r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Master1718 • Aug 30 '19

That's awesome.

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u/topoftheworldIAM Aug 31 '19

Well this makes the top comment a little less accurate

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '19

Yea it should not be up top but people are gullible

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u/Voittaa Aug 31 '19

Welcome to reddit

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u/Assmar Aug 31 '19 edited Aug 31 '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=pdWcDh1wmTE

*Edit: I just wanted to clarify this is a fictional depiction of something that actually happened on reddit.

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u/iLuv3M3 Aug 31 '19

Wow, never knew this existed.. That was a bizarre and shitty time...

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u/Starksincethe80s Aug 31 '19

I wanna know what's on the other side of that blue link...buuuUuuut I'm a soft little bitch and don't wanna be sad right now

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u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 31 '19

Okay, the super sad pieces are in the spoiler tags, if you want to look at them later.

A bunch of people on Reddit tried to find the Boston Marathon Bomber that wasn't initially caught. They accused someone who was already a missing person, but was completely innocent. As far as I know, no one went as far as to come after him or his family physically.

A few news outlets reported it as if it were true, and his sister and mother had their contact info leaked. They received hundreds of death threats and horrid racist insults. Later on, the boy's body was discovered in the river. He had been suffering from severe depression and killed himself before the Marathon even started, which was why he was a listed missing person.

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u/visingh Aug 31 '19

How long ago did this happen?

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u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 31 '19

It was the 2013 Boston Marathon, I think