Jesus Christ, if true, what the holy incompetence.

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    I am telling you that there is proof video games effect people. Ever notice how most people born in the 80s grew up and all became plumbers? I mean sure all the competition has driven costs down for all of us and with just a little work you can find a plumber that will do the work for free, but a lot of these plumbers can no longer support their families and are forced to live in sewers and fight turtles for food.

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        The trick to using effect/affect is to use them interchangeably and at random, then you’re bound to be right sometime. Or panic and use “impact” instead, like a coward.

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    Are there even guns in sea of theives? At best I would think flintlocks. But its not like the guy became a pirate, yo ho.

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    That’s because 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who was charged earlier this week with murdering Kirk at a speaking event last week, reportedly used Donald Trump’s name as an alias on the Valve-owned gaming storefront at one point. Sources told Bloomberg the reference to the president is what led to the Secret Service’s involvement despite the Homeland Security agency having no role in protecting Kirk at the time of the assassination.

    https://kotaku.com/charlie-kirk-shooter-steam-library-valve-discord-radicalization-2000626897

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      1.) If you didn’t vote in '22 or '24 and legally had the ability to do so, you’re not a Liberal or Progress, full stop.

      2.) No Liberal or Progressive would want to be associated with Trump, even ironically for the “lols”.

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        He bagged some transgender baddie and it turned a God-fearing conservative white boy into a radical sleeper cell leftist assasin. That’s why they are trying to keep us transgender girlies down…

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          Sometimes the Stochastic Terrorism boomerangs.

          This is exactly what intelligent people have been saying for years would happen.

          Some MAGAt, primed for violence, finally figures out they’ve been lied to for 10 years & decided to put that penchant for violence to use.

          Both of Trump’s would-be assassins were registered Republicans.

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    Jesus Christ, if true, what the holy incompetence.

    Nothing incompetent about it. Just evil this time.

    They want a profile of the guy. They want to sell him as a left-wing extremist. They’ll outright lie about it if they have to–they mostly have already–but lies work better when they’re based on some level of truth.

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    The evangelicals supporting trump are responsible for the recent mastercard debacle to remove steam games. I wouldn’t be surprised if they start into a new wave “video games cause violence” bullshit.

    Also I thought the kid seemed fairly normal but him being a SoT sicko makes me wonder.

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    but I’m not sure what 2,000 hours in Sea of Thieves is supposed to tell us

    Criminally insane.

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    Actually heavy investment into SoT could be a sign. This game can nurture some very antisocial behaviour.

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    His Steam profile has over 100 “Mind Blown!” Awards lmao

    You can look up the tweet from the article to get the link to the Steam profile

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    I see. Video games cause violence. Guns had nothing to do with it. Mandatory id, facial scanning, and government reporting on all video game platforms is totally cool and justified. /s

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      You see, guns in video games, where nobody is hurt, are bad. Guns in reality are good.

      It’s a bad example, the gun in this case was good. Would have been great if just aimed 15 cm higher.

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        just needed more good guys with guns, obviously. Of course, the same doesn’t work in vibeo games, because good guys don’t play them. Checkmate, antifas

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    it’s supposed to connect ‘steam’ with ‘extremism’ instead of something like Twitter, Truth, or Fox to coincide with their recent ‘fact finding mission’

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      Steam is very much connected to extremism. Far right extremisn to be precise.

      Take a look at any Steam forum and you’ll see. The reason is because Valve hardly ever hires moderators and delegates responsibility to the developer who created the game the forum is about.

      I think German speaking Steam has a total of two global (i.e. paid by Valve) moderators? Not sure where I’ve heard this though.

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        This actually true, even though I swear it didn’t used to be like that. There are sooo many far right people on the forums and in the discussions. I was looking up a game where one of the female characters has the option to date her female friend. I went to the discussion tab to see if anyone knew what choices you had to pick to unlock it. A whole bunch of trolls calling the game “woke” and disgusting for hating an OPTIONAL story arc. Even on games like Life is Strange, which isn’t a new game and is pretty well known for having lgbtq elements, tons of far right people gay-bashing in the discussions tab.

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      Absolutely, here is RFK on Sept 10 saying they cause mass shootings. (Completely ignoring the ENTIRE WORLD OUTSIDE THE US)

      https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-video-games-mass-shootings-gun-violence-2127808

      Also Congress has called for the leaders of discord, steam, Reddit and twitch to come and testify about extremism.

      https://www.engadget.com/social-media/house-committee-asks-discord-valve-twitch-and-reddit-to-testify-on-online-radicalization-184100470.html

      I don’t see any of the social media heads who donated to Trump’s inaugural on that list.

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    Because it’s saying “leftists play video games, rightists play and watch sports” without saying it. Same with the “serially online” thing.

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      Lol, just check out WoWs general chat to find as many right wingers as you want.

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      Would love some MAGA to say this to me. Then I whip their ass in any game or sport they want to play. Gravy Seals can get balled on.