The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[payn]

Thought I had a situation like that, some years back, when a new neighbour moved in. Heard through the grapevine that he'd been convicted of murder and served something like 12 years. Did a little research and found out that he had interrupted a rape and had been a little... shall we say "enthusiastic" about stopping it. A beating turned into head trauma, that resulted in the other guy's death. Turned out to be the best neighbour I ever had in this complex.

That reminds me of this news story about "no snitch, no police" culture for some reason. A news reporter was interviewing this rapper (dont recall who it was). A nice little bit of levity.

Reporter: So, you never call the police?
Rapper: Nope.
Reporter: What if you lived in an apartment building and you knew a murder lived there? Surely you'd call the police then?
Rapper: No, id move the hell out!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Know the feeling.

Had a good friend throughout High School that was just perfect. Avid D&D player, computer geek, football star, steady relationships, and just nice as can be. Parted ways when he went off to join the military.

Wont go into details here, but just a few years later he made it into the news with a story that could have been straight out of Dexter.

I know it shouldn't, but still bothers me I wasn't able to "sense" he was a monster. Or maybe he really wasn't and something just snapped, which kind of scares me even more honestly, since it feels like that could happen to anyone.

Fiction messes with us in that regard. There is no reason for you to be able to spot someone who has spent all their life figuring out how to pass among other people.

And if they were a serial killer, it wasn't a snap, but that's a big long, gory tangent for another thread (or another board entirely).

 

[CleverNickName]

That reminds me of this news story about "no snitch, no police" culture for some reason. A news reporter was interviewing this rapper (dont recall who it was). A nice little bit of levity.

Reporter: So, you never call the police?
Rapper: Nope.
Reporter: What if you lived in an apartment building and you knew a murder lived there? Surely you'd call the police then?
Rapper: No, id move the hell out!

Reminds me of something I saw on a friend's social media.

"Remember friends: if you see someone stealing food or medicine, no you didn't."

 

[Mad_Jack]

Ugh, I'm sorry for you and your cousin. Even brushing up against something like this is rougher than I think most people know. It gets in your head and makes you question all sorts of things. And for family members, whoo boy.

Slightly different situation, but I went to junior high with a kid named Bill - nice guy, quiet kid - who ended up shooting his father a few years later... It really blew my mind hearing about it until we found out that his father had been abusive.

Back in '88 there was a famous murder case in my town where a guy that ran a local dog grooming business killed his wife - she'd been strangled and impaled with a home-made spear - and it pretty much turned the whole town upside down for weeks.
I don't remember if the actual phrase was ever used in a news article, but it was being called a "Dungeons & Dragons murder" because of the spear (a sharpened mason's trowel on a stick)...

It's kinda crazy how much stuff goes on beneath the surface of the everyday life you're surrounded by, that you never know about until it ends up making the news...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's kinda crazy how much stuff goes on beneath the surface of the everyday life you're surrounded by, that you never know about until it ends up making the news...

Yep. It's worth always giving people the benefit of the doubt because, even if it never makes the newspapers, lots of people are dealing with lots of stuff all around us.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Back (off) topic:

That is not what that term means. Words have meaning, people.

 

[Ryujin]

Slightly different situation, but I went to junior high with a kid named Bill - nice guy, quiet kid - who ended up shooting his father a few years later... It really blew my mind hearing about it until we found out that his father had been abusive.

Back in '88 there was a famous murder case in my town where a guy that ran a local dog grooming business killed his wife - she'd been strangled and impaled with a home-made spear - and it pretty much turned the whole town upside down for weeks.
I don't remember if the actual phrase was ever used in a news article, but it was being called a "Dungeons & Dragons murder" because of the spear (a sharpened mason's trowel on a stick)...

It's kinda crazy how much stuff goes on beneath the surface of the everyday life you're surrounded by, that you never know about until it ends up making the news...

OTOH when the weird kid from high school became the late teen who shanked a guy in a bar, that was maybe 2Km from my home, no one was surprised.

I live in the school district immediately to the south of where one of the more famous "D&D murders" occurred, back during the Satanic Panic. you can find out about it by searching for "Orangeville Dungeons and Dragons murder." They even paid for the 'expert testimony' of Dr. Thomas Radecki, who appeared in many of these trials. Someone tracked the kid down years later, grown and using a different name, and interviewed him. It was nothing to do with D&D. He had a mental illness that could be controlled with meds.

 

[niklinna]

Back (off) topic:

That is not what that term means. Words have meaning, people.

Niin on, varsinkin kun puhutaan samaa kieltä!

 

[Mad_Jack]

Why do I bother to read the game portions of the forum anymore?

I might respect peoples' opinions more if they weren't such fascist asshats about expressing them. If you want someone to see your point of view, stabbing them in the eye with it is not the way to go...

It's getting to the point where I don't want anything to do with 1DND or whatever the hell the placeholder name for it is, not because of the mechanics, but because of the association with all the drama surrounding it.

 

[deganawida]

Same here, haha!

Which version gets the closest? For me it's either 2e or C&C. Might mix the two somehow...

C&C version for me.