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Shade of idiot Jack Thompson with brain worm here.

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[-] fulg@lemmy.world 172 points 3 weeks ago
[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 53 points 3 weeks ago

Yup, famously before that, violence didn't exist at all.

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[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 124 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

this is so obviously false it's enfuriating coming from the head of HHS. Lots of coutnries all over the world have the same violent video games we do without the mass shootings.

“Switzerland has a comparable number of guns as we do, and the last mass shooting they had was 23 years ago,” said Kennedy, 71. “We have a mass shooting every 23 hours.”

“There are many things that happened in the 1990’s that could explain these,” he added. “One is the dependence on psychiatric drugs... there could be connections with video games and social media.”

okaaaaaaay... follow that train of thought just a liiiiiitle bit further bobby. Do you think Switzerland is stuck in the 80s or something?

[-] mohab@piefed.social 39 points 3 weeks ago

train of thought

bobby

You got yourself in a cul-de-sac there. The worm ate the train long ago 😂

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[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 119 points 3 weeks ago

Oh wow, we're really hitting all the classics.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 65 points 3 weeks ago

We're almost back to blaming violence on D&D. Exciting times.

[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 18 points 3 weeks ago

They're communing with Satan, I hear!

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

We'll get there, just give it time.

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[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Tipper Gore just got a tingling sensation in her naughty bits.

*If you saw the pre edit you're welcome.

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[-] Wolfram@lemmy.world 48 points 3 weeks ago

Are we really restarting this conversation for the FUCKING millionth time???

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 39 points 3 weeks ago

There was one helluva gamer in Utah today.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

I live in Utah and have a coworker that was supposed to be there for class tonight. Wild times...

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[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 39 points 3 weeks ago

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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[-] devolution@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Games don't cause mass shootings.

Conservatives(policies) do.

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 17 points 3 weeks ago

Conservatives (reactionary fear mongering) do.

[-] Wolf@lemmy.today 30 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah unfortunately 40% of Americans do take this jackass seriously.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 29 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 3 weeks ago

i blame mass shootings for video games

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

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

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[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago

Oh we're doing this one again? Good luck, things have changed since the last time you dusted this one off.

[-] AlexLost@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks 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?

[-] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I played a lot of Pac-Man and now I'm munching for pills in dark rooms while listening to repetitive music. It's true, I love techno parties. Joke, I barily ever played Pac-Man.

I also played a lot of age of empires. Now I annoy everyone with "whololoooo" all the time. Joke, no I don't.

Tap for spoilerWhololooooo

It probably has nothing to do with widely available guns.

Here in NL we don't have that, but we do have loads of mass shootings. Oh wait, no we don't. But we don't have violent video games. Oh wait, yes we do.

Tap for spoilerWhololooooo

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 16 points 3 weeks ago

This comic is 26 years old. Still relevant.

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[-] FrickAndMortar@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago
[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 weeks ago

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!

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] tal@lemmy.today 16 points 3 weeks ago

Jack Thompson

For those who don't remember this guy, he was pretty obnoxious.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(activist)

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[-] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago

No, Nazis like you do. Look at Charlie Kirk. Nazi down.

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[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 weeks ago

What's old is new again...

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[-] MelloniDev 15 points 3 weeks ago

Didn't work last time, won't work this time

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[-] atk007@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] Snowclone@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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.

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[-] MHLoppy@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago
[-] rozodru@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

it’s guns.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Even if you've never heard of video games, you can tell this is total bullshit by the fact that RFK jr is saying it.

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when Mortal Kombat came out and we all started ripping each other's heads off and pulling out still beating hearts? Those were the days.

[-] Xed 10 points 3 weeks ago

This man is an absolute moron, him saying this is no different from the uneducated garbage he’s been spewing

[-] aeternum 10 points 3 weeks ago

so the cheap access to assault weapons that NO ONE FUCKING NEEDS is not a factor? Also, the lack of mental health care? Yeah... right....

[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago
[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The single biggest factor for American military hegemony in Grenada was Pac-Man.

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