Anyone remeber that whale suicide game?

[FoxSauce]

Back in middle school I heard like of a blue whale game that you have to do some task you do for 30 days and then you cbt.

Did anyone heard of it?

 

[lamy's sacred sleep]

blue whale, I heard of it on the news.
i think they said it was a hoax

 

[FoxSauce]

Wait didn't they arrested a guy in russia for that?

blue whale, I heard of it on the news.
i think they said it was a hoax

 

[Lyn]

Wait didn't they arrested a guy in russia for that?

Yes, they did. The one who appeared well after the media had already fabricated the hoax

 

[FoxSauce]

Yes, they did. The one who appeared well after the media had already fabricated the hoax

Damn
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings like discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings like discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.

 

[Lyn]

Damn
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings like discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.
But fr back then was a big deal in school we like those school meetings like discussing the dangers online and like if you see anyone with scars and acts withdrawn to report it.

The media received ratings.
Government received distraction.
The police and courts received promotions.
Teachers demonstrated active engagement, and the school administration received reports on the work done.

Everyone's happy.
Well, almost everyone...

 

[FoxSauce]

Wdym?

 

[Lyn]

Wdym?

I mean the scare served its purpose and many gained from it, except for a few scapegoats.

 

[FoxSauce]

Woah fr ?! How so ?

 

[Whale_bones]

My post from a while ago when I looked into this:

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/anyone-remember-the-blue-whale-challenge.187343/post-2759627

 

[Lyn]

Woah fr ?! How so ?

The media makes up a "horror story" pounced on the panic, churning out hoaxes with little regard for truth. Which results in higher ratings. Fear has always been sold well.

Police and courts jumped at the opportunity to display toughness, launching investigations and crackdowns that looked good on paper but led nowhere real.

Teachers organized lectures, discussions, and "preventative measures," more for show than substance, ticking boxes rather than reaching students.

School administrators collected these efforts into glossy reports, proudly submitted up the chain, proving they had "responded."

In reality, the so-called threat was a ghost. An enemy manufactured from several memes (4:20, weed, etc) few lines from a popular back then depressive song (something about a giant blue whale in the net).

That served everyone's interests:

Authorities tightened their grip on censorship, institutions justified their budgets, and the public was distracted.

A few teens were demonized, a few unlucky ones punished. Such systems always need scapegoats.

It was never about saving anyone.
It was about control, censorship and profit. And the system played it quite well.
Unfortunately.

 

[FoxSauce]

My post from a while ago when I looked into this:

https://sanctioned-suicide.net/threads/anyone-remember-the-blue-whale-challenge.187343/post-2759627

Dang I didn't know opps-

The media makes up a "horror story" pounced on the panic, churning out hoaxes with little regard for truth. Which results in higher ratings. Fear has always been sold well.

Police and courts jumped at the opportunity to display toughness, launching investigations and crackdowns that looked good on paper but led nowhere real.

Teachers organized lectures, discussions, and "preventative measures," more for show than substance, ticking boxes rather than reaching students.

School administrators collected these efforts into glossy reports, proudly submitted up the chain, proving they had "responded."

In reality, the so-called threat was a ghost. An enemy manufactured from several memes (4.40, weed, etc) few lines from a popular back then depressive song (something about a giant blue whale in the net).

That served everyone's interests:

Authorities tightened their grip on censorship, institutions justified their budgets, and the public was distracted.

A few teens were demonized, a few unlucky ones punished. Such systems always need scapegoats.

It was never about saving anyone.
It was about control, censorship and profit — and the system played it quite well.
Unfortunately.

Dang! So in other words fear and greed?

 

[Lyn]

Dang I didn't know opps-

Dang! So in other words fear and greed?

Essentially. Gaining money and power using fear as an instrument.

 

[FoxSauce]

Essentially. Gaining money and power using fear as an instrument.

Thats super scummy

 

[Whale_bones]

Dang I didn't know opps-

No oops necessary, I'm just linking it because I looked into what went on, read a lot of articles and summed up what I learned. I also linked an article that goes into further depth for those who are interested.