I know this isn't the first time someone's faced real world consequences for game inspired crimes, but seriously — calling the cops for what amounts to a virtual reality domestic dispute? (thatvideogameblog.com)
After checking out a few Internet forums, here are some of the scariest vasectomy failure stories I could find with real world consequences: (mommyish.com)
There is also a bit of a suspicion that, although leaving the EU made a really good political rallying cry, very few mainstream politicians really wanted it to happen as nobody really knows what the consequences will be and politicians are naturally averse to real world consequences which can be directly attributed to their actions. (politics.stackexchange.com)