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[–]fptp01 134 points135 points ago

I say all canucks fans in Vancouver we get together go there and Clean crap like that off it! whos with me.

[–]SadStumpy 56 points57 points ago

Clean that shit up for the man!

[–]jewbj3wb 54 points55 points ago

I remember the last time all you canucks fans got together in one spot on Vancouver's streets.

[–]canuckfanatic 18 points19 points ago

and then the REAL fans cleaned it up for the next week or two :/

[–]ktaggart 6 points7 points ago

[–]fptp01 3 points4 points ago

thats why I say we go the civilized route, I was never a part of the riots and I hated it. It disgusted me as a fan and as a Vancouver citizen.

[–]jewbj3wb 1 point2 points ago

I'm glad i moved away from that city, really. The crime capital of Canada (Prince George) is quite a bit better!

[–]H2Awesome 2 points3 points ago

That's the first time I've heard anyone, even jokingly, say something positive about Prince George.

[–]jewbj3wb 1 point2 points ago

I can name many reasons why PG is better and I lived in both places for quite a while. But I suppose it's ultimatly personal preference.

[–]H2Awesome 1 point2 points ago

Haha I'm just messing with you, PG is actually one of my favourite cities in Canada.

[–]Fifteen-Two 0 points1 point ago

This thread makes me feel better about being from PG...

[–]jimmorrello 6 points7 points ago

HAHAHA :)

[–]ninjabread 1 point2 points ago

Thanks, I'd forgotten about that...

[–]turbulentscar 2 points3 points ago

yea, we bonded together to clean up the mess of a few deviants within our fanbase.

[–]Pherbert 19 points20 points ago

While I like the sentiment, don't you think she should be the one cleaning it up?

[–]jakemyers7 14 points15 points ago

I think there should be a restraining order against her for that memorial

[–]Seanehhs 12 points13 points ago

*arena

[–]exposito 18 points19 points ago

*world

FTFY

[–]korko 7 points8 points ago

This is the correct response, don't flip shit at the stupid girl, if you are in Vancouver just go down there and clean it off, it's not permanent you probably have shit under your sink capable of fixing it.

[–]tinycookie 30 points31 points ago

Wow, this is disgusting.

What is wrong with people?

[–]imdwalrus 5 points6 points ago

An awful lot. :(

[–]SpectreFire 79 points80 points ago

Apparently they already found out who she is and people have been giving it to her all night on her Twitter account.

[–]Mattyman01 2 points3 points ago

hook me up with that twitter tag!

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[–]WeHaveMetBefore 22 points23 points ago

She's getting fuckin' destroyed on Twitter. You might want to remove the link.

[–]McThrillin 9 points10 points ago

What specifically is getting said? I can't access Twitter from work.

[–]rubelmj 23 points24 points ago

It's already escalated to death threats.

[–]BountyHuntard 18 points19 points ago

Just about everything. Media is all over it too, they're being unbiased of course. The fans... yeah they're tearing her 4 new assholes lol. She deleted her twitter account too.

[–]H2Awesome 73 points74 points ago

Dude it's a teenage girl, you should take the link off before this goes to far.

[–]YzermanToLidstrom 49 points50 points ago

before this goes to far.

I think it has already reached that point.

http://i.imgur.com/7inFf.png

http://i.imgur.com/lahrX.png

http://i.imgur.com/WdPsw.png

Edit: Seems that the accused has deleted her twitter account.

http://i.imgur.com/7bbkD.png

[–]shall_2 27 points28 points ago

Well to be fair two of those are from the same crazy fucker and Avishek is probably just quoting Taken. Joking aside though, this is the internet. someone is bound to make a god damn death threat.

[–]APWTSIS 13 points14 points ago

Pretty pathetic to make death threats over what's likely a simple mistake. If those so called "fans" (hold on before you flip over the quotes) are actually fans then they would know that Rypien probably doesn't want people going around threatening the poor girl's life.

[–]TakingATurd 23 points24 points ago

I agree that its pretty silly to go and make death threats about this, but I'm not willing to chalk her actions up to a "silly mistake." If she's old enough to write that, she is probably old enough to read that heartfelt comment in the lower right. She should also be old enough to realize its silly to go around writing on walls to advertise a concert, and if she's not, her parents failed in some way.

[–]TL10 0 points1 point ago

[–]hes_dead_tired 13 points14 points ago

I Really Don't Understand Why So Many People Post Messages Where The First Letter Of Every Word Is Uppercased.

[–]pasky 6 points7 points ago

Maybe they speak German, where the first Letter of every Noun is capitalized. And went Overboard.

[–]poopsmith666 1 point2 points ago

sometimes if you type in all caps it autocorrects to each first capital letter instead.

[–]Forbichoff 1 point2 points ago

on some sites, if you put all caps on it just capitalizes the first letter in each word.

[–]TheCakeFlavor 0 points1 point ago

I hope she hasn't actually killed herself.

[–]SpectreFire 34 points35 points ago

Like I said, It's a public twitter profile, it's not as if I'm posting her Facebook or anything. I don't feel there is anything wrong with posting it. It's public information.

[–]H2Awesome 6 points7 points ago

I'm just saying people on the internet are crazy and can do some fucked up shit.

[–]SpectreFire 29 points30 points ago

People who are crazy and want to verbally fuck up her shit bad, can easily find her profile regardless. At least people who want to read about what's going on, and see what's happening can. Let's be fair, all of us who want to find her information here can easily find her information, I'm just making it more convenient.

[–]H2Awesome 15 points16 points ago

Yeah I guess you're right. Also how fucked up is it that we are having two separate arguments at the same time on the same thread?

[–]SpectreFire 20 points21 points ago

how fucked up

You misspelled awesome.

[–]H2Awesome 3 points4 points ago

<3

[–]a_bearded_man 2 points3 points ago

People who are crazy and want to verbally fuck up her shit bad, can easily find her profile regardless.

I think it's more along the lines of ease of access. While someone who wants to rob my house can pick my lock, having my door locked keeps a lot of people away.

[–]teknoire7 1 point2 points ago

She may have already deleted it because she's getting ripped apart lol

[–]dsac 8 points9 points ago

She may have already deleted it because she's getting rypped apart lol

too soon?

[–]MrDeckard 6 points7 points ago

No. Perfect timing, in fact.

[–]MrDeckard 7 points8 points ago

Aaaaaaaand it's gone. Good work team!

[–]Pherbert 5 points6 points ago

No problems in deleting the link. Her account's been deleted.

[–]Big_Green_Piccolo 2 points3 points ago

aaaaaand it's gone

[–]TL10 1 point2 points ago

Modpost in 3... 2... 1...

[–]Mattyman01 2 points3 points ago

Eek know that I've had time to think about it, her twitter is being raped and I don't think she knew any better. It's a rough way to learn respect I guess...

[–]tarnishstar 25 points26 points ago

Dale Wiese tweeted her telling her to show some respect to her city. She better have the soap and water ready to clean that shit up.

[–]toocoldtohold 0 points1 point ago

The Dale Weise account is fake :( sorry to be the bearer of bad news...

[–]APWTSIS 22 points23 points ago

What should happen is she should be asked to apologize to the Rypien family and then clean her mistake. There's no reason to go head hunting the girl.

[–]jimmy_three_shoes 4 points5 points ago

Well she is a Beiber fan...

[–]blueschooler 145 points146 points ago

Stupid bitch, absolutely ridiculous

[–]Software_Engineer 33 points34 points ago

likely a false flag attack

[–]zonkedforlife 10 points11 points ago

Rick must be turning in his grave

[–]turbulentscar 4 points5 points ago

he is rolling in his grave about the twitter attacks on this girl. He'd be more upset with the death threats and the calls for her suicide than her writing on that random pillar

[–]TL10 4 points5 points ago

Turning? He's rolling around so much in his grave he can generate electricity.

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[–]commodoreperry 24 points25 points ago

Keep that shit in /r/atheism, please.

[–]MrDeckard 9 points10 points ago

Actually, that sounded more spiritualist to me. Stupid, nonetheless.

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[–]harmdaddy 2 points3 points ago

Man Internet atheists in general are just awful.

[–]jerseyfox 0 points1 point ago

What'd his original comment say?

[–]rubelmj -1 points0 points ago

A misunderstanding he since apologized for. I just pulled my rather insensitive reply out as well.

[–]TL10 1 point2 points ago

That just sucks. Words can't describe how bad I feel for you guys.

[–]Foofs123 17 points18 points ago

Completely disrespectful. I hope she's made to go scrub it off or something.

[–]Pherbert 10 points11 points ago

You know, I'm kind of wondering if she's the type to go apologize for it, or get really angry and say it wasn't her fault because she didn't know what it was for, so you can't blame her for it.

Edit: She's locked down her Twitter account. Well, I guess that answers that.

[–]rpgguy_1o1 0 points1 point ago

I'm wondering if twitter may have taken it down themselves.

[–]Pherbert 4 points5 points ago

Ah, fair point. I didn't consider that. Then again, why would Twitter delete something like that? I would think they'd delete accounts of people posing as celebrities at farthest.

[–]rpgguy_1o1 10 points11 points ago

It's bad publicity to be the host of a service where a teenaged girl is getting death threats from all over a continent.

[–]gnbuttnaked 1 point2 points ago

So shouldn't they delete the accounts of people giving the threats? Not receiving them? lol

[–]TheMoof 1 point2 points ago

It's easier to lock down a single account than try to stop every account that sprouts up to make death threats.

[–]Pherbert 0 points1 point ago

I was thinking that too, but I know a lot of (teenage) celebrities often get death threats after they reveal they're dating, so it just seems weird they would delete her Twitter account specifically when it's pretty tame compared to other things that have happened.

[–]Hypertechnic 9 points10 points ago

Wow :(.

[–]Crescence 5 points6 points ago

Great way to agitate all the fans...

[–]craigske 5 points6 points ago

I don't think Rick would ever support tearing a teenager apart over a mistake. He had a huge heart. We should too.

[–]SpectreFire 44 points45 points ago

What a fucking cunt.

[–]ALL_CAPS 4 points5 points ago

The NHL needs to come back, I can't get all worked up over Bieber related news.

Now if she's a Flames' fan...

[–]Phortgang11 3 points4 points ago

LPT: bug spray erases sharpie/permanent marker quickly and thoroughly

hope that trash was taken off

[–]H2Awesome 23 points24 points ago

Look, I'm just as angry as everyone here. But are you guys going to sit here and tell me you never did anything stupid when you were young. Let's not all gang up on her, let's make sure she knows that what she did is fucking disgusting and let her make up for it.

EDIT: Also, this is a good lesson. NEVER carry around a sharpie, you will make a bad decision with it

[–]SpectreFire 101 points102 points ago

Pretty sure I never desecrated a memorial when I was a kid, the same as most people.

[–]Pherbert 52 points53 points ago

Especially at 17. Maybe she doesn't deserve all the "excuse you, go die so I can fuck your grave up" but what she did was completely unacceptable for any age.

[–]SlurmNator -1 points0 points ago

How do we know she's 17?

[–]Pherbert 1 point2 points ago

It was in her Twitter biography blurb thing which was available before she deleted it.

[–]H2Awesome 3 points4 points ago

I'm not saying that she's not a stupid cunt, I'm just saying that we've all done things that we're fucking stupid. Ganging up on the internet and telling her to go die isn't going to solve anything. (sidenote according to RES I've upvoted you more times than i'd like to admit)

[–]SpectreFire 12 points13 points ago

No, the death threats and what not are wrong, but that's par for the course on the internet for anything attention worthy. Really, most people are just simply shaming her and calling her an idiot, which I think is totally fine.

sidenote according to RES I've upvoted you more times than i'd like to admit

I like to be agreeable.

[–]H2Awesome 1 point2 points ago

I feel like we both have the same opinion. I think that she should learn her lesson and this is the only way for her to learn it. I just want to make sure no one is taking too far.

[–]jumpyg1258 0 points1 point ago

I never desecrated a memorial at any point in my life.

[–]jakemyers7 13 points14 points ago

would you like if she wrote on one of your family members grave stone?

[–]razzark666 5 points6 points ago

I would ask her to clean it off, I wouldn't threaten to kill her.

[–]biffyboy -3 points-2 points ago

She is a Bieber fan... I think you are optimistic about her sense of morality.

[–]razzark666 5 points6 points ago

She's a 17 year old girl who likes music marketed towards 17 year old girls.

[–]razorhater 4 points5 points ago

WHY DON'T 17-YEAR-OLD GIRLS LIKE RUSH LIKE I DO?

[–]H2Awesome 0 points1 point ago

All I'm saying is for people not to go to far. Have her learn her lesson and then let's move on.

[–]Stylux -4 points-3 points ago

Depends on what she wrote.

[–]harmdaddy 6 points7 points ago

Hey if people are writing "Harmdaddy had a huge dick" on my grave. Well that's cool with me.

[–]DuckyFreeman 15 points16 points ago

I can safely say I never vandalized anything while I was growing up. It's not hard to not write things.

[–]WhatBombsAtMidnight -3 points-2 points ago

You're missing out

[–]jewbj3wb -4 points-3 points ago

Broken Windows?

Come on there must have been something.

[–]playne 15 points16 points ago

Dont you think that if your 17 you would have a little common sense not to write on a Vancouver icon's memorial...

[–]ShlongHammer 2 points3 points ago

You are assuming she understood what she was doing. Fact of the mater is tons of Canucks fan's don't know with memorial exists, let alone someone who might not watch hockey (yes, those people do exist).

[–]SexBobomb 11 points12 points ago

when you're at the fucking memorial it should be pretty clear what it is.

[–]dunegig 1 point2 points ago

Not really. That was likely after a Bieber concert so it's night time and hard to read, the memorial is unofficial and has no signage indicating that it's a memorial, and it's just a pillar with sharpie writings on it. Easy to mistake for a common graffiti pillar if you don't follow hockey at all and are too caught up in a silly Bieber fervour to read any of the other writing.

[–]playne 0 points1 point ago

Its common sense! Plus how would you not know that a Vancouver Canuck player from you own city didnt die. Facebook, twitter, local newspapers etc. tell so much and dont you think that she would have seen the story on it, let alone putting up a memorial for Rypper. LG hormones got all crazy though and took over

[–]Pherbert 0 points1 point ago

Fact of the mater is tons of Canucks fan's don't know with memorial exists

...That's a really, really sad thought. :\ Though, you think people would at what they're writing on at the very least.

[–]ObliviousIrrelevance 3 points4 points ago

Yea, I did tons of stupid stuff as a kid. And, my dad would kick the shit out of me for it.

[–]shun-16 4 points5 points ago

Coddling people doesn't work, especially nowadays. Kids don't respect shit. I live in Victoria and somebody desecrated a WW2 memorial like two months ago. A local person cleaned it up, didn't even wait for the city. You think the person was just going to be shamed into it with people saying "we're disappointed." Give me a break. She deleted her twitter, looks like she's realizing what happens when you do something wrong. Probably better she learns people are capable of worse than scolding her.

[–]CherrySlurpee -4 points-3 points ago

She's 17. She should know better.

I hope she goes to jail.

[–]Stylux 5 points6 points ago

Jail? You know most jurisdictions don't throw you in jail for graffiti right?

[–]Galitzky 4 points5 points ago

Shining some light on this would be a good way to send a message to today's youth to what is wrong. Sure we all mistakes, but please let this be known to be a mistake....

[–]ShlongHammer 16 points17 points ago

Calm your horses? I'm guessing a 12 year old did this. I know it's wrong, but give it a break, chances are she did not even bother reading the rest of shit on the wall because she was so beibered out.

EDIT)

To all those whom are going through the trouble of trying to make this girls life tough; I'm sure Rick Rypien has a a big fucking smile right now. I'm sure he's super thrilled that you guys are going 4chan on some clueless girl who (accidentally) defaced a memorial. Oh no wait, Rick probably would not like that so much, would he now? Stop being dicks.

[–]albite 22 points23 points ago

She's 17, according to her twitter :/

[–]FilipinoPhil 27 points28 points ago

How do you 'accidentally' deface a memorial? Did she slip on a banana or something?

[–]mcshemp 6 points7 points ago

It's a column with a bunch of writing on it. If you didn't read all the other stuff you would have no idea it was a memorial.

[–]kingdawgell 2 points3 points ago

Red shell.

[–]GoldenWarrior 0 points1 point ago

How can he be smiling, I thought the whole point of the memorial was that he was dead? ;)

[–]StevePinch 0 points1 point ago

Being asleep for the last 8 hours, could someone explain me the link between Rypien and Bieber? Did the last one referred to the first one?

Seriously... Just wow!

[–]ALL_CAPS 3 points4 points ago

Bieber just had a concert at Rogers Arena.

[–]wanderso24 2 points3 points ago

So THIS is the kind of stuff that happens when I'm asleep.

[–]Hypertechnic 2 points3 points ago

I really hope the city of Vancouver uses this as a catalyst to get a statue of RR made and put in the plaza.

[–]Mattyman01 6 points7 points ago

This is just dumb. Even if this was a band I liked I'd be shocked. I hope this gets a little attention and the person who wrote this gets a shock when they log in to their Facebook to go like some Belieber post. Some of this generation has seriously lost their sense of respect.

[–]TheTCorp 1 point2 points ago

Some people need to give there head a shake. Have some respect

[–]PamellaMoon 1 point2 points ago

FUCK HER. Lets go clean that shit up!

[–]RockjawSteakbeer 0 points1 point ago

I disagree with the person's decision greatly. I wonder what Bieksa has to say.

[–]Monfamille 0 points1 point ago

This greatly hurts my heart...That name is soo common too that finding out who did it seems next to impossible.

[–]hullkogan 0 points1 point ago

Absolute pieces of shit.

[–]Rascolito 0 points1 point ago

Let get the pitchforks!

[–]biffyboy 0 points1 point ago

Beliebers and hockey fans are facing off

ahaha facing off.

Seriously though, it's not even a fair fight.

http://www.howmanyfiveyearoldscouldyoutakeinafight.com/

[–]MPC45000 0 points1 point ago

23, is that good?

[–]TL10 1 point2 points ago

The memorial looks like a bunch of graffitti to begin with. Is this what our city has become? Any writing with a sharpie on a wall is a memorial? LOL at what our next generation has become, a bunch of pissant whiners and losers.

Huj Kok

Oct. 11, 2012

12:41 PM

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Deathtrip 1 point2 points ago

Is this an actual memorial?

[–]Hypertechnic 0 points1 point ago

A make shift memorial in the Rogers Arena plaza by the fans.

[–]Deathtrip -1 points0 points ago

Ok well this is pretty shitty then... at first I thought it was just some random slab of concrete.

[–]adamkex 1 point2 points ago

I hope it gets cleaned up.

[–]rkriscastillo428 0 points1 point ago

These fucking Swag Monkeys don't have any FUCKING respect!!!! Fuck them, and JB

[–]kmfjd 0 points1 point ago

bunch of weak kneed hockey lovers need to harden the fuck up

[–]Deric 0 points1 point ago

hate these faggots

[–]quigs01 1 point2 points ago

No one seems to realize this girl was probably 12 years old, extremely excited to see her idol in concert and wrote on a rock that had other writing on it. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge hockey fan and was devastated when Rypien passed, but I can almost guarantee you whoever wrote this never even heard of Rick Rypien.

[–]puppyotto 0 points1 point ago

So the fan wasn't aware of what this is, saw a surface with sharpie writing on it and thought, I'll add to this. She just wasn't aware. It is funny really, what could you expect if you were in her situation? There are the sharpie marks on the memorial, I think she knows it is a memorial now, so you can remove them or add to them incorporate it somehow.

[–]dirty1391 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, it could very well have been that. The only thing that makes that hard to believe is the fact that it's a memorial, on a street corner, with heartfelt sayings and pictures of Rick all over it. It is a clear cut memorial for someone, and I honestly think it's just downright disrespectful to do something like that.

[–]Frumbleabumb 1 point2 points ago

If you looked at it, it's pretty clearly a memorial, not just random sharpie markings. Most markings say RIP RYPPER or things to that effect. There's no hearts, no HG+JD <3 etc, just RIP RYP or RYPPER WE WILL MISS YOU etc.

[–]harpsama -2 points-1 points ago

I agree, this is retarded

[–]supermanV10 -2 points-1 points ago

I SAY WE MURDER THAT CUNT, THEN THAT FAGGOT BIEBER. LETS GO REDDIT.

[–]TL10 0 points1 point ago

[–]bestjare 1 point2 points ago

Not being cynical, but why doesn't someone here just go scrub it off? Stuff like this makes me sick, and I'd sooner go just wash it off myself then see people harass a young girl through the internet

[–]BRiNGTHERiCEOUT 2 points3 points ago

As far as I can tell, it's not a statue of Rypien or anything, it just happened to become a spot where fans wrote memorials to him. I don't think it's too farfetched to say that she saw a column with a bunch of writing on it, so she just figured "Hey, I should write something too!", probably without taking the time to really look at it.

Even if she noticed Rick Rypien's name on it, it probably didn't mean anything to her. Guess what? Not everyone pays attention to hockey. I really doubt that she was intentionally trying to disrespect Rick Rypien.

For all the people making death threats and calling her names, please take a step back and look at yourselves. Yes, this girl made a mistake out of ignorance. But that's no reason for people to harass and threaten her over something some household cleaning supplies could fix.

EDIT: Here is a picture of the memorial she wrote on. It's a column for the subway train, and you can even see the spot that she wrote on, right by the white RIP on the right side. Assuming it looked similar to that the night of the concert, and since there was probably a large crowd going to/from the subway, she probably did not look very closely at the surface she was writing on.

[–]Hypertechnic 0 points1 point ago

Skytrain, it is a skytrain dangit :P.

Here is a picture I took of it the week of Rypien's death. While it is not like that now it is rather well known and common sense dictates you don't write on something that has many RIP messages.

[–]LinkFloyd 0 points1 point ago

Almost certain this is exactly what happened.

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[–]ProjektTHOR 6 points7 points ago

J.Biebs

Really?

[–]dsac 7 points8 points ago

This is how you identify Justin Bieber fans - they have "pet" names for him.

[–]Letenje_kurac 0 points1 point ago

The comments deleted, what did s/he say?

[–]ProjektTHOR 1 point2 points ago

Made fun of Justin Bieber fans, then proceeded to call him by a fan pet name ("J.Biebs").

Don't really care if someone likes him, but I think he made it clear that he might be a fan--but was bashing them because that's just what people do.

[–]Letenje_kurac 0 points1 point ago

Thank youu

[–]bilateralchicken -4 points-3 points ago

Amazingly enough, not everyone follows hockey. She may have had no idea that she was writing on anything important.

Cut her some slack (although vandalizing anything isn't cool).

[–]flamesforlife 0 points1 point ago

What is pathetic are the death threats she is getting. Yes she did insult a memorial to Rick, but that does not give anyone the right to give death threats over that.

[–]DrChangsteen -2 points-1 points ago

Alot of people are very upset at this but if it really bothers you try going ther and cleaning it off instead of raging on r/hockey.

[–]Jarsh019 0 points1 point ago

It's already been cleaned off by some fans.