As a conversation unfolds among teenagers on an Internet message board, it rapidly becomes evident that this is not idle electronic chatter. One youngster poses a question that, to an outsider, seems shocking: “Does anyone know how to cut deep without having it sting and bleed too much?” An answer quickly appears: “I use box cutter blades.
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