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Gamer Dies in Taipei Internet Cafe, Nine Hours Later Someone Notices

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited February 2012 in Ten Forward
This is one of those wow are you kidding me stories, but if you think about it I can see how it happened. But it's still very very sad to read about something like this. Poor guy. :eek:

http://kotaku.com/5881944/gamer-dies-in-taipei-internet-cafe-nine-hours-later-someone-notices
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    This thing kind of scares me because it's not the first time something like this has made the news, last year there was one in Korea and a couple years ago in Japan, though that one didn't die he just lapsed into a diabetic coma and sat there face down on his keyboard until closing time.

    Is there some kind of cultural norm in Asia where you just ignore people who appear to be sleeping or unconscious in public? In North America somebody would have nudged him to ask if he was done so he could free up the space he obviously wasn't using for somebody in line.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    I dont get that part of thge sorty too. But maybe a lot of people fall asleep at the computer station, and that's why no one figured there was an issue with this guy.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Sir-Cedric wrote: »
    This is one of those wow are you kidding me stories, but if you think about it I can see how it happened. But it's still very very sad to read about something like this. Poor guy. :eek:

    http://kotaku.com/5881944/gamer-dies-in-taipei-internet-cafe-nine-hours-later-someone-notices

    I got one to top you:

    I believe last Friday's paper mentioned something along the lines that oen of the bordering town to mine had someone die in their home for over a year before anyone noticed.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Spend all day oblivious to all around you and you're surprised it took them that long?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2012
    Not nearly as shocking as somebody getting mugged or run over on a busy street and people just gawk and keep walking. No less sad but the shock factor has been thinned by the sheer number of stories like these.
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