Everyone knows that the best way to make people stop using a meme is to publicly ask them.

Done in spud.

I guess she can't.

I'm down with that

Like trying to take pee out of a pool

Just avert your eyes.

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Oh hell. I haven't laughed that hard in weeks.

/I'd prefer the window seat, thankyou.
//Streisand Effect now in play.

Happy now?

Further, the photo itself appears to have been lifted not from the website of a support group, but rather from a book published by Liz and Steve Crowter called Surprise Package: When God Turns Your Life Upside Down's.

So having a chuckle at a silly picture of a disabled kid (in the same way we laugh at a silly picture of basically anyone) makes us evil, says jackass parent exploiting a disabled child for profit.

Thanks, man, I'll be sure to treat your opinion with the respect it deserves.

Heidi herself has been recently informed of her unwitting celebrity

Uhm. Why?

I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

Tickle Mittens: I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

Ha...I was thinking the same thing. She was probably 100% oblivious to it until they asked for her reaction to it...morans.

Tickle Mittens: I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

Probably some /b/tard.

No welcome to fark meme?
Or at least to the internet?

The internet is a terrible place. Don't ever go there.

themeaningoflifeisnot: Tickle Mittens: I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

Yep. As much as anyone who uses that meme is a complete douchebag, whoever told the disabled girl that she was being ruthlessly mocked on the Internet because she's disabled is an even bigger waste of skin.

Yeah.. bleat on all you want about "this is the internet - that's how we roll, lol" , but at the end of the day you're still making fun of a handicapped child. Seriously.. what the hell is wrong with people?

It doesn't make it right but when you put anything in view of the public (and lets be honest here almost nothing is private) it's best to expect that it's going to be treated like this. The best way to survive in the modern world is to grow thicker skin.

I didn't know Kelly Osbourne had downs.

a) Streisand effect. I hadn't seen this meme in a while...

b) As soon as you post a picture on line, especially on an open website, it belongs to the world. You have to assume that there is a possibility that it will be copied and used for less than appropriate purposes. Don't want this to happen? Don't put your kid's pic on the internet.

c) Yes, the meme is in bad taste. Welcome to Fark the internet. It's not a nice place.

Heidi herself has been recently informed of her unwitting celebrity, and is reportedly "very upset."

Why would you tell a girl with Downs' something like that? That's almost abuse in itself.

"These trolls are cowardly, nasty people who should be punished for the damage they are doing to people with their comments," she says.

So free speech should be punished. Got it.

Don't worry, it's an old meme that we can pretty much ignore. It's about as old as planking, and no one planks anymore.

She knows the rules, tits or GTFO...

FTFA:"These trolls are cowardly, nasty people who should be punished for the damage they are doing to people with their comments," she says. "They have no right to take Heidi's image and use it alongside these cruel sites."

Well, you may be right about the trolls, but I think you're wrong that they don't have the right, at least in the United States.

IANAL, but I seem to remember in my Media Law class in College, once they published a book about the kid, and included photos in the book, Heidi became a Public Figure. The sames rules do not apply to the use of her image as a private citizen. She could try arguing that the unlicensed use of the image from the book is causing some sort of financial damage, or causing lost sales, or something along those lines I suppose, but that would be a hard sell.

Anyone know the rules on this in the UK (and the US assuming I'm wrong, which I may be)?

/oh, and the sister in the video is cute
//can't believe no one pointed that out yet

namegoeshere:
c) Yes, the meme is in bad taste. Welcome to Fark the internet life. It's not a nice place.

themeaningoflifeisnot: Tickle Mittens: I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

Yep. As much as anyone who uses that meme is a complete douchebag, whoever told the disabled girl that she was being ruthlessly mocked on the Internet because she's disabled is an even bigger waste of skin.

Ten bucks says it was the parents who told her.

PanicMan: The internet is a terrible place. Don't ever go there.

LazarusLong42: Ten bucks says it was the parents who told her.

The video in the article says they did. Once they started getting litigious and trying to get people to take the images down the figured they couldn't hide it from her, so they told her.

Yes it is in bad taste, and I can't believe someone took the time to explain to her that people were mocking her, but are they 100% sure it is the same girl?

LazarusLong42 : Ten bucks says it was the parents who told her.

If I'm reading the article correctly, they let a book with a funny title that's a play on downs use her image.

But a funny caption is off limits?

// the book title is more amusing than the meme

Am I the only one having trouble with any of Gawker's sites today? Connection resets, encoding errors, missing stylesheets...

/never realized just how often Fark links to those sites until now

Tickle Mittens: I guess my question, given that she's severely disabled, and probably constantly supervised, is who was the dick that told the girl about the meme? That seems pointlessly ruthless.

lol It was probably her mom.

So, I just googles the sister's name and I got her Twitter (now private) facebook (private) google+ (empty) a friends FB which references her, and some website with her name, address and phone number, as well as the name of her relatives.

This was all on the first page of google.

If they're rattling the 4chan cage, they better be prepared for whats coming their way. If I can find all that in 15 seconds, I fear for that /b will come up with

FTA: Further, the photo itself appears to have been lifted not from the website of a support group, but rather from a book published by Liz and Steve Crowter called Surprise Package: When God Turns Your Life Upside Down's.

So



is horrible and controversial but



is acceptable?


Also, speaking of memes...



"Macro"....

namatad: from the comments
Pretty spot on, wouldn't you say? She was once an anonymous face floating around the web. No one wold have known or even cared. Now you put a face and name to it and make things even worse for this poor girl. You people forget, TROLLS ARE RUTHLESS!!!

THIS THIS and MORE THIS
BY being an attention whore, we can now update the meme.

"My mom is an attention whore"
"fark MOM, why did you have to out me??"

when does the mom and daughter (without her consent) start doing the talk show circuit??
Today - internet memes and the people they hurt. First up, the potato girl!!

It's been years since that pic was taken. Her hair is a completely different color. No one would ever have connected the two, until you did it for them. GREAT JOB, MOM! You think she was a meme before...