A lot of the young testosterone has been redirected to games. A place boys can freely be competitive at all times. If there were no games, they might instead be protesting. If the internet goes dark, these young men will direct this energy, perhaps, to the situation at hand.
Then let it be so. Perhaps if the lights go out my friends will realize their "crazy" buddy was right. Maybe they will realize that something isn't right. Until something goes wrong for them they are content in their slumber.
I've seen similar discussions in the Heroes of the Storm general chat.
Say what you will about Blizzard, they have some extremely based chatrooms for some reason.
Lots of gamers are based. Gamergate pissed off a lot of them.
A lot of the young testosterone has been redirected to games. A place boys can freely be competitive at all times. If there were no games, they might instead be protesting. If the internet goes dark, these young men will direct this energy, perhaps, to the situation at hand.
Then let it be so. Perhaps if the lights go out my friends will realize their "crazy" buddy was right. Maybe they will realize that something isn't right. Until something goes wrong for them they are content in their slumber.