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It's a weird headline, but the discussion is around how journalists and the public look through internet history in cases like this. Some of it is helpful, some of it is not.

In particular, it's a response to this article:

'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls (NBCNews)

The game in this case being AmongUs...

Monday night, NBC News published an article with the headline “’Extremely Ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Slaying Played Video Game Killer, Friend Recalls.” This article is currently all over every single one of my social media feeds, because it is emblematic of the type of research I described above. It is a very bad article whose main reason for existing is the fact that it contains a morsel of “new” “information,” except the “information” in this case is that Luigi Mangione played the video game Among Us at some point in college.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/72744

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[–] Gamerman153@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 6 days ago

Hmmm, can't tell if he was damn good as an imposter or bad as a crew.... Could be a "completely justified" revenge killing! If only he could have played spy on TF2.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 199 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bet the CEO played Monopoly too. Ironic, isn't it?

[–] PineRune@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago

CEO probably cheated when he played Monopoly too.

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 144 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Fact: %100 of serial killers have drank water.

If we ban water for everyone, we can stop serial killers for once and all.

[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

But first, the person banning water would become the ultimate serial killer.

[–] 00L10@feddit.org 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's taking it too far. To beat the bad guy with water we just need good guys with water.

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[–] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 84 points 1 week ago (1 children)

woke: doom inspires acts of violence

broke: call of duty inspires acts of violence

bespoke: among us inspires acts of violence

[–] PetteriPano@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (8 children)

When I was a kid, we played pacman. A literal puck who eats pixels and takes turns chasing ghosts. We turned out fine.

It's not like that's what caused us to go to rave parties, listen to beepy music and pop ecstacy pills.

[–] WereCat@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I've played Postal 2 extensively when I was 8y old and I only piss in peoples mouth at work. I don't even remember when it was the last time I went shopping and burned some alive with a gasoline.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 week ago

Speak for yourself.

WAKA-WAKA-WAKA-WAKA

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

I saw that same T-Shirt at the mall in 2001.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 84 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] weegee90@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Monomate@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I always wondered what's the source of this GIF...

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[–] MadhuGururajan@programming.dev 70 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lol, the rich were hoping to find gruesome shooters like COD or PUBG.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I have only played on PC. Had no idea they had a mobile game.

[–] reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That would almost make me believe that they caused violence. Can't imagine playing on a phone would be anything but frustrating.

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He also worked on Civilization as an intern and had a Steam account

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Obviously he loves old timey steam trains!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 35 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Did you know every murderer has been human? Which is why people being afraid of aliens doesn't make any sense. Aliens have never killed anyone, but humans have killed a lot of people.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Aliens have never killed anyone

That's what you think

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

That's what they want you to think.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There are plenty of animals that have killed in cold blood. Some animals are evil assholes.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 days ago

There was even a pig that got convicted in, like, 1700s France or something.

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"Well, then we are banning that horrendous game and breathing air too!"

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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