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If you're curious about the actual gif, I found it here[1]. Funny how something this simple can be so harmful. WARNING, THIS IS THE ACTUAL GIF AND INDUCED A SEIZURE IN ATLEAST ONE INSTANCE THAT WE KNOW OF. DON'T OPEN IF YOU'RE EPILEPTIC! [1]: https://giphy.com/gifs/acid-SDdgL8VFPq4ec
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Different screen size, but many games have a warning about epilepsy.
It might be like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_65_(198... where the incentives are to mindlessly post a warning without any effort to confirm whether it's necessary. Result: warnings on everything until they're nearly unavoidable.
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This is a long rant of "what if's" that aren't relevant since the details are known. The "what if the guy didn't do it" is what the justice system is for, attorneys and investigators sort it out.
Sadly that's not how the justice system usually works. Investigators put together worst case scenario and find some facts that support their hypothesis (this document). Like everyone else he will settle and probably spend a few months in jail and pick up garbage on the freeway for 6 months, whether he did it or not. It's usually not worth the risk of losing in court
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> I'm saying that unless they have a confession from the defendant that he was trying to kill this guy, or his diary dictating that, which they should include in the story were that the case, then this is just stupid. If that was the standard for a criminal prosecution, we'd rarely convict anyone. > The presidence this case might set forth is terrifying. It provides a never before seen limitless weaponization of the…
Every response is karma suicide, however, I am obviously referring to this exact specific case.. One would traditionally assume that posting a gif is not a crime, no matter the gif (with a few exceptions in the law such as certain types of pornography), in THIS case, the person I am responding to claims it is a crime because of the intent. And the precedent I am discussing is apparently whether or not posting a 'gif'…
If you want to have a discussion, take some time to clearly articulate your arguments because it's hard to read. I think that's what's getting voted down, not necessarily that everyone disagrees with you.
[0]: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-arrested-cyberst...
If you're curious about the actual gif, I found it here[1]. Funny how something this simple can be so harmful. WARNING, THIS IS THE ACTUAL GIF AND INDUCED A SEIZURE IN ATLEAST ONE INSTANCE THAT WE KNOW OF. DON'T OPEN IF YOU'RE EPILEPTIC! [1]: https://giphy.com/gifs/acid-SDdgL8VFPq4ec
I feel a little nauseated after watching this for a few seconds. I don't think I am epileptic but could this mean I might be?
As a person with epilepsy I viewed the image (FOR SCIENCE!) and almost immediately had a headache. which is on par with what I was expecting from previous experiences with flashing lights.
That being said, EEG testing has reveled that my thresh hold for Photosensitive seizures is much higher than other triggers making me feel safe viewing the image.
You're an insane person and I regret engaging with you.
We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13920864 and marked it off-topic.
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> “Spammed this at [victim] let’s see if he dies,” Seizures can kill and this is widely known, so widely that we got instruction in high school on how to deal with a seizure victim to make sure they don't die. Surely someone sending a seizure inducing picture to someone they know is prone to seizures is well aware of the risk they are taking, they are definitely not doing it to give them a monitor induced suntan. See…
That quote sounds like common smack-talk rather than a genuine statement of intent. I think you could hang "intent to do the victim harm" on the combination of that and the actions here. But, actual intent to cause death? I'd want to see much more than mention of dying - "do that and I'll kill you" or "I hope you die", or similar, must have been said a trillion times in situations where actual death was _not_ intende…