In my opinion trash talk is part of the game, part of the fun I'd even say. Part of the reason I still play Heroes of Newerth sometimes is to have the undiluted

In my opinion trash talk is part of the game, part of the fun I'd even say. Part of the reason I still play Heroes of Newerth sometimes is to have the undiluted experience of arguing, or fighting trolls, and other various degenerate behaviours. Hell, even Michael Jordan commented on the importance of such behaviour in basketball. More generally, however, this makes me a little scared. Feels like eventually it will get to the point where the machine learning engine will be able to recognize if I'm having bad thoughts and serve "quick punishment".