Chinese teen kills self when blind date turns ugly

[jlgx50]

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20070105-41820/Chinese_teen_kills_self_when_blind_date_turns_ugly_--_report

Agence France-Presse
First Posted 16:39:00 01/05/2007

Filed Under: Internet, Social Issues


BEIJING -- A 17-year-old boy in northeastern China was so disappointed with the looks of a woman he met over the Internet that he hanged himself after seeing her face-to-face, state media reported Friday.

The unnamed teenager first contacted the woman -- known by her chat moniker "Qunjiaofeiyang", or "Flying Skirt" -- using the popular Chinese online messaging software QQ, Xinhua news agency said.

The girl described herself as a beautiful 19-year-old and the pair chatted on the Web for weeks before arranging a December 26 rendezvous in the nearby city of Mudanjiang, in far northeastern Heilongjiang province.

The boy arrived to discover the woman far less attractive than advertised and 10 years older than him, Xinhua said.

The boy immediately returned home, lost his appetite, and four days later hanged himself from a tree.

 

[Yoshiboy]

So can we get a picture of her?

 

[AWdeV]

That's harsh on the poor woman. Also, I'm curious what she looks like, yeah.

 

[CountArtha]

[me=CountArtha]wonders why Yoshiboy and AWdeV want to die

 

[Moose!]

The boy arrived to discover the woman far less attractive than advertised and 10 years older than him, Xinhua said.

The boy immediately returned home, lost his appetite, and four days later hanged himself from a tree.

Hahahahahahaha!

 

[jlgx50]

I just find  it odd that he killed himself 4 days after all this...4 days.. didn't he leave it a bit late ?

 

[Hengist]

was so disappointed with the looks of a woman he met over the Internet that he hanged himself after seeing her face-to-face

One should be careful with this simple causality. It's not very likely that this disappointment was the only thing that went wrong in the life/psyche of this boy.

I just find  it odd that he killed himself 4 days after all this...4 days.. didn't he leave it a bit late ?

This supports my point above.

* Hengist anticipates the flood of ugly-woman-pictures to prove him wrong 

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Hengist has a point. This seems more like a "straw that broke the camel's back" kind of case.

Still sucks for the chick, though.

This is why whenever you meet someone from the Internet, you must be prepared to maybe not like how they look. In fact, imagine they're dog ugly, and be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Seff]

Or, you know, see more than just a single picture first. Bugman was a lot sexier is real life than he is on pictures, but that might be due to his exciting smell.

 

[Hengist]

Or, you know, see more than just a single picture first. Bugman was a lot sexier is real life than he is on pictures, but that might be due to his exciting smell.

Oh, you're susceptible to male pheromones?
Or am I wrong about Bugman's gender?
Or maybe that is not so surprising after all? 

I would also try to get many pics before meeting an online acquaintance.

 

[Seff]

Bugman's technically male, but yeah, I was being funny. :3

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Pics help, webcams even moreso.

 

[GaZ.v2]

not cool

 

[1Stalker1]

That's sad...

 

[Suspect-Device]

Looks like she did not love him long time.

 

[omzdog]

No, she did. She is quoted to have said 'Me ruv you rong time' before he hung himself.

 

[FrisianDude]

omg QQ more.

 

[IRANIAN]

what was he doing during those 4 days then?crying???

 

[omzdog]

What any sex deprived man would be doing in the interval of 4 days 5 minutes.

 

[DameGreyWulf]

He wasn't sex deprived, he was stingy.