Slurs in Game Chat Saved Lives

Champions of the Ice @ChampionsOTIce2 For the record, teen suicide rates were consistently at their lowest when the number of people using slurs in game chat were at their highest. US teen and young adult suicide rates are highest on record Suicide deaths among people ages 15 to 24, per 100,000 people 1994 13.6 2017 14.5 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 8 10 12 14 16 CALL OF DUTY 4 MODERN WARFARE 7:51 PM · Sep 27, 2023 · 72.6K Views

A screenshot of a social media post claims that teen suicide rates were lowest when slurs in game chat were most common. It pairs a suicide-rate chart with the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare cover, creating an absurdly dark joke that toxic gaming chat somehow improved mental health. People send it as an ironic reaction to defend or nostalgically celebrate the brutally offensive voice chat of older multiplayer games. EN: A screenshot of a social media post claims that teen suicide rates were lowest when slurs in game chat were most common. It pairs a suicide-rate chart with the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare cover, creating an absurdly dark joke that toxic gaming chat somehow improved mental health. People send it as an ironic reaction to defend or nostalgically celebrate the brutally offensive voice chat of older multiplayer games.

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