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Facepalm: Will Trade Sex for Everquest

Posted by Cole Stryker

 

Would you be willing to let other men sleep with your wife in exchange for phat l00tz? Well, some abhorent slime is.

 

This has to be one of the most soul crushing Post Secrets that I've come across. I hate it when the mainstream media fixates on video game addiction, but stories like these make me think that perhaps the gaming media could take it more seriously. It definitely exists and it ruins lives, like any other addiction. I guess it's hard for people to think about it that way because video games are still considered child's play in our society. Of course, it's not a video game problem so much as human nature.

I'm going to go spend the weekend contemplating the human condition. If you need me I'll be sulking in the shower, chewing on a wet washcloth. 

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Luke said:

You can't blame videogames here - these lives were already ruined long before Everquest came along.

January 31, 2009 1:00 AM

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