Oddbean new post about login | logout To be honest this happens in real life too. Twice in the last few months I’ve had people come on to the deck at my house to steal my pride flag and flag pole. I don’t really care if you’ve got bigoted ideas but I’m not so keen on threats of violence, theft, and damaging my home. The thing is the things said online don’t stay there and often what starts as a joke becomes real violence.