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But the rest is accurate. You like going on those subreddits and play-acting like you're a racist or fat-shamer just for the fun of it.



Exactly. The same at night, I log into my World of Warcraft account, and play-act like I'm a night elf druid, because it's fun.


Playing night elf Druids in computer games doesn't hurt others. Your participation on the forums did. You like hurting people for fun? How do you sleep at night?


In some multiplayer games just playing them hurts other people up to the point where they experience something very similar to a mental breakdown, all because you're on their team and you're performing poorly.

It all comes down to the emotion management. My countrymen - and by extension me - have been called thieves and equated to animals countless times. My race has been blamed for all the evils in the world. Yet, I don't care - none of this has any potential to hurt me, it's just words on the internet and I'd rather follow the famous mantra of Tyler The Creator than pretend I'm being hurt somehow.




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