Dangerous

Written 55-I21 [2024-03-22], Edited 55-I21 [2024-03-22]

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“Ugh, no more superheroes,” one commenter said.

“Capeshit is for ________,” another commenter replied.

Not many people knew about this forum. In the mainstream media, those who knew about it usually called it an alt-right transphobic cyber-bullying forum. They were almost correct. The most fashionable bigotry on this forum was ableism.

Zach didn’t usually comment on the forum, it was dangerous. Even though he didn’t have a psychological diagnosis, his erotic My Little Pony fan fiction would make him a juicy target for his fellow users.

In fact this very thread was about a former user, snorlax7, but nobody bothered with the screen name anymore. The very first page of the the two-hundred page thread included the guy’s real name, “Michael Stevenson Junior”. It also included his home address at 78 Jerome Street in the town of Stratford, his former place of work at a local bagel restaurant, his sexual fetishes, a photo of his genitals, a photo of his amputated toe, several private chats with a fake internet girlfriend, and various other intimate details that nobody wanted to know, except for the weird freaks on this forum who would eat his own.

Zach thought he was above it all, he thought he was better than the people on the forum he spent 12 hours a day reading. But all it took was one little slip.

“Snorlax should wake up and get a life,” said Zach.

2 minutes later somebody else replied. “That’s a lot coming from a clopper.” The comment read, followed by Zach’s IP address.

Notes

This was written in 15 minutes during a Joy of Writing meetup.