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Originally Posted by shackin'up
PS: I WAS made fun of in highschool. But it strengthened me. Like it hurt me too.
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I spent many years hurt from the way I was treated in high school, but eventually it strengthened me as well.
But the years of crippling self-doubt and insecurities are exactly why I dislike the idea of this game. Not for myself, but for others.
You view it as a harmless lark, riffing on people's online personas. But some people haven't built up "cyber identities." It's not an act for them.
I don't know about you, but despite my use of a screenname, I'm am what I am -- online or offline.
So it's easy to say that
we have tough skins and
we can take it... but can we safely say that about
everyone? Simply because a person volunteers for the game, it doesn't mean that the potential for them getting hurt deeply isn't there.
Is any
game really worth the risk of hurting someone?