Stop Caring About Amanda Bynes PSA

[erpowers]

The Huffington Post has a PSA that asks people to stop paying attention to the Amanda Bynes story. The piece is meant to be comedy. It also gives people advice on what they could do with their time other than paying to Amanda Bynes. I think the piece is funny.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/amanday-bynes-psa-video_n_3366510.html

[Dreamer Tatum]

1. The woman is obviously mentally ill

and I don't see much ridicule of the mentally ill condoned on DU.

I will alert on any post making light of her issues, as she obviously needs serious help.

[cali]

2. agreed. nothing funny about it.

[erpowers]

4. Not Making Light of Mental Illness

The video is making fun of the fact that people pay so much attention to celebrities. It is asking people to focus on other things.

[Sheldon Cooper]

3. Amanda Bynes is having a melt-down in the same way that

Britney Spears and Charlie Sheen did. Could be equal parts mental illness and drug abuse, but I think it's sad either way. When my kid were young we watched her show on Saturday nights, and the young woman has alot of talent. I hope she gets the help she needs. Britney's father stepped in and took conservatorship over her, maybe someone can help Amanda in the same manner.

[In_The_Wind]

5. This is not a laughing matter.

[Drew Richards]

6. Looks like bath salts psychosis to me...it can last weeks or even permanently... scary stuff