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Jesus Christ, if true, what the holy incompetence.

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[–] Evotech@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are investigating every trail. That’s not incompetence…

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Yeah they are legally required to. Of there is 40hrs of body cam footage, lawyers and prosecutors have to watch ALL of it

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 194 points 1 week ago (6 children)

it's supposed to connect 'steam' with 'extremism' instead of something like Twitter, Truth, or Fox to coincide with their recent 'fact finding mission'

[–] thallamabond@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago

Absolutely, here is RFK on Sept 10 saying they cause mass shootings. (Completely ignoring the ENTIRE WORLD OUTSIDE THE US)

https://www.newsweek.com/rfk-video-games-mass-shootings-gun-violence-2127808

Also Congress has called for the leaders of discord, steam, Reddit and twitch to come and testify about extremism.

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/house-committee-asks-discord-valve-twitch-and-reddit-to-testify-on-online-radicalization-184100470.html

I don't see any of the social media heads who donated to Trump's inaugural on that list.

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[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 80 points 1 week ago (7 children)

I wish we lived in a time before videogames when there were no political assassinations or mass shootings.

/s <-- do I even need this?

[–] cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world -3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

wouldnt those graphs look similar though, even if just by coincidence?

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I bet he played violent video games, like Among Us

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"It is a cruel, evil game that teaches decit and murder. That is why I don't let you play Clue, son."

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 35 points 1 week ago (8 children)

That's a shitload of time in a game that has barely any content.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (13 children)

Games are about having a good time. If your idea of a good time is story and completionism, then sure, what a waste of time. Some people just want to vibe, role play, or socialize.

Also some people just leave launchers open and rack up ghost hours unintentionally.

Edit: I'm amused there's so many reasons for leaving the launcher open I didn't even think of. Personally, mine was just having a bad habit of playing Elite Dangerous until I fell asleep in the chair. Computer would go to sleep, I'd rack an extra ~16 hours before ei came back. Then I'd remember to check in the morning, cutting it down to like 7 extra hours. I probably have 100-200 racked up from before I got better sleep commitment. 2020 was an interesting time in which time itself didn't matter for a bit. Rounding 1100 hours now.

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[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

Now we know for certain that he is suffering from crazy

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

SoT is as much a chill game as it is competitive or grindy. I’ve probably spent a couple hundred hours in that game just fishing.

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I mean if you go around trolling PVP you can get a lot of time from very little.

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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

They’re trying to obtain chat logs and communications across any channels. Each game’s developer is probably going to get a subpoena to hand them over.

This isn’t surprising or stupid.

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

It supposed to help them find something that will allow them to convince us to let them do what they already decided they want to do.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

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