The whole “blame video games for everything” theme seems to be resurfacing more and more these days. It’s a bit strange, as I honestly thought that this bizarre reflex would be wa…
  • sidebro@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I thought we had this talk like what, 20 years ago? They’re clearly delusional and just wanna tax people more, using this as a lame excuse.

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    Yeah man, those cartels all started shortly after ET on Atari. Colombian neckties were a response to the rage induced by the game. Since then, it’s mostly been GTA and CoD that have caused violent beheadings and mass graves. I heard the last turf war was set off by a particularly long Fortnite session.

  • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Well, CEOs are the ones that do the most violence. Let’s tax them.

  • millennial fulcrum@mastodon.social
    1·
    2 months ago

    @schnurrito better tax the EVER LOVING FUCK out of the news then, which actually does affect human behaviour, especially with regards to violence.

    videogames have been proven not to cause violent behaviour many, many times, since decades ago. I am legitimately surprised Mexico does not have access to modern research of the highest caliber.

    still tax them though. taxing shit is fantastic, especially luxuries.