ElectricBlanketFire
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bad parenting:
kids playing video games
good parenting:
kids enjoying the outdoors
Well this was a bizarre straw man.
bad parenting:
kids playing video games
good parenting:
kids enjoying the outdoors
People are quick to blame bestiality on furries/bronies too. Video games and gun violence is just as valid a correlation.The problem is, there is no scientific evidence to support this.
Was the Batman shooter a video game player? I don't think he was. You'd think that would pretty much shit on that theory.
Screw scientific evidence, it's what I think. There isn't scientific evidence to prove the opposite either, or do you have it?
I said they "can" influence, not do.
This is why I only stick with Nintendo games!
I think your comment can cause severe brain damage to everyone in the area. I'm not saying it does, just that it can. There's no scientific evidence to prove otherwise, or do you have it?
The Halo games have sold 50 million copies worldwide. Microsoft estimates that people collectively have spent five billion hours playing them. Violent crime has been declining for 40 years and mass shootings are no more common now than they used to be. Id bet that, if anything, video games reduce violent crime by providing an innocuous outlet for thrill-seeking. But who cares? The point of Do Something isnt to craft a policy response carefully tailored to why Lanza and other rampage killers did what they did and how they did it. Its to throw whatever you can think of at the problem and see what sticks culturally and legislatively, no matter how many innocent people might be snared by your solution. Lanza evidently loved violent video games. So do millions of kids who, unlike him, dont have severe mental problems. But isnt hassling your perfectly normal 12-year-old over Call of Duty a small price to pay for maybe possibly kinda sorta reducing the odds of a school shooting by an infinitesimally marginal amount? If you care about Sandy Hook, then the answer can only be yes. You do care, dont you?
Yes, Halo is the one to make you go crazy. You'll bust out your door and look for the nearest space alien to shoot!
Come on media, seriously. Those guns don't even exist. Now if your kid is trying to form plasma weapons in the garage, the you should be worried.
I've read about the studies that went out to try and prove that video games made kids killers and they showed that nothing of the sort happened. I'd have to do some digging to find them because searching pulls up all the sensationalist articles instead but the quickest recommendation I can give you is an episode of Penn and Teller.Screw scientific evidence, it's what I think. There isn't scientific evidence to prove the opposite either, or do you have it?
bad parenting:
I've read about the studies that went out to try and prove that video games made kids killers and they showed that nothing of the sort happened. I'd have to do some digging to find them because searching pulls up all the sensationalist articles instead but the quickest recommendation I can give you is an episode of Penn and Teller.
Yup, parents should watch out that their kid doensn't hijack a banshee and spray plasma shots aided by a fuel rod bomb onto people. Cops won't be able to make a difference because of his Hardlight Shield and Special Forces won't be able to sneak up on your kid because he'll use Promethean Vision and wait for them around corners with a charged up boltshot.
My sister in-law let's her 7 year old son play the Halo's, Call of Duty's and pretty much any Rated M game out there. She says "well he plays it all the time at his babysitter's house(the babysitter also has a 7 year old son) so what am I supposed to do when he gets home? Not let him play those games?" Yeah! Those games are Rated M for a fucking reason. I would never let my son play these games until he hits the age requirement for the specified game. People's logic sometimes just baffles me.
I'm going to take a crazy stab in the dark and say you don't have a kid, or at least one who is 10+.My sister in-law let's her 7 year old son play the Halo's, Call of Duty's and pretty much any Rated M game out there. She says "well he plays it all the time at his babysitter's house(the babysitter also has a 7 year old son) so what am I supposed to do when he gets home? Not let him play those games?" Yeah! Those games are Rated M for a fucking reason. I would never let my son play these games until he hits the age requirement for the specified game. People's logic sometimes just baffles me.
My sister in-law let's her 7 year old son play the Halo's, Call of Duty's and pretty much any Rated M game out there. She says "well he plays it all the time at his babysitter's house(the babysitter also has a 7 year old son) so what am I supposed to do when he gets home? Not let him play those games?" Yeah! Those games are Rated M for a fucking reason. I would never let my son play these games until he hits the age requirement for the specified game. People's logic sometimes just baffles me.
My sister in-law let's her 7 year old son play the Halo's, Call of Duty's and pretty much any Rated M game out there. She says "well he plays it all the time at his babysitter's house(the babysitter also has a 7 year old son) so what am I supposed to do when he gets home? Not let him play those games?" Yeah! Those games are Rated M for a fucking reason. I would never let my son play these games until he hits the age requirement for the specified game. People's logic sometimes just baffles me.
I wonder what video game Hitler played that made him do what he did?
My nephew is 12 and his friends have Call of Duty and Grand theft auto, etc. His best friend Ethan went to the launch day for black ops 2 with his dad. Jesus...
doesn't matter... every foot below ground increases the odds of spree killing 20%
Red Orchestra obviously.
Libermann is speaking on the House floor now. This should be interesting.
You mean like Mario Kart where the best bonus is turning into a GIANT BULLET?!
You're out of luck, wi-fi signal doesn't reach down there. You'll have to resort playing with bots, and that can actually make you go insane.What if your basement is finished and there are bedrooms down there?
If you think that is good parenting...
You're out of luck, wi-fi signal doesn't reach down there. You'll have to resort playing with bots, and that can actually make you go insane.
I have a 9 month old son. And guess what he does reach that age where he wants to play video games, he can go ahead and play the Lego type games and what not but no way in hell is he ever gonna have/own a Rated M game before he's 17.
I have a 9 month old son. And guess what he does reach that age where he wants to play video games, he can go ahead and play the Lego type games and what not but no way in hell is he ever gonna have/own a Rated M game before he's 17.I'm going to take a crazy stab in the dark and say you don't have a kid, or at least one who is 10+.
Nice try, turtle killer.This is why I only stick with Nintendo games!
I'll buy him GTA V for christmas next year.I have a 9 month old son. And guess what he does reach that age where he wants to play video games, he can go ahead and play the Lego type games and what not but no way in hell is he ever gonna have/own a Rated M game before he's 17.
I really don't remember the age where I played my first M rated game so I can't give you a concrete answer to that question.so uh...your parents didn't let you play M rated games until you were 17?
Yes I would wait til my son is 17. Question-why do you think its stupid of me to wait till my son is of age for the appropriate rated games? M rated is for 17+..so naturally my son is going to wait until then.Although letting a 7 years old play Halo or Call of Duty is stupid, would you really wait until your son is over 17 years old before letting him play those games? Because that's just as stupid.
7-8 is pushing it, but what's wrong with 12? That seems like the age where boys would want to play those kind of games.
I really don't remember the age where I played my first M rated game so I can't give you a concrete answer to that question.
Yes I would wait til my son is 17. Question-why do you think its stupid of me to wait till my son is of age for the appropriate rated games? M rated is for 17+..so naturally my son is going to wait until then.
I have been watching a shitload of cable news since Friday. It just so happens that I had a minor foot operation on Friday and haven't moved from my couch very much. I'm going to buy Far Cry 3 now that the bandages can come off and I can drive. The next 8 hours of me playing Far Cry 3 will bring me back to civilization after absorbing all of the shit I've been watching on cable news.If you watch cable news all day...you've definitely GOT a problem.
That quote makes sense. If your child is retreating from family/friends and playing in isolation you should be concerned. It doesn't mean Halo is to blame, but it may mean that your child may have issues forming relationships in the real world which is a problem.