When the Mockers Come Crawling Back
lmao. It had been a while since talk of 'Last Day' started circulating, and even those who'd been laughing at us were starting to struggle to keep it up.
Suddenly, a site popped up announcing the shutdown of the Earth server. No matter what anyone tried, it couldn't be deleted, and nobody knew who made it. Once everyone realized that, the mood shifted.
The site already felt sketchy as the prologue to some apocalypse game. And now even the government couldn't touch it? Conspiracy theories were bound to sprout up.
The public's reactions were all over the map.
Surprisingly, that last one got a ton of upvotes. Seemed like plenty of people secretly wished this shitty world would just flip upside down. Hard to tell if they meant it or if it was just internet tough-guy bullshit.
This post got buried in a storm of upvotes and downvotes—perfect 1:1 ratio, hitting best post status in record time.
"Hmm."
Truth was, most users probably nodded along. We survival nuts never got a fair shake from society anyway. Especially with this Last Day mess—we were nationally pickled as crazies. Some politicians even dubbed us "delusional game addicts."
Now that time passed and panic set in, they came sniffing for scraps? From the perspective of folks unjustly branded societal cancer, it must've been beyond infuriating.
That's probably why the Last Day old-timers—who'd been watching closest—stayed ghost. Helping got them jack shit beyond a pat on the back. No upside to sticking their necks out, just guaranteed backlash.
Let the ones who mocked us taste it for once. Wasn't that the hot new "flippy" revenge vibe?
And regrettably, even this vet felt the same. No real reason to step up and play hero.
Halfway across the world, wars raged on. Someone croaked from disease while I sipped coffee. But how many teared up and donated? Barely any.
Sure, if death happened right in front of me, I'd help if I could. But aiding faceless randos over the net? Different story. Especially if it risked my own skin—not worth debating.
"I got banned for posting anyway."
A few similar posts, and I was branded a troll—perma-banned. Left me a pitiful lurker who could only comment.
Some latecomers tried sliding in, but I ghosted them all. Gallery loaded fast now, so lurking killed time fine.
Anyway, folks were slowly waking up to the "doom theory." Still urban legend tier, but... who knows. Wouldn't take long to spread.
Frankly, the situation was a bit prickly. Ah, turns out I dig this flippy stuff.
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I picked up survival tips browsing sites like this. Turns out there were legit known experts here too.
Just translating and reposting foreign sites helped a ton. Some even linked solid survival YouTube channels when that wasn't enough.
A few made survival their full gig. Like ex-soldier turned YouTuber 'Lee Jeong'—rough mouth earned him haters, but unlike amateur us, he grinded for real and cashed in.
Then one day, he posted.
"Ho, an interview?"
Unlike the usual one-liner news blurbs, this was face-to-face with a journalist. Good luck, maybe TV exposure.
Truth is, us doomers were seen as total life-failures, subhuman trash by society. Normal folks just wanted quiet lives—we apocalypse screamers rubbed 'em wrong.
Human nature: trash-talk what you wanna deny. The grilling we got across forums, media, IRL? Indescribable.
Now a reporter actually listened. Ignored doomers rejoiced. Lots idolized "expert" Lee Jeong.
Would've been fine... but real-name grinder Lee Jeong had shit personality.
To him, this "interview" was a golden ticket to the majors. He started denying his dark internet past.
Coulda stayed humble brag. Folks might've congrats'd or even hooked him up for the interview.
But Lee Jeong wasn't mature. Classic type who trashes others to prop his ego. Reeking of rank-obsession and loser complex.
Board users weren't thrilled. Already grilled by haters, now a fellow grinder shat on them? Few would laugh it off.
They gleefully dug up his dirt: old crimes like sexual harassment, DUI, hit-and-run, unlicensed driving, impersonation, assault.
Damn, guy thrives economically? Korea's laws impress.
Checked Namuwiki—full incident list. Buried due to low buzz, but rap sheet sparkled.
Whoa, didn't know he was such a legend.
Lee Jeong clapped back lightly.
Then Lee Jeong vanished. Figured his ego would've dragged him back post-interview to brag. Unexpected.
Maybe he just wanted out of the shadows for real.
Truth came quick.
Reporter summed up: Plenty of these clowns lately—this hack profited off fake info. And he's got priors lololol
Couldn't help but chuckle at the endless lols in comments.
Gov and media busy demonizing doomers lately—self-proclaimed "expert" Lee Jeong was just chum to them.
His old taunt post? Now preserved as exhibit A.
Too ashamed to return, huh. Bet he's lurking 100%.
If I had to call the win, it'd go to the board users. At least we didn't get grilled on live TV.