• Miles O'Brien
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    10318 days ago

    … 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]
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      2418 days ago

      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]
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      1818 days 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]
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      1018 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    2518 days ago

    Media on their way to doxx and leak every single detail about a guy who killed some rich heartless exec

        • @[email protected]
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          518 days ago

          Goes to jail: yes

          For 27 years: I’d prefer something more like 27 days

          Comes out to a reform: I might need some educating on this

          Becomes president: it would be an improvement

          • apotheotic (she/her)
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            18 days ago

            Reform: the part where the apartheid regime was overturned

            I guess if I try to shoehorn it into this analogy, it would be a reform of the healthcare system in America

    • @[email protected]
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      218 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
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    417 days ago

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