I bought SEV...

[President_Elect_Shang]

frightlever said:

I love you too.

[AminMaalouf]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
...Which threads are best for catching up on stuff?

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[Spectarofdeath]

If I ever go on a rampage, please blame it on barney the purple dinosaur. He's sitting on my shoulder telling me "kill all those mfers KILL THEM ALL NOW!!!" And what big birds telling me can't be repeated it's so graphic. Anybody with half a brain knows you can't NEVER fire a gun and play some games and then all of the sudden, your a marksman. The sheer fact of having never fired the gun, he's probably not going to know how to aim the thing, he'd be looking for the auto target button.

[Possum]

It's not just the recoil, it's the noise. The report actually has more to do with flinch. And yes, I am a shooter IRL.

As far as that "study", OMG what bull**** science.

The groups didn't differ in accuracy or reaction time, but those who played the violent game showed more activity (brightly colored scans) in the amygdala. That is an area of the brain connected with emotional arousal.

And that proves exactly what? Hello? Just how does activity in the amygdala translate to violent realworld behavior? Obviously, it does not, which is why there's no stated conclusion, only the cleverly implied one...

Dr. Vincent Mathews, an Indiana University radiology professor who led the study, said..."During tasks requiring concentration and processing of emotional stimuli, the adolescents who had played the violent video game showed distinct differences in brain activation than the adolescents who played an equally exciting and fun - but nonviolent - game,"

Oh, so "exciting" and "fun" are now scientific terms? Pray tell, just how were these properties quantified, measured, and compared, to determine that the non-violent games were "equally exciting and fun" ? And just how does being a radiologist (ffs!) qualify the good doctor for this study?

Furthermore, at no point are the terms "violent" and "non-violent" defined for purposes of this study. Is Madden Football non-violent? Hell, no. Is NASCAR racing non-violent? Tell it to the ghost of Dale Earnhardt!

This whole thing reeks of Jack Thompson-style bull****.