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Ex Lurker

(3,813 posts)
Sun May 25, 2014, 02:45 AM May 2014

If you spend any time at all online, you'll find personas every bit as weird as the Roger guy

some the same kind of weird, some different. I say personas instead of people, because you don't really know who the true person is behind the keyboard, and how much of what you see online is reality. If you're like me, your default mode is to assume that a lot of it is trollery, and can even come to appreciate it when it's elaborately and masterfully done. Without any backstory, this guy's posts and videos do look like a very well constructed troll job. So now I'm going to have to reconsider my assumptions. Maybe a lot of people out there are just as weird and disturbed as they seen to be online.

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If you spend any time at all online, you'll find personas every bit as weird as the Roger guy (Original Post) Ex Lurker May 2014 OP
you'll find the occasional creepy weird f*** right here on DU Skittles May 2014 #1
time to kick their ass steve2470 May 2014 #2
sorry, I am too busy hunting for 6 foot guys with tons of loot Skittles May 2014 #3
oh steve2470 May 2014 #5
here ya go Skittles May 2014 #6
misguided to say the least steve2470 May 2014 #9
Well, at least I meet one of your qualifications. TexasTowelie May 2014 #7
I play with a group of folk at work Skittles May 2014 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #10
True KT2000 May 2014 #4
Just wait. The NRA is gonna blame WOW. Say PVP made him into a killer. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #11
I think some people, one way or another, have simply lost their humanity. nomorenomore08 May 2014 #12
Beer and travel money ease all wounds. JVS May 2014 #13

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
1. you'll find the occasional creepy weird f*** right here on DU
Sun May 25, 2014, 02:53 AM
May 2014

heck, check out some of the replies in the threads about America's latest psycho killer

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
3. sorry, I am too busy hunting for 6 foot guys with tons of loot
Sun May 25, 2014, 02:57 AM
May 2014

otherwise, I just don't see men, you know? That's how we gals are.

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
9. misguided to say the least
Sun May 25, 2014, 03:57 AM
May 2014

Like TT said, I meet one of the qualities but bank account far short

Good luck with the lottery with your co-workers !

Response to Skittles (Reply #3)

KT2000

(20,577 posts)
4. True
Sun May 25, 2014, 02:59 AM
May 2014

Judging by comments in publications, there are some really strange people expressing themselves. Even if it is a troll job, one has to wonder why people choose to be extremely hateful, ugly and cruel.
Is it possible that the computer and ability to communicate with the world is changing some people or fueling the dark side in some. It looks like Roger found forums where he could take things to the extreme.

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
12. I think some people, one way or another, have simply lost their humanity.
Sun May 25, 2014, 06:31 AM
May 2014

And it is indeed a terrifying thing.

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