Addiction To Fortnite Cited In Over 200 Divorce Petitions (dailydot.com)

An anonymous reader writes: In just the last 35 weeks, one online divorce site received over 200 petitions citing addiction to Fortnite and other online games as one of the reasons someone wanted a divorce. "[T]he dawn of the digital revolution has introduced new addictions," said a spokesperson for the company, also citing online pornography and social media. "These numbers equate to roughly 5% of the 4,665 petitions we have handled since the beginning of the year and as one of the largest filers of divorce petitions in the UK, is a pretty good indicator."

On the other hand, the A.V. Club notes that the web site's creators "have a vested interest in making divorce seem sexy and cool in a way that only 'You walked in front of the screen and a 10-year-old in Wyoming shot me dead so now I'm taking the house' truly can."

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Lightweight reporters..

[thesupraman]

Yes, reporters are very light.
It's a little known fact that they continuously produce large amounts of internal hot air. If they do not constantly emit this hot air they can actually float away and vanish.
This is why they spend most of their time talkingb complete rubbish, in an attempt to emit as much hot air as possible.

You should feel sorry for them, as there is little time left to do anything actually useful with their lives.

Re:I'm sorry, but I couldn't parse this

[vlad30]

spouse walking in front of the display

Now everything depends on if the spouse is naked