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I hear this is old, and has been viewed over one million times. But I've never seen it before. Have you? And do you think this is a true story?

Cue that "How to Save a Life" song from The Fray.
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  • PlanetaryDuality
    PlanetaryDuality
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
    Wow. If it is true, it's extremely sad. Part of me hopes it is, and part of me hopes it isn't.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
    A testament of the joy of video games and the destructiveness of drinking. This deserves a resounding "'Nuff said."
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  • used44
    used44
    Joined: Mar 2002
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
    This story could be better told without the purposefully terrible MS Paint drawings.
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  • Masterwabbit
    Masterwabbit
    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 8:23 pm
    I agree, a heart wrenching story nonetheless.
    0 0
  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
    And I thought the story would have a happy ending
    0 0
  • MarkyBee
    MarkyBee
    Joined: Mar 2007
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
    It's almost certainly not true, the console in question would have had to of been a Megadrive clearly.
    0 0
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome
    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Jan 7th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
    I would have hung myself with the cords to the SNES.
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  • Lien
    Lien
    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2012 at 2:00 am
    This reminds me of the story of this one guy's mom who was introduced to animal crossing. She died but one month later, the guy received a in game mail from her mom saying this game is great and she's glad he showed it to him.

    But yeah this brings a tear to my eye. False or true, doesn't matter.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2012 at 9:35 am
    You might want to read that again, Lien. :P
    0 0
  • Barth_Vader
    Barth_Vader
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2012 at 10:59 am
    what a shitty story, that *** should've bought a sega genesis, his father would totally play sonic with him instead of that gay ass mario game
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2012 at 11:05 am
    I don't think it's true, also because of the graphics.
    0 0
  • leavesofgrass611
    leavesofgrass611
    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Jan 8th, 2012 at 8:22 pm
    True or not, I feel all ****ed up inside now.
    0 0
  • Ashalar
    Ashalar
    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Jan 9th, 2012 at 12:54 am
    So... the girl died when she was going over to see him on his birthday.
    However, the gift she bought him, the SNES, she did not bring along?
    Or was she saving it for a special occassion?
    Regardless of that detail, good story. True or false, I do not care.
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