Slender man strikes again

[Koraak]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.1814357

TLDR

Pre-teen girls lure their friend into woods and stab her repeatedly. They say it was to become slender man's proxy. WTF mate.

[Treeskee]

Man, what the fuck is up with kids these days.....

[Deleted]

the things kids do for lolz

also: who is slenderman?

[Garnier Fructis]

The part of the story that really makes me go "huh? what?" is that the victim survived 19 stab wounds. Were they just not very deep wounds?

[Dispraise]

Kids do the darndest things.

[Koraak]

the things kids do for lolz

also: who is slenderman?

The only context I had for slender man before this article was the thriller game of the same name. Based on the article though he's something like an urban legend now.

[Illuminance]

He was an internet meme who was popular... two or three years ago? I pretty much forgot about him until this

[Speaknoevil]

They're trying twelve year olds as adults?

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That's very alarming.

[zito]

They're trying twelve year olds as adults?

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That's very alarming.

Attempted murder is pretty serious regardless of what influenced them and their age. But 12 years is pretty "mature" now a days. Most already know about sex and shit.

[Sliske]

Obviously deranged individuals here. No doubt most posts will be about video games though

[bayushisan]

They're trying twelve year olds as adults?

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That's very alarming.

They're being charged as adults because for multiple reasons it seems. That the act was premeditated and was planned since December. This was just sick on so many levels that I'm at a loss of what to say. If they're found guilty, and for the life of me I can't see how they can't be, they'll be held in juvenile detention until they're old enough to be transferred to an adult facility. That's really the best they should hope for considering how this went down.

[Deleted]

Attempted murder is pretty serious regardless of what influenced them and their age. But 12 years is pretty "mature" now a days. Most already know about sex and shit.

Are you serious?

[Romeothecat]

Honestly at this point when kids who are clearly unstable finally snap and blame video games just think "How long are Fox and CNN going to blame the video game industry this time?"

[zito]

Are you serious?

In High school I had to do community service to graduate. It ended up baby sitting a bunch of 5th graders having a school sleep over. They decided that the grape juice was making them drunk and high while trying to look under girls skirts.

Yes I am fucking serious it's attempted murder. No fucking internet meme is to blame about 2 - 12 year olds girls plotting and attempting a murder and barely missing a vital spot by 5 cm. These are smart little brats trying to take their age into advantage and blaming the internet.

It's the same as politicians blaming video games for violent behavior. It's not the games or the meme. The fucking kids are demented.

[Djuntas]

Whats this slender man stuff..I don't spend much time on these internet things?

Anywho, thats the world today for ya...

[Smokinya]

Hoping they get tried as adults. Honestly what the fuck is wrong with the world today? Everyone is so sick.

[Deleted]

In High school I had to do community service to graduate. It ended up baby sitting a bunch of 5th graders having a school sleep over. They decided that the grape juice was making them drunk and high while trying to look under girls skirts.

Yes I am fucking serious it's attempted murder. No fucking internet meme is to blame about 2 - 12 year olds girls plotting and attempting a murder and barely missing a vital spot by 5 cm. These are smart little brats trying to take their age into advantage and blaming the internet.

It's the same as politicians blaming video games for violent behavior. It's not the games or the meme. The fucking kids are demented.

Spot on. I hope they get tied in real close with the social services at the very least, and that's being generous.

I still think there must be something very extraordinary to trigger the offenders actions in cases like this. I don't know what it is but the memes really can't be blamed on this one.

[Rukentuts]

They're trying twelve year olds as adults?

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That's very alarming.

Trial as adult is legalese for they knew what they did was wrong and can understand consequences.

[Kraenen]

the things kids do for lolz

also: who is slenderman?

it's a dumb meme that people have been trying to force on the internet for years. there's actually a meme with a pokemon in it that is quite fitting for this.

[Zoaric]

Whats this slender man stuff..I don't spend much time on these internet things?

Anywho, thats the world today for ya...

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/slender-man
There ya go.

OT: That's just sickening. Also, what a random and old thing for kids to take a shining
to... I mean, it was popularish, what? 3 years ago? That's like 30 years ago in internet
time.