On a related note, I personally find “kys” and “kms” remarks unconscionably terrible.

Telling another human being to commit suicide is not a joking matter. Period.

When I was in the Marine Corps, we were trained to take any mention of suicidal thoughts very seriously. As a result, any time someone says they want to kill themselves, I drop what I’m doing and talk to them about what’s going on. Sometimes they just need someone to talk to.

My friend who received this message has been going through some tough times. It’s incredibly thoughtful of Jagex to do this, even if it’s just an automated system that looks for flagged keywords.

And to everyone else, I’d like to request considering removing kys/kms from your vocabulary. LOTS of players suffer with depression. Lots of people play RS as an escape from the stresses of life IRL. And encountering such toxic negativity of being told to kill themselves is unspeakably awful.

Yeah yeah, it’s just words. “lul why would you actually kill yourself just because someone on the internet said to do it”. I know these arguments. My response is, “What kind of monster would want to say such disgusting things to people in the first place?”

No, I’m not advocating for a SJW Bernie Sanders Sunday School classroom “safe space” and a perm ban for all players who say “kys”. I’m just asking for civility and consideration from players in general.

I think we should all think about what we want to say to others. If we wouldn’t say something in person, face-to-face to someone, then don’t do it over the internet. Each of us players individually holds some responsibility for the RS community overall. So let’s Make RS Great AgainTM

Also, anyone considering suicide or need to talk to someone, plsplspls find a friend, family member, pastor/minister/religious leader to talk to. Pretty sure every country on the planet has a suicide hotline, just do a search for “[country] suicide hotline”.

Let’s pls remind ourselves that the people we talk to in RS are other real people, not NPC’s. Let’s have some basic respect for all.

And to those who are going through tough times, there is help, and there is hope, even if it doesn’t seem like it right now.

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