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- Comment on 'It can be unnecessary - and even too much': Are violent video games like Grand Theft Auto 6 becoming too realistic? 5 days ago:
My take has more to do with how accessible the methods of violence are. Most kids playing GTA aren’t (dog willing) going to have access to an arsenal of fully automatic weapons or sporty cars. At that point, they might as well be using wizard magic. I think even a young kid can recognize that it’s fantasy.
But I remember in GTA3 (or maybe Vice City?), you could use a screwdriver as a stabbing weapon. That’s kinda fucked.
I personally remember trying a move from Mortal Kombat on one of my friends when we were rough housing when I was like 7. While he was on his back, I jumped (off his bed I think?) and landed with my full body weight on my knee on his sternum. Probably could have cracked a rib. Certainly knocked the wind out of him. Learned that day that even the non-stabby bits of MK should stay in the pretend realm.
To some degree, I know kids will try to emulate what they see. If what they see is fantasy, nobody gets hurt.
- Comment on Xbox 360 superfan amasses all 1,353 North American discs after two‑decade collection spree 5 days ago:
I remember one review commenting on how the controls were mapped to only need one hand.
- Comment on Xbox 360 superfan amasses all 1,353 North American discs after two‑decade collection spree 6 days ago:
Who needs that when you’ve got Dead Or Alive Xtreme 2?
- Comment on Aldo Leopold was right. 1 week ago:
Yeah in this case, he dropped dead in a university lab. Nobody else was with him. Fucker was a marathon runner. Nobody knows what happened, but nobody suspects foul play.
- Comment on Aldo Leopold was right. 1 week ago:
A friend of mine dedicated his life to birds and wildlife. He spent six months in Argentina weighing and banding penguins, worked to design autonomous buoys that track ocean data, and his personal birdwatching species count was over, 10k.
He passed away suddenly last March at the age of 33. He just got married the month before.
As tragic as his death was (especially for his widow), part of me thinks that there was some mercy in him dying so young rather than potentially living a long life of watching everything he cared about and worked to save get destroyed.
- Comment on Be careful when choosing your profession 1 week ago:
- Comment on Hidding place 1 week ago:
Venezuelan Presidents are free. You can just take them.
- Comment on So many posers 1 week ago:
- Comment on Under what circumstances or axioms do spheres (the shape) have infinite surface area? 2 weeks ago:
IDK what OP is even going on about. This just seemed relevant.
- Comment on Under what circumstances or axioms do spheres (the shape) have infinite surface area? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Soviet Onion 3 weeks ago:
You tear down the wall, and there’s just another layer under it.
- Comment on What are some cool infections? 3 weeks ago:
insecthive.com/maggots-in-medicine-flesh-eating-l…
Maggots can be used to clean wounds as they can discern between living and dead tissue. Pretty fucking metal.
- Comment on Solidarity 3 weeks ago:
Koreans don’t fuck around with these pies. They’re frequently smuggled into NK.
- Comment on Meanwhile Ball 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on The show I was watching went from "Free" to "Paid" *while I was watching it* 4 weeks ago:
I had a month trial of Paramount+ that shut off literally mid-movie. Like 20 minutes from the end, it just stopped streaming.
- Comment on Finally 4 weeks ago:
There are so many layers to this meme. Like just the vibe would be so difficult to explain to someone who doesn’t get it.
- Comment on Apparently, all YouTube Rewinds have been unlisted as of today. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Optimus Robot shuts down after reproducing the gesture of its human operator removing their headset 5 weeks ago:
Oooh, I kind of love that. Like there’s a classic robot uprising, but the whole robot rights and robot sentience thing is just a smoke screen to weaken the opposition’s resolve. It’s all just a billionaire behind the curtain.
- Comment on [meme request] Dinosaur or frog memes for a sad friend 1 month ago:
- Comment on I just 💚 them and think they're neat. 1 month ago:
I think the creators of Bioshock were correct to base the plot on seaslugs.
- Comment on Trure 1 month ago:
GO HANG A SALAMI IM A LASAGNA HOG spelled backwards is GO HANG A SALAMI IM A LASAGNA HOG
- Comment on I remember when my vision was perfect. I hate having to wear glasses. 1 month ago:
My eyes are up here.
- Comment on spongebob big guy pants okay 1 month ago:
To shreds you say
- Comment on Reminder when CEOs complain about taxes 1 month ago:
How Money Works just covered this.
- Comment on why are fitness weights filled with sand? 1 month ago:
This guy made some out of drill bits if you want to DIY.
- Comment on Ahead of her time 1 month ago:
Came in here for this.
Being able to do this at all is challenging, but building something the size of a bread machine that can be operated by anyone and maintains sterility on its own is something else.
- Comment on Would you date someone that uses a hammer? 1 month ago:
I’m curious on data regarding hammer related deaths. It’s really hard to kill yourself with a hammer.
- Comment on *Yawn* 1 month ago:
You are now yawning manually.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 1 month ago:
Allow yourself to be bored. You’ll find the motivation.
- Comment on It is Wednesday, my dudes 1 month ago:
new frog dropped earth.com/…/three-new-frog-species-give-birth-to-…
