It’s a meme where someone issues a threat against someone else, then veils it against moderation & reporting by appending “in Minecraft.”
e.g. a user responds to your post with “I’m gonna burn your house down”, which can be construed as a real-world douchebaggery. But if they say “I’m gonna burn your house down in Minecraft”, there’s plausible deniability because it’s infers online douchebaggery where real physical harm is unlikely.
I understand what you mean by “a French innovation,” but I’m OOTL on Minecraft. How does Minecraft get you on a watchlist?
It’s a meme where someone issues a threat against someone else, then veils it against moderation & reporting by appending “in Minecraft.” e.g. a user responds to your post with “I’m gonna burn your house down”, which can be construed as a real-world douchebaggery. But if they say “I’m gonna burn your house down in Minecraft”, there’s plausible deniability because it’s infers online douchebaggery where real physical harm is unlikely.
Ah, I see. Cheers.
Everyone always says “terrible thing” and then adds “in Minecraft” on the end to absolve themselves of all liability.
Turns out that doesn’t work.
https://www.techspot.com/news/97998-4chan-user-arrested-posting-minecraft-death-threat.html
38 years old neo Nazi, arrested at his mother’s place after threatening a sheriff on 4chan because the sheriff stopped them from spreading hate.
Such a loser… in Minecraft :)
38 and still living with parents and spending all day on 4chan? Hate to say it, but what a stereotype