It is rare that I take Amber Rose seriously.

But Wednesday morning, Kanye West’s girlfriend ripped the Internet community a new one -- and she couldn’t have been more spot-on.

Early Wednesday, the Twitter trending topic, “R.I.P. Kanye West,” emerged and was the leading topic for much of the day. In the wee hours Thursday, it was still in the Top 10.

But it was a hoax gone wrong, in the vein of “Balloon Boy.”

Yet, Balloon Boy, who’s family has born the brunt of many a joke in the past week, didn’t die. Nor did he fake-die.

With all the recent celebrity deaths, of course this was something people would quickly hop on.

When Rose relayed that West was not only alive and well, but that Twitterers were tasteless for starting such a cruel trend topic, Twitterers became bigger jerks for continuing to poke fun.

How many times did you see “Kanye, I’mma let you finish ... but Balloon Boy had the greatest hoax of all time?”

I know I’m not in the minority; there is something just not funny about someone’s mortality.

We (myself included) were quick this summer to absolve Farrah Fawcett and Ted Kennedy and Michael Jackson. They were tangible reminders that no human is perfect. We all stumble, make choices without really thinking them through.

That’s because many of us hope our talent, grace, humanity will be our legacies, and not some laundry list of indiscretions.

Kanye West is a lot of things -- rude, cocky, unapologetic, reckless.

But since when do any of these things warrant making a mockery of him -- in life or death?

Because had the story been true, we would’ve absolved him, too.