• CatoPosting [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      FPS games don’t cause school shootings, but I’m willing to bet proportionally more chuds play games like Manhunt, Kane & Lynch, the entire war shooter genre, etc. People look for escapism that conforms to their fantasies. So again, FPS games don’t cause school shootings, but if a kid has the teachers and classmates turned into enemies in a video game, maybe be worried a little bit.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      It’s pretty clearly not, they’re not suggesting the video game causes those dark thoughts. They’re suggesting dark thoughts propel you into acting them out in video games.

      • CatoPosting [comrade/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Thank you. G*mers man, any criticism of there treats must be an inquisition. Whereas, in real life the “video games are evil” fanfare of the 90s-00s was at best a scapegoat to justify the government doing nothing to stop school shootings, and at worst an active advertising campaign to make rebellious kids feel badass because they bought an M rated game with lots of blood.