• KillerTofu@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    an extreme example of a phenomenon that academics call “internet banging”

    Really? We call it that?

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      Today I learned a term “academics” pulled from their asses to describe “being a fucking psycho” and “attempted murder.”

      Not sure why they charged him with murder 2 - this is clearly some premeditated shit.

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      Modern social media that demands irl info and dumbasses who can’t figure out how to fill in false information into them. If I got into an online dispute like this, I’d just give them the address of some police barracks. Let them have fun with charges on an attemped swat on the cops.

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      I’ll be honest: I think this only made the news because it wasn’t league of legends. I was shocked.

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      I thought it was going to be CoD or CS. Years ago, there was a CS dispute that ended in an arson attempt.

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      What do you mean “of course”? If I had to guess the game in question, I would have said CounterStrike or Call of Duty.

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        Oh come on, MMORPG players have always been the worse of the two. I mean, most people of both camps are really nice. But playing a shooter vs pretending you’re a wizard? Way more chance to drop off the really deep end.

        (Please don’t take this too seriously.)

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          Yeah MMO players will actively change their life just to get back at players in game for months or years.247 no time off. When I saw the title, immediately knew it was an MMO.

          Source: wow sod player

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    Before I read the headline, I was like “Hey, that’s my hammer, I wonder what this is about!”