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The tweet that triggered the swatting “Hot take: I’ve never found Norm Macdonald funny and was pretty sure all my comedy friends who did were either nuts or sc

by 4pkjai 3y ago

The tweet that triggered the swatting “Hot take: I’ve never found Norm Macdonald funny and was pretty sure all my comedy friends who did were either nuts or screwing with me” Personally, I do not understand why that’s worth harassing the guy. There are strange people out there.

squokko 3y ago
You're not looking at it the right way. The way to make it make sense: there is a large group of people out there who essentially, have failed to launch. They are unemployed or have deadend jobs. They watch tons of internet porn but may have never had sexual intercourse with a woman. They have few or zero real life friends. They are obese or feeble-bodied. They have no real life skills or vital energy. The one way they can feel alive, like a "player character," is by hitting someone, but not in a boxing gym (see above), on the Internet. The Norm Macdonald tweet isn't "triggering," they've already been triggered and are looking for their next victim. The Norm Macdonald Tweet is like raising your hand and saying "it's me."
- ShamelessC 3y ago
  That seems laughably reductive. Your stereotypes are cringe inducing.
  - Capricorn2481 3y ago
    Weird stuff about weight and virginity aside, I don't find it reductive to say there are people who have wasted their lives and can't process it well. This is a pretty apt description of a certain demographic on Steam. I've spent time in a lot of clans and it's pretty shocking to find what underachieving people are willing to do to people online if they encourage each other.
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opportune 3y ago
My impression is that’s only one half of the story. If you look at some of the subreddits where he’s mentioned he’s basically turned into a lolcow. Lolcows are essentially terminally online people that are made fun of (up to cyber bullying, real life stalking and swatting) on websites like kiwifarms and reddit. The most famous lolcow that you may have heard of is Chris Chan. This is not to defend the terrible things being done to this guy, but if he just went dark people would lose interest/age out of fucking with him. What gives a lolcow longevity and notability is their continuance to post weird stuff and actively engage with their bullies.
- richbell 3y ago
  > This is not to defend the terrible things being done to this guy, but if he just went dark people would lose interest/age out of fucking with him. It's my understanding that he flagrantly disregards law-enforcement's advice. Any time he is tweeted at — let alone SWATed — he makes a large public spectacle. He often compulsively replies to every single person on Twitter, including branded company accounts, accusing them of being criminal stalkers. To reiterate, that is in no way a defense of what people are doing to him, but he is by no means doing himself any favours by how he reacts. Though, how a police department can be so incompetent that they continually respond to phony calls is beyond me.
  - Sunspark 3y ago
    That's crazy. So indirectly, he is actually incentivizing others to keep on looking for a reaction out of him.
    - opportune 3y ago
      Yeah. It’s the bullying feedback loop - there would be no point in bullying someone if you didn’t get a reaction out of them. If you reliably freak out in a grandiose way you’re just reinforcing yourself as a good bullying target by providing entertainment for your bullies.
      - 3y ago

by 4pkjai 3y ago

squokko 3y ago

You're not looking at it the right way. The way to make it make sense: there is a large group of people out there who essentially, have failed to launch. They are unemployed or have deadend jobs. They watch tons of internet porn but may have never had sexual intercourse with a woman. They have few or zero real life friends. They are obese or feeble-bodied. They have no real life skills or vital energy. The one way they can feel alive, like a "player character," is by hitting someone, but not in a boxing gym (see above), on the Internet. The Norm Macdonald tweet isn't "triggering," they've already been triggered and are looking for their next victim. The Norm Macdonald Tweet is like raising your hand and saying "it's me."

ShamelessC 3y ago
That seems laughably reductive. Your stereotypes are cringe inducing.
- Capricorn2481 3y ago
  Weird stuff about weight and virginity aside, I don't find it reductive to say there are people who have wasted their lives and can't process it well. This is a pretty apt description of a certain demographic on Steam. I've spent time in a lot of clans and it's pretty shocking to find what underachieving people are willing to do to people online if they encourage each other.
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opportune 3y ago

My impression is that’s only one half of the story. If you look at some of the subreddits where he’s mentioned he’s basically turned into a lolcow. Lolcows are essentially terminally online people that are made fun of (up to cyber bullying, real life stalking and swatting) on websites like kiwifarms and reddit. The most famous lolcow that you may have heard of is Chris Chan. This is not to defend the terrible things being done to this guy, but if he just went dark people would lose interest/age out of fucking with him. What gives a lolcow longevity and notability is their continuance to post weird stuff and actively engage with their bullies.

richbell 3y ago
> This is not to defend the terrible things being done to this guy, but if he just went dark people would lose interest/age out of fucking with him. It's my understanding that he flagrantly disregards law-enforcement's advice. Any time he is tweeted at — let alone SWATed — he makes a large public spectacle. He often compulsively replies to every single person on Twitter, including branded company accounts, accusing them of being criminal stalkers. To reiterate, that is in no way a defense of what people are doing to him, but he is by no means doing himself any favours by how he reacts. Though, how a police department can be so incompetent that they continually respond to phony calls is beyond me.
- Sunspark 3y ago
  That's crazy. So indirectly, he is actually incentivizing others to keep on looking for a reaction out of him.
  - opportune 3y ago
    Yeah. It’s the bullying feedback loop - there would be no point in bullying someone if you didn’t get a reaction out of them. If you reliably freak out in a grandiose way you’re just reinforcing yourself as a good bullying target by providing entertainment for your bullies.
    - 3y ago