A German teenager posted a frustrated tweet cursing out Olaf Scholz while his 37.9 GB Fortnite update crawled along at 173 KB/s, a download that would have taken over 60 hours to complete. The tweet had just 503 views. German police later opened criminal proceedings against him for insulting a politician. The case was dropped after he deleted the post. A year later he posted the official letter.

Germany has lost it. Back in November 2024, a teen in Germany posted "olaf scholz du bastard was soll diese scheiße" ("olaf scholz you bastard what the hell is this shit") while staring at a Fortnite update sitting at 3%, downloading a 37.9 GB patch at roughly 173 KB/s. At that rate the install would have taken over 60 hours. The only had 503 views. Three months later, on February 11, 2025, German police sent him a Schriftliche Äußerung als Beschuldigter, the formal "written statement as the accused" notice. The charge: §188 StGB, insulting a person of political life. A year on he posted the police letter with the caption "Happy anniversary to the funniest thing that ever happened to me." Per his own follow-ups, the matter ended without major consequences, though no formal outcome of the proceedings has been made public. The original tweet seems deleted.