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Comment by duderific | Hacker News Reader

Man...nobody said that when I was in high school (30 years ago). Times have changed.

The Internet has definitely increased the proliferation of such behavior.

Has it? Do we have any reason to believe this is definite? Moreover, do we have any evidence that this behavior didn't exist or existed at a lesser scale 30 years ago? Maybe the GP simply did not see it happening.

Either way it seems like speculation, maybe it should be presented as such instead of stating it as fact?

Insisting on evidence that proves a negative claim is an impossible standard. In the absence of evidence one can assume that a statement is anecdotal, especially when information like location and timeframe are not included.

I guess I could have been more clear-

I don't believe these anecdotes reflect reality, and I don't think they really bring anything of substance to the conversation. It's borderline alarmist at best.

If you played xbox or something similar 10 years ago I think you would agree. Nonetheless, I am happy to be wrong in this situation. YMMV

Mean kids said all sorts of insulting things, but it was more related to personal appearance (fat, ugly etc.) or "your mama" jokes.

Interesting that the movie "Heathers" came out 30 years ago this year. It's about exactly this thing. If you didn't experience it 30 years ago, you may have been simply lucky.

In my experience it's teens being edgy, not meant seriously. But when it's a depressed person hearing it you never know.

Tbf 30 years ago fights seemed common whereas there were very few when I was in school. Seems like physical violence has evolved into verbal because it's harder to trace and punish. (Just a guess)

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