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* This is an actual crime, called "pseudocide" (literally 'pretend murder'). |
* This is an actual crime, called "pseudocide" (literally 'pretend murder'). |
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** Though not usually a crime, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121205074503/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide the same term is used when someone on the Internet pretends to die]. They used to arouse suspicion by their ability to still post from the hospital, but nowadays it is possible to get wireless Internet access and not just blog, but make video logs from the hospital, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoCzo9BPlrI&feature=channel_video_title as CTFxC demonstrates]. Depending on the blogging software, it is entirely possible for someone to queue up [[Dead Man Writing|a post to be made automatically in the event they die]]. |
** Though not usually a crime, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121205074503/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Pseuicide the same term is used when someone on the Internet pretends to die]. They used to arouse suspicion by their ability to still post from the hospital, but nowadays it is possible to get wireless Internet access and not just blog, but make video logs from the hospital, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoCzo9BPlrI&feature=channel_video_title as CTFxC demonstrates]. Depending on the blogging software, it is entirely possible for someone to queue up [[Dead Man Writing|a post to be made automatically in the event they die]]. |
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