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THE CO-FOUNDER OF the Ask.fm website has written about his thoughts on online bullying, following the death of an Irish teenager who was allegedly bullied by anonymous users of the site.
Mark Terebin was asked on his own page on the Latvian-based Ask.fm website why he had not yet commented on the situation.
In his reponse, Terebin said:
Mass media is knocking on wrong door. It is necessary to go deeper and to find a root of a problem. Its not about the site, the problem is about education, about moral values that were devaluated [sic] lately.
Terbin described Ask.fm as “just a tool which helps people to communicate with each other, same as any other social network, same as phone, same as piece of paper and pen”.
Don’t blame a tool, but try to make changes… start with yourself… be more polite, more kind, more tolerant of others… cultivate these values in families, in schools.Suicide is not something to encourage via mass media. The more you promote suicide, the more it happen.
With regard to the media’s interest in online bullying, he wrote:
Do you think mass media cares? They want scandals, they want sensations and finally they want money. Sorry, but we do not want to participate in it. What happened is a true tragedy and we give our deepest condolences to the victim’s family and relatives.
Donegal girl Erin Gallagher (13) was found dead at home on Saturday, a day after responding to a question on Ask.fm by saying she was being bullied. National suicide charity Console urged victims of online bullying to seek help immediately if they are being abused online.
SpunOut.ie released a set of guidelines for how to deal with online and text bullying in the wake of Erin’s death, and the death of Ciara Pugsley, who also died tragically after allegedly being bullied online .
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I first realised that I was going bald when it started taking longer and longer to wash my face…
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That made me laugh out loud. Thank you. :-)
Some would willingly go bald to lose a wife…
Brilliant
A secret passed down from my father and his father to him, is to grow out the side of your hair, and simply swoop the hair across the bald scalp.
Nobody notices a thing and the ladies seem to go wild for it.
And then you end up in politics. Sorted!
I’m more worried about finding my wife going bald
I’ve been bald since my twenties, doesn’t bother me in the slightest, just takes me longer and longer to wash my face each day
“Sponsored by Regaine” – stopped reading.
Re-gain your confidence
My hair started leaving the building in my mid 20s. Initially it was dreadful. I was all about tactical hair manoeuvres. Eventually I decided to zero blade the lot. Best decision I made.
Good call man, that’s exactly what I’d do if I became follically challenged
see the ad where the guy drives a sports car into what looks like a hotel lobby, and he’s delighted with his wind-swept hair afterwards.. utter madness
I guess im one of the 62% who dont really give a toss.
Hair,hair! …. I mean here,here!
Or do you mean ‘hear hear’?
People fear uncertainty.
Men worry more about going bald because they fear it’s a real possibility they’ll end up having less sex.
Whereas finding a wife means less sex is pretty much guaranteed..
And yet I think bald men very sexy.
I read the article again. I don’t accept many of its findings … Such as, lack of confidence … Thats bulshit too. The most severe side effect that I’ve experienced is … You get cold very quickly when outside without a hat in winter, and severe sunburn if you go out without a hat in summer.
Those are the only side effects ive ever had
A life with out a Wife is like a Kitchen Without a Knife!
I am equally unworried about both but the tufts that are now starting to invade my nostrils and ear holes are a pain in the arse
And the hairs on your arse affecting your nose and ears? That’s mad :-D
# tears of laughter running down face in operating theatre
Im bald down below to get a wife
Silly poll that doesn’t have an option saying “do something about it…” dont know, shave it off and leave it alone are not options I would take.
You go bald because you have too much Dihydrotestosterone… this affects the hair follicles on the top of your head but not the follicles on the back and sides. There is a drug called finasteride that when taken daily lowers the amount of Dihydrotestosterone the body produces slowing down and stopping hair loss. Then just get a hair transplant for the thinning parts of your head. Check out dhi in Blackrock…
@Martin,
I also heard Finasteride can lower your sex drive and give you a limp d!ck so there’s the trade off.
Viagra for that :-D
Viagra causes hair loss.
It’s a vicious circle!
Martin I know a guy that got a hair transplant years ago.now he’s gone bald everywhere else but the top of his head where he got the transplant.what would you do then
Either do nothing shave it off or don’t know… did he stop taking his medication…
Brilliant :) smartass
Old person sad bald or
Young person cool bald?
Middle aged, worried bald?
Some guys wear it so well that it seems like they were born to be bald. Like that presenter on TG4. Wouldn’t look as good if he had hair.
I started losing mine in my early 20′s and it was a genuinely traumatic experience. I went from looking 20 to 35 in 12 months, I got the constant piss pulled out of me and I couldn’t get within 5 feet of a girl my age in a nightclub without being looked at like an old creep. It killed my confidence and had a huge effect on my life.
Strange that we have to grin and bear it when we get ripped to pieces for something that we can’t control, yet taking the piss out of a girl for gaining weight because she eats too much chocolate and is too lazy to go to the gym is socially unacceptable…..
Why go bald? Why go bald? Why go bald? In neon
Across from the george lads :-D
Its of cultural signifficance.
:( Why go Bald? :)
:( Why go Bald? :)
:( Why go Bald? :)
Good call, Sandra
You really need a reality check if you’re worried about going bald. Get a life, there are people starving in this world
But are they bald?
Starvin Marvin is!
Breaking bad
My uncles (on my mothers side) all have hair like sideshow bob so phew.
I’m not bald, my hair on the sides just grows 10 times faster than the top
That’s mad!! My husband had a full head of hair when we met but he’s been pulling it out ever since. Can’t think why!!!!!!!
Martin, is there a way to put hair on my chest? I’m 32 and I haven’t got a single hair on my chest and I’ve moobs. :-)
I know how to get rid of my moobs – exercise n loose weight.
Bald men are sexy anyway!!!!
Why bother to do a survey if your response is “I don’t know”?
Bald since my 20s but shaved it before that anyway. Never bothered my confidence. Nice to see regaine taking such a vested interest in a survey like this though.
Shave it off… The friar tuck look is not a good one
Leave it as it is, cant wait till i get to sport a ‘bobby charlton’
Bald since my 20s but shaved it before that anyway. Never bothered my confidence. Nice to see regaine taking such a vested interest in a survey like this though. Detect the sarcasm…
The advice I heard over the years to keep your hair relatively strong and to ward off baldness is to wash hair in warm water, not hot water and not to use shampoo at all. However conditioner is ok to use apparently.
And then rub ice cream on your micky…
pmsl
Get a wig.problem solved
Some men are ok with it some are not! As a young guy who knows these are your only options that work. 1) Minoxdil – always buy online years supply is €50 2) nirozal shampoo – during clinical trials they found the side effects causes hair loss to slow down. It can be bought anywhere for dandruff
3) propecia – a tablet that blocks the hormone responsible for hairloss. Most effective but kills the sex drive.
4) hair transplant – take the hair from the back and put it up on top but very expensive. 5) and finally live with it. If you don’t care and you can pull off the Jason statham look then go for it. Don’t buy anything for hairloss in shops as its all online for 10% the price
What do you prefer Amy full head of hair or shaved ?
I don’t mind really… It’s whatever the guy prefers himself!
Been shaving my head since I was about 18. Started thinning up top when I was 30.
I’m more worried about finding a partner then going bald
Thailand for you my friend.
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