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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 month ago (5 children)

........ And?

Why do we give a shit?

Why is this newsworthy?

Are we going to hear about his time working in retail soon? I'm sure it will provide deep insight to find out which store he worked at for 3 months, 8 years ago. clearly that's relevant information.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because it's a opportunity to trot out the low hanging fruit of 'Videos games promote violence', providing a convenient target to point the finger at.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Didn't the disbarring of Jack Thompson teach them anything?

[–] makyo 18 points 1 month ago

I don't want to be conspiratorial but this helps stop the class awakening all of this was helping bring about. The more we know about him, the more people will identify or not identify with him and then we're back to culture war being the conversation instead of class war.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Because they are going to milk every click they can, except anything that scares the billionaire overlords

[–] wildcardology 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wait till you hear he played amongus with friends on discord.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I hear they're even worse than GTA players and 4channers combined!

[–] Agent641 4 points 1 month ago

CIV6 clearly radicalizes young people.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago

Seems like an irrelevant detail.

Wait, you are telling me he drank water too???

[–] sir_pronoun 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That just makes him even more likeable

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I knew it! it's because of his Nintendo or Gameboy!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Grams Theft Auto singlehandedly causes all crime in America. We should've known it was the games all along.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I submitted a bug report that got a typo fixed on a Minecraft mod with 20 million downloads, where's my headline? :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

you forgot to shoot somebody

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Blatant attempt to cash-in on his celebrity status.