# Little Tassie's Son is Sick!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548 "2001-03-26T15:33:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LittleTassie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@LittleTassie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleTassie)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/61 "2001-03-28T04:10:59Z")
You people are so great! I wasn,t going to write back until tomorrow. I wanted to spend more time with Sonny. I,m glad I did now! Sonny woke up for close to an hour! I was standing by his side holding his little hand. I leaned over his chest, gave him a hug as I cried. When I stood back up, I saw that his bright little eyes were watching me. His little hand gripped mine. I feel such relief! I could have never made it with out all of your support, prayers and wishes! It,s still not a sure thing. But my hope is much stronger now! I wish I could thank you all, personally. And I will soon! The card is beautiful! Thank you Honesty, for making the card! Thank you Ron for posting it for her! Thank you all for your support! I love you, mates! ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/62 "2001-03-28T04:30:28Z")
Great News Tassie. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/63 "2001-03-28T04:55:12Z")
That is fantastic Tassie. You and Sonny hang in there. Keep us posted and remember to call if you need anything. {{{{{Tassie and Sonny}}}}} ::more happy dancing:: ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/64 "2001-03-28T05:41:20Z")
That would make sense if not for the fact that it takes people days/weeks/months to come out of a coma! No one just _wakes up_. And since you are proven a fraud, you need to die for playing with people’s emotions, you cold bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/65 "2001-03-28T05:42:36Z")
Before anyone asks why Little Tassie was banned, the explaination’s [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65245#post1221858). Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/66 "2001-03-28T05:43:27Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65245](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65245) Near the bottom, Lynn explains all. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/67 "2001-03-28T05:44:36Z")
I don’t know if Lynn plans to post and explanation here but she did in this [url="[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65245](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=65245)"thread[/ur]. Apparently Tassie is a sympathy troll of known origin. But that said, you are wrong Mercutio. People can just wake up from comas. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/68 "2001-03-28T05:45:08Z")
And I agree with **Mercutio** ’s post above. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/69 "2001-03-28T05:45:42Z")
Fenris wins the coding prize. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/70 "2001-03-28T06:01:02Z")
Actually, yes, I WAS planning on coming here to post an explanation. This little troll has a record here, and I, for one, am really tired of her. Others have posted the link, so I don’t have to embarrass myself trying to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/71 "2001-03-28T06:11:30Z")
Thanks, LittleTassie. You’ve shown us all what kind, caring and thoughtful people hang around these boards. It is heartening to see how many complete strangers cared enough about your situation to offer their wholehearted support and even their home phone numbers. You’ve restored my faith in humanity. 🙂 Now that the little boy has finished crying wolf, will you all respond to the next cry for help? I hope LittleTassie doesn’t spoil you guys for others. What good people you are! ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/72 "2001-03-28T06:53:24Z")
I second that motion, **cazzle**. It’s absolutely disgusting that someone would abuse that sympathy and kindness. {{{ the SDMB }}} ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/73 "2001-03-28T07:14:07Z")
Well, I would prefer that people just take their need for sympathy and prayers and untracable cash donations to their family, real life friends, and that small circle of online friends they know real well. In 15 years on the internet I have been through more than one of these per year. I’ve never understood why people look to near strangers for good thoughts and sympathy, but have fond that on the internet it just doesn’t make sense to respond to them unless I know them personally. If there are people willing to lie about something as horrible as a child with cancer, how should we respond to the lesser tales of deceased uncles and stolen cats? There were signs in this thread that made me wonder, and I am sure others were suspicious. I think I have developed a decent eye for seeing this kind of crap; but why respond to any such pleas? Why don’t people seek sympathy from those whose sympathy means something? ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/74 "2001-03-28T07:21:08Z")
I don’t know if Tassie’s story was real or not, and you know it doesn’t matter to me. What matters and what I feel good about is that even though I had an aching feeling this morning that this might be another ploy, I decided that our ability to still feel and express compassion for another human being was, is and always will be more important than a little potential shame due to being taken in again. Caring always takes first place IMHO. I will not let someone that was spiritually, mentally and emotionally ill enough to tell lies about such a serious, emotionally charged matter take my compassion for others away. If I do I become less of a person, less of who I am. I won’t let someone have that power over me. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2001, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548/75 "2001-03-28T08:22:06Z")
**Ayesha** ’s probably right. Better to be compassionate and wrong, then coldhearted and right. But this moderator can just slap himself for not running a thorough IP check when that same gut feeling hit him yesterday. Oh well, with a bit of bad luck, there’s gonna be a next time. I didn’t **need** proof to see that we’re a great group of people here - a group that pulls together in times of need. I’ve seen a few _real_ examples that did just that. I **know** that 99.9% of us have the capability to throw petty grudges and the like out the window the moment something _really bad_ happens. I know we all have that kind of perspective. That’s why I’m so utterly disgusted with “Little Tassie” right now. This idiot, who’s pulled this sort of stunt before, obviously feels no remorse for preying on other peoples good intentions. Making up a dying child along the way is just another step to get the desired effect, or so it seems. It’s almost unthinkable people like this exist. To **“Little Tassie”** (I’d use your real name missie, really I would, if I didn’t have a lot of respect for someone close to you): you are a sick individual who **obviously** needs a shitload of help. Whatever lead you to being such an emotionally warped, poor excuse for a human being is beyond my scope. And frankly, I don’t care. Get all the help you want or need, but don’t you _dare_ show your face at this message board again. You are _persona non grata_ here. Remember Serlin? This will be a first: you’re in the same league. Fcuk, you’re probably worse. At least Serlin never begs for our sympathy. To the people who have to deal with this bitch IRL: I don’t know what drives you to stick with this person. But I’d have been out of there a **long** time ago. She really, _really_ doesn’t seem worth the effort. Honestly. And I say this as a friend. Since our _troll du jour_ actually likes this sort of attention, I’m closing this thread. I’d advise against it, but if you must, take it to the Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-tassies-son-is-sick/59548.md?page=3)