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Shade of idiot Jack Thompson with brain worm here.

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[–] Wolf@lemmy.today 6 points 34 minutes 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.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 46 minutes 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

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 hour ago

RFK Jr do better...Tylenol killed 7 people in the 90s, Kirk was obviously killed by Tylenol.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 18 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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 spoilerOk no the double down will woosh someone, here's your /s

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 1 points 38 minutes ago

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.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago

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.

[–] rozodru@piefed.social 2 points 41 minutes 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!

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 1 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

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

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Hear me out...James Tiberius Kirk was supposed to be a descendant of Charles Aswipe Kirk. Slowly these photos will fade away and be replaced by photos of Christopher Pike.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 minutes ago

Then we'd be in a timeline where Spock dies instead, which ends up much worse. (per Strange New Worlds)

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 hours ago

Back to the 90s.

[–] HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Spoons made me fat!

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

Ask Jack Thompson how that line of reasoning worked out for him

[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 0 points 19 minutes ago

Well, he's retarded, so take it with a grain of salt.

[–] chrislowles@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)
[–] cheloxin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago

It's just a rehash of the same silly satanic panic in the 80s. Same idea, different scapegoat, slightly different thing it supposedly causes. But the repugnants have a multi decade history of this shit and trot it out every 5-10 years

[–] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

I know, right? Jack Thompson called, he wants his shtick back.

[–] fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

RFK Jr. is the epitome of The Weekly World News.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

His Brain worm is right. I remember when Pong first came out, and I'd get so pissed off when playing it, that I wanted to kill somebody.

[–] atk007@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago

RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings.

I agree. Those who miss out on playing violent video games, end up resorting to real life violence later.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

He outed himself as an ignorant fool.

He's been doing that his entire life.

[–] readyno@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Hey, that's an insult to ignorant fools

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Funny, Hillary Clinton said the same thing.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

And Tipper Gore in the 90s.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

Been playing bloodborne all week. I still have no desire to go out with two wagon wheels assembled together with some kind of cog mechanism to toss it over my shoulder and slam it into dogs that are too aggressive for my tastes.

[–] froufox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

Dogs or pigs?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

Do not lie to yourself hunter, it calls to you just as it calls to all of us. The need for blood the call of the hunt.

Throws spider Patches into the Walmart

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Charlie Kirk would like to have a word. Go ahead Charlie, Charlie? CHARLIE NO!!!!

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago

Jesus K Rist he is stupid.

Better loosen gun laws some more, that'll fix it.

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