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Full o' Doom ([info]doomsday) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-12-27 18:03:00


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Entry tags:internet pseuicide: don't do it

Pseuicidal tendencies
This might get confusing. Bear with me.

A guy named Boner posts a gripping story on the DDR Freak forum about a mysterious girl he met at a concert. Things were perfect, until it turned out she had terminal cancer and would soon die. Or did she? His story unfolded in the typical fake internet death manner: sudden trips to the hospital, calls from third parties, shady pasts, crazy exes. Boner used fake names and locations to hide his own identity, fearing for himself. You see, "Stacy" was a wanted felon in her home state and had been convicted for forgery, bad checks to the tune of $60,000, and theft. There's also something about an ex-boyfriend who had his lawn destroyed.

Some people are sympathetic, some are skeptical. Boner's details don't all seem to mesh, and there is discussion about whether he is lying or whether his attempt to change names and location is the cause for inconsistency. And why would the girl use her own name instead of going by an alias? Much of this discussion happens on Reddit, once they pick up the story: see here, here, and here, for example (there's sort of NSFW ACSII art of a naked girl in the full comments). To add to this, people on the DDR forum find old posts from Boner stating that he had just met a great girl at a concert. Was he planning this for months, or was he really being conned?

The internet detectives, never to be outdone, find a Utah woman who matches Boner's description. Apparently this is the girl, because Boner updates his story with different names and places. She's no longer Stacy from a Motorhead concert, but Kari from a Girl Talk concert, and she's from Utah, not Nebraska, and her crazy ex is Jacen, not Jason. Her SLCPD Most Wanted info is discovered, as well as an argument between Kari's ex who had his lawn destroyed—or whose friend's lawn was destroyed...or something—and one of her friends.

So in the end, it seems that Boner almost got boned by a pro, and not in the good way.



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[info]cmdr_zoom
2008-12-30 11:27 pm UTC (link)
"Hey old man, gonna be done soon? Some of the rest of us would like to... urk, gk, hnn" *thud*

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[info]brennalarose
2008-12-31 08:58 pm UTC (link)
For that, you win cake!

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[info]cmdr_zoom
2009-01-01 02:11 am UTC (link)
I'd ask for some ryshcate, but I don't like nuts... how about chocolate or lemon instead?

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