Some are; not "watching Friends" but many TV programs model and demonstrate mentally unstable behaviors, and role-players play characters, usually not themselve

Some are; not "watching Friends" but many TV programs model and demonstrate mentally unstable behaviors, and role-players play characters, usually not themselves, and the epithet "murder hobo" is not inaccurate. Yes, many bizarre and malicious ideas have been introduced to me and my classmates through Nethack play and merely observing role-players going at it in a violent, dangerous fantasy world of their own design. For autists and others who find it difficult to separate fantasy/reality, or understand metaphor and allegory, we tend to mistakenly impose fantastic ideas upon the mundane world around us. For all the hours I invested in DOOM 2, I'm not actually a US Marine, I don't carry firearms, human passengers on the train are not Beholders or Revenants, and when someone leaves a coat behind, that's not an Armor Pak for you to grab! ...but I can still distinctly hear his grunts and screams as the demons injure him...