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Sounds like you are mistaking gallows humor for sincere intent. I've heard the same jokes but I'm 100% sure none of the people making them actually intend to sp
by lukev 7y ago
Sounds like you are mistaking gallows humor for sincere intent. I've heard the same jokes but I'm 100% sure none of the people making them actually intend to spread disease.
- Natsu 7y agoI have heard the same things. I want to believe it's all internet bluster, but when I hear an angry group on r/politics talking about how they hope certain people will die, it doesn't sound very much like a joke, especially when you can go into the comment history of some of the people and find out that they have a long history of angry political comments.
- TheAdamAndChe 7y agoWhat worries me is that there is always a population of people that buys into the rhetoric. Nazis on 4chan was just a meme, then it became a thing. /r/thedonald started as a really funny troll community laughing at the absurdity of Trump becoming president, then it became a thing too. Social contagions do affect people.