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For the record, here's exactly what the teen said: "Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head, I’m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still
by sillysaurus 13y ago
For the record, here's exactly what the teen said:
"Oh yeah, I’m real messed up in the head, I’m going to go shoot up a school full of kids and eat their still-beating hearts. Lol jk"
That's an obvious joke. The "lol jk" wasn't even necessary to flag it as such.
- jlgreco 13y agoSeriously, eating peoples still beating hearts? I don't care about Poe's Law or how much sarcasm doesn't translate to ascii... if that is not plainly a joke to you then you have some serious issues with the english language that you need to resolve.
- dkersten 13y agoI make worse jokes than this on a weekly basis. That something like this could lead to any kind of punishment beyond "stop making tasteless jokes" is insane.
- jlgreco 13y agoSame. I am stunned that this apparently warrants any sort of official response, and I am doubly stunned that so many people seem to support a response of some sort.
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- droithomme 13y agoWell, it's not exactly a joke, it's a comment ridiculing the other person by responding with obvious dripping sarcasm. People who really take "eat their still-beating hearts" seriously from a teenager playing a video game have serious difficulty parsing reality. However, I am skeptical that there is anyone that actually took it seriously and didn't understand that this was a sarcastic comment. Those advocating this teen's continued imprisonment while making claims he is a potential mass murderer or terrorist are not sincere, they are interested in promoting the exercise of state power for its own sake.