The above quote talks about a phenomenon that (at least from my perspective, as a teenager in college) that is extremely common and affects way more then you might think on the surface (including me). In online forums or games, people (myself included) tend to act very differently from how they might normally act in a real-life setting. The constant exposure and behavior in this type of manner on a constant basis has then led to the partial incorporation of it into real-life settings. One, for example, that affects me, my friends, and the people around me is language. The type of language used in these online settings, usually not used in actual conversations, has started to spread into actual conversations. One notable example of which that I can think of (that I have actually heard people around me and my friends say in actual conversations, albeit slightly ironically) is "I'm dead :skull: x7" (actually saying the skull x7 part as well). Something like this - incorporating the use of emojis - is probably high on the list of things that shouldn't ever be said OUTLOUD. Yet, the behavior, actions, and language used on online gaming forums to those normally used in everyday conversations has started to blend together, leading to people actually saying "I'm dead skull x7". Subsequently, other variations of this saying have been more commonly used (including me) like just saying "I'm dead" and not vocalizing the use of emojis that would normally almost always follow that specific phrase if used while texting or in any sort of online forum/chat. Additionally, not only has language started to merge between online gaming forums and real-life social interaction, discarding the social norms of civil discourse and actions, but how people even hold and respond in conversations. Similarly to the use of foreign phrases in actual conversations, another component of online gaming forums has started to (in some circumstances) merge with real-life social interaction, being kind or nice. Due to the nature of online gaming forums, as well as the prevalence of toxicity present in them, being "rude" (even sarcastically or not) is very common, and has even transferred over to real-life interactions and conversations as well. This discards the common accepted social norm of the idea that, in general, you should be nice with other people, especially to people close to you like friends and family. Online gaming forums have not only started to merge into real-life social interaction, but has already affected (presumably) millions around the globe in their interactions, even including me.