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I'd never heard of "navy seal copypasta", so I googled it, and to my read, its very hard to see any >wink< >wink< in the text, which ends after a long screed, with threats of violence against the poster. So I think its reasonable to believe that maybe on of the people on the twitter abuse team didn't get the joke and instead saw what on its surface looks like a threat. I don't know twitter's ToS, but I'm guessing that if taken literally that text could violate them.


The part about "gorilla warfare" wasn't a hint?


There’s also the part about “you’re dead”, which is a crime. The one time someone assumes this is a joke and then something bad happens…


No, it wasn’t. There are plenty of people online who both a) can’t spell, and b) are unhinged enough to make genuine threats against a stranger’s life.




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