Violent video games do contribute to mass shootings sometimes, amirite?

Same for movies, TV, books etc. The issue is the mental illness, not the medium.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

mentally ill people who play these games can lead to real world violence. That's the mental illness.

by Forsaken_Swim_7678 11 months ago

True, but the games can be the lightning strike in the dry forest.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

No they can't.

by Forsaken_Swim_7678 11 months ago

How do you know?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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by Forsaken_Swim_7678 11 months ago

Ah, you're a troll. Carry on then

by Anonymous 11 months ago

No it's that damn rock n roll music doing it

by InsideInflation6706 11 months ago

It was magic the gathering with me when I was a kid

by InsideInflation6706 11 months ago

I'm only 35; remember MTG too (still have a deck somewhere. Heck, I DM for D&D too.)

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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by Anonymous 11 months ago

why do you feel this way despite all the research proving no correlation or causation between the two whatsoever? just a hunch? just vibes?

by Jadyn98 11 months ago

Source: Trust me, bro (and ignore every study that disagrees with my boomer take.)

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Well that Adam Lanza guy played violent video games. It may have contributed to the sandy hook massacre

by Basic-Support 11 months ago

The number of mass killers who played video games would only matter if that was unusual. 76% of adults in the US play video games. Most of the highest selling video games are violent. But the vast, vast majority of the people who play those violent video games aren't committing violence. We have less violent crime now than before video games became popular in the first place. It's statistically a coincidence and your stubborn personal opinion is that and only that.

by ProfessionalRoom 11 months ago

If this were remotely true, you would see a trend between consumption increase and mass shootings. Increase in violent video game intake would be seen in mass shooting attempts. But the reality is that the two things don't affect eachother. So you are factually wrong. You and any data you pull would just be correlation. Find the relationship

by Amazing_Benefit 11 months ago

I'm pretty far left actually

by Basic-Support 11 months ago

Huh. You would be surprised how many of them say "ViDeo gAmEs ArE vIoLeNt"

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I will, the title immediately set me off.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

But that's not what OP is saying.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

He said Violent Video games in the title.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

He also said sometimes

by Anonymous 11 months ago

This seems like a reasonable take honestly. Is this really unpopular?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I see what you mean. Apparently nobody understands nuance these days.

by Anonymous 11 months ago