Shade of idiot Jack Thompson with brain worm here.

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    2 hours ago

    Ooh, so original. Going back to those age old talking points eh. So fresh, so new. Why does anyone listen to these wind bags?

  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    Battlefield and CoD are responsible for war?

    Oh jeez, I glad they didn’t have video games in 1914, otherwise they might have killed a bunch of people!

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    3 hours ago

    You mean the same dumbass that blames an ingredient that hasn’t been in vaccines in over 20 years for Autism, an ingredient that has never been shown to cause autism in the first place? Does anyone actually take this jackass seriously?

    Bobby Kennedy must be rolling over in his grave.

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    I mean, typical boomer shit from an ignorant boomer. I’m not surprised at all.

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    Remember when Coloumbine happened and politicians started blaming DOOM (a several year old game at that point) and Quake? Hell didn’t they also try to blame the Matrix simply because the shooters were wearing trench coats? meanwhile the film came out like what? one or two weeks before the shootings?

    Politicians just LOVE their scapegoats.

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    Crime in the US peaked in 1993… when Doom first came out. Then it started dropping until recently.

    Conclusion: violent video games cause a drop in crime.

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      But it peaked the same year Doom came out. Obviously Doom was the cause of the peak!

      I should add, that as less people played Doom, violent crime reduced.

      Tap for spoiler

      Ok no the double down will woosh someone, here’s your /s

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    4 hours ago

    Well he’s right.

    Until the invention of video games no one ever killed anyone ever. Then pong came along, and it was mass murder every other day.

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    God. Are we back on this loop again?!! Incidentally what is the most selling game currently?

    A game about a bug with a needle? Super violent.

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      3 hours ago

      I’m old enough to remember “Mortal Monday” with the release of the first Mortal Kombat on consoles and everyone was CONVINCED that it would result in kids ripping the spines and hearts out of peoples bodies.

      Hell I remember when the original TMNT and Power Rangers was bad because it would encourage kids to do “ninja stuff” to the point where in the UK they changed “Ninja” to “Hero” and eventually Michaelangleo wasn’t allowed to use nunchucks anymore because out of ALL the weapons the turtles had, THOSE were a no-no. Sword? Sai? that’s fine…even the boe! but heaven forbid a child crafted their own nuncucks!

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      We never left it, its just not been getting as much traction. It also pivoted, to “Video games cause sexual violence towards women”. And yes, GTA was the main culprit as it always has been.

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    3 hours ago

    Switzerland has a comparable number of guns as we do, and the last mass shooting they had was 23 years ago

    so does he believe that Swiss people do not play video games, or what

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    3 hours ago

    Yeah sure its not idiots like this calling democrats child rapists thats doing it