RIP Thread

[dsssssssss9]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... xtradition

[Cloudane]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQecC-TnyER/

It's all getting a bit weird.

Epstein 2.0 or just a paranoid nutjob who killed himself?

[Deckard]

Nutjob - Have you seen the video ?

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/mcafe ... 2okqu.html

[WiteWulf]

Very sad to hear that Near/byuu/Dave took their life yesterday following a prolonged campaign of online abuse and bullying, most recently orchestrated by a group called "Kiwi Farms"

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/new ... ssed-away/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/ ... assed_away

Near was responsible for some incredible work in SNES emulation and game preservation and if you've ever played an emulated SNES there's a very good chance you've used some of his code.

[gilesgoat]

Very sad to hear that Near/byuu/Dave took their life yesterday following a prolonged campaign of online abuse and bullying, most recently orchestrated by a group called "Kiwi Farms"

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/new ... ssed-away/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/ ... assed_away

Near was responsible for some incredible work in SNES emulation and game preservation and if you've ever played an emulated SNES there's a very good chance you've used some of his code.

... ...

.. this sound like a very sad story .. but apologizes if I ask, I know NOTHING, "harassed about what/why" ???

[WiteWulf]

In their own words:
https://twitter.com/near_koukai/status/ ... 7235312640

But basically, they were a fragile combination of autistic, non-binary, shy, sensitive and in the public light due to their very popular work. That combination made him an easy target to get a reaction out of.

As to "why", with respect to Kiwi Farms, it's "because they could". They're a bunch of utter cunts who target people for fun and allegedly keep score cards of how many people they've driven to depression, isolation or, worse, suicide. They break people for the fun of it.

[gilesgoat]

*SNIP*

As to "why", with respect to Kiwi Farms, it's "because they could". They're a bunch of utter cunts who target people for fun and allegedly keep score cards of how many people they've driven to depression, isolation or, worse, suicide. They break people for the fun of it.

Erm .. "there's something weird here" .. how can possibly a thing like Kiwi Farm exists without being banned ?

[WiteWulf]

Same reason 4chan et al continue to exist. They get booted from one hosting company if enough complaints are made, and just move to another one, it's like playing whack-a-mole and there are a lot of hosting companies who don't ask questions.

[gilesgoat]

Same reason 4chan et al continue to exist. They get booted from one hosting company if enough complaints are made, and just move to another one, it's like playing whack-a-mole and there are a lot of hosting companies who don't ask questions.

Just made a check, strange I can't find anything on Wikipedia to point at, maybe in "common law" this thing does not exist ?

However in Italy, "Article 580 penal code" :


Chiunque determina altri al suicidio o rafforza l'altrui proposito di suicidio, ovvero ne agevola in qualsiasi modo l'esecuzione(1), è punito, se il suicidio avviene, con la reclusione da cinque a dodici anni.

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Le pene sono aumentate [64] se la persona istigata o eccitata o aiutata si trova in una delle condizioni indicate nei numeri 1 e 2 dell'articolo precedente.



It part of ( there are a few articles ) about the "instigation to commit ( illegal or harmful ) acts", so if you cause someone to commit suicide you are punishible between 5 and 12 years of jail time, but there are "further penalities" if the person you are targeting is a vulnerable person ( for example has some sort of phisical/mental disability/problem ).

Pretty sure that the hosting company could be considered "accessory to the fact" for providing the plattform that allowed the insitgation to take place, the "it's not my content is user stuff" won't save you as "you did not do anything to remove it or report to police what was going on" therefore you are responsible the same.

Now Italy is a weird place .. but "we really have laws for everything" hosting shit in Italy is ABSOLUTELY NOT trivial nowadays, those hosting must be all "in weird places" I suppose, certainly not USA/UK and probably no EU either.

[venusian]

I would expect most of it is anonymous too.

[Cloudane]

Gut wrenchingly awful. I managed to get through to their site for a short time past the "we're being DDoS'd" wall of lies (e.g. that no one ever previously named them a cause of suicide, a claim you can refute with 5 seconds of Googling) and yeah.... absolutely vile stuff. Their favourite targets appear to be anyone with mental health issues, on the autistic spectrum, transgender, non-binary, furries, bronies, weebs, nerds.... the usual people who twats on the internet enjoy bullying. Sad that sites like this manage to exist and thrive.

[illlogickill]

Very sad to hear that Near/byuu/Dave took their life yesterday following a prolonged campaign of online abuse and bullying, most recently orchestrated by a group called "Kiwi Farms"

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/new ... ssed-away/

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/ ... assed_away

Near was responsible for some incredible work in SNES emulation and game preservation and if you've ever played an emulated SNES there's a very good chance you've used some of his code.

I'm sure I met Dave at an RV, may of chatted about Maiden with him. Quiet, friendly soul.

[dsssssssss9]

Dusty Hill from ZZ-Top has died
[url] https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/28/dusty-hi ... 05022/[url]


First ever cd I bought was eliminator

[Foozwah]

Dusty Hill from ZZ-Top has died
[url] https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/28/dusty-hi ... 05022/[url]

First ever cd I bought was eliminator

I remember hearing La Grange on the radio on whatever FM classic rock station my dad always had on in the background in the late 70s; I just loved that sound. Eliminator was probably in my first five or six albums I bought - at the time I didn't realise it was the same band that did La Grange, as the sound was so different.

RIP Mr Hill, and thanks for the music.

[rowan]

RIP Dusty. I've had "Just Got Paid" buzzing around in my head on and off ever since reading about this, great song.