems there are others making similar threats:
Absolutely disgusting and pathetic, the #cut4justin & #cut4bieber girls are going too far http://t.co/6RWwIN10—
Becka☺. (@beckaaldersonx) January 07, 2013
The #cutforbieber hashtag is now trending nationwide:
Some Twitterers are taking the opportunity to mock those threatening to hurt themselves:
#cut4justin Justin, I beg you stop smoking weed #beliebers http://t.co/sp616vDJ—
PU$$Y (@mattie_kaminski) January 07, 2013
#Cut4Justin I EVN DID CRINKLS JUS 4 U JUSTIN PLEES STOP SMOKIN WEED http://t.co/qSZ5Wjst—
Niggachu (@halflumorjar) January 07, 2013
#cut4justin @justinbieber please stop smoking weed, it kills me inside. http://t.co/KntLXO2Z—
Yousaf Zafar (@WhySoMainstream) January 07, 2013
Brothers cutting for bieber 😭 #cutforbieber #cut4justin http://t.co/fs7SjX5s—
katie booth (@_katiebooth) January 07, 2013
Look what I did to myself @JustinBieber when I heard about the drug Why do U do that to us? #Cut4Justin #CutforJustin http://t.co/dly83DJ8—
Hishem. (@TheHishem) January 07, 2013
But most are disgusted and horrified:
#cut4justin is absolutely sick, justin can do what he wants and if you were a real belieber you wouldn't cut yourself in order to bribe him—
courtney grace bain (@courtneygbain) January 07, 2013
WTF #cut4justin??? Would someone explain to me why & what idiotic girl started this?—
Brianna Cupp (@widdleB) January 07, 2013
WTF is wrong with these people? RT @kiser: The hashtag #cut4justin is just unbelievably scary (self-harm warning)—
Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 07, 2013
Seein a pic on here of a girls bleeding arm and her saying #cut4justin disgusting that someone would even do that just to get noticed of him—
em siv (@emilysivinsssss) January 07, 2013
FREAKIN DISGUSTING THAT GIRL WHO CUT HER FOR JUSTIN. THAT PIC IS FREAKIN REAL. IM GUNNA THROW UP #cut4justin—
♡eriica_deez♡ (@eriica_deez) January 07, 2013
#cut4justin seriously?! Are people actually cutting themselves because justin bieber smokes weed? What is wrong with humanity!!!!!—
kirby-leigh (@KirbyLeighHurst) January 07, 2013
why are people posting photos of their cuts and trying to trend #cut4justin what the actual fuck—
shadeh (@anemoph0bia) January 07, 2013
It ain't funny people trying to get attention of Justin about self-harming, some people have real problems… #cut4justin—
TheLazyBitch (@JessMPrecious) January 07, 2013
It’s unclear as to whether this is part of a hoax, but regardless, it’s absolutely sick. We pray that no one comes to any harm.
(Editor’s note: The word “purportedly” was added to the title to reflect questions about the photo’s origin and the first paragraph was amended to indicate that this was the work of a troll.)
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Update:
It appears that the tweet that set the cutting campaign in motion was sent out by a troll.
@BlSCUlTS @dutchminati must be a troll account look at her bio—
☹ niamh ☹ (@unswagy) January 07, 2013
The user’s Twitter bio includes a link to the nasty Gay Nigger Association of America anti-blogging group. Moreover, the image in the initial tweet has been used before.
yeah @dutchminati is a troll account haha, right click the image of her cutting herself and search for image on google, not her—
Colin (@actuallyiscolin) January 07, 2013
4chan is evidently responsible for launching the sick #cutforbieber hashtag:
This cut for bieber trend was started by 40 year old neckbeard basement-dwelling lurkers from 4chan who took some photos from tumblr—
Jack Thomson ( ͡° ͜ʖ (@N_ecrophagist) January 07, 2013
Okay so i thought this cut for bieber thing was something started by some crazy fans
But no wait, it all started on 4chan, jesus—
John Thom (@OhheyitsJOHN) January 07, 2013
Apparently the cut for bieber thing was started by 4chan. I seriously hope nobody really cut themselves over this—
Paul Barnhill (@barnonahill) January 07, 2013
How thoroughly disgusting that someone would resort to faux self-harm threats for kicks and attention.
@dutchminati that pics from the internet, stop looking for attention, fucktard.—
~ teen4ge dirtb4g ~ (@jan0ski4nscrew) January 07, 2013
We sincerely hope that vulnerable young people who took this seriously did not actually hurt themselves.
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Update:
#Cut4Bieber hoax escalates, with trolls spreading memorials for ‘victims’
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Update:
Where’s Justin? Bieber fans await his comments on #cutforbieber hoax
