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.
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Ok no the double down will woosh someone, here's your /s
Doom is a game made by a cultist where the player goes to hell to interact with demons!!!
Ban the Mormon made demon killing game!
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.
Yeah unfortunately 40% of Americans do take this jackass seriously.
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.
Proof:
I'm bout to pong yo eye out, mutha flicka!
Ooh, so original. Going back to those age old talking points eh. So fresh, so new. Why does anyone listen to these wind bags?
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!
Charlie Kirk would like to have a word. Go ahead Charlie, Charlie? CHARLIE NO!!!!
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RFK Jr do better...Tylenol killed 7 people in the 90s, Kirk was obviously killed by Tylenol.
What's old is new again...
No what's old is running the government
Jesus K Rist he is stupid.
Better loosen gun laws some more, that'll fix it.
Microwaved Mel Gibson can fuck all the way off with that nonsense.
Peripherally related:
i blame mass shootings for video games
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.
Oh we're doing this one again? Good luck, things have changed since the last time you dusted this one off.
Binding of Isaac is why I torture children /s
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.
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.
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
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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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So it's a mass shooting now? Feels like a slap in the face to every other incident
Kirk was pretty dense.
I'm pretty sure the mass shootings are just emulation of the mass violence the ultrarich inflict on everyone on a daily basis.
I hope the shooter's name is Mario Brother
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I mean, typical boomer shit from an ignorant boomer. I'm not surprised at all.
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....
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.
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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I guess RWS can add a 'Kennedy Mode' to Postal2 Redux. (in reference to the previous lowest difficulty, Liebermode, named after Senator Joe Lieberman.)
He outed himself as an ignorant fool.
He's been doing that his entire life.
Hey, that's an insult to ignorant fools
What did they tell him about how his father and uncle died?
Probably the truth, just like they told him the truth about vaccines.
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