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Couple Raises Virtual Child and Starves Real One

Posted by samzenpus on from the world's-worst-dad dept.

NeutronCowboy writes "According to CNN, a South Korean couple was arrested for allowing their baby to starve to death while they were out at an internet cafe. One of their activities there: raising a virtual child in the online game Prius Online. While a South Korean professor calls it a case of Internet Addiction, it's probably more a case of bad coping mechanisms. They were jobless and had apparently little to look forward to."

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  1. More Technophobe Propaganda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Flame if you like, but I, personally, don't think that Prius Online was to blame at all. I've played it a little myself - it's rather like SL meets the Sims but in Korean. To me, this seems like another case of general family neglect and not of IAD.

  2. They had little to look forward to? by elnyka · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They were jobless and had apparently little to look forward to.

    What about looking forward to take care of their baby no matter what? Jesus fucking Christ, there are people out the in Africa and Latin America that virtually find their food in garbage cans and still look forward to take care of their children no matter what. And these two e-tards that were jobless in one of the most affluent developed countries couldn't cope with being unemployed and couldn't look forward to take care of their child?

    It boggles the mind.

    1. Re:They had little to look forward to? by adolf · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Spoken like someone with true sanity about them.

      Unfortunately, not everyone is so blessed.

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      Kid-proof tablet..