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   Luke (ltriant@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 12:17:35 JST Luke

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs I got weirded out by this guy several years ago when a picture of him wearing a full-auto over his shoulder at a fucking convenience store popped up.

   Fuck that guy.

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     lachlan but less spooky (lachlan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 12:34:50 JST lachlan but less spooky

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Different David Murray to the one in Australia. That David is great.

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     lachlan but less spooky (lachlan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 12:41:20 JST lachlan but less spooky

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs I don't get the US Gun BS. Speaking as a Christian. I particularly don't get the Gun BS by ostensible Christians - people put their entire identities in these little metal idols alongside defining themselves by their nation before their god.

     The US Constitution was - unlike the AU one, for instance - forged in wartime, uniting a bunch of disparate nation station, which heavily influenced how it was written. But, the US seems overall to act like they never stopped being at war.

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     Delta Wye (deltawye@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 12:41:20 JST Delta Wye

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • lachlan but less spooky

     @lachlan @thomasfuchs It doesn’t help that violence is so deeply ingrained in American culture.

     Grand Theft Auto San Andreas - sure little Jimmy can run over people on a sidewalk (complete with screaming blood smears) or machine gun a crowd. But there’s a (removed) consensual sex minigame (“Hot coffee”) left in code on a MA rated game?!?!

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     Robert Jan Schutten (rjschutten@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 12:54:40 JST Robert Jan Schutten

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Oh, fuck those Sandy Hook deniers. Of all the vile people, they are the most vile.

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     csolisr (csolisr@hub.azkware.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 22:27:00 JST csolisr

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     @thomasfuchs Which reminds me - what do you recommend as an alternative to the Commander X16 in that case?
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     Goblin (goblin@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 22:29:45 JST Goblin

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • lachlan but less spooky
     • Delta Wye

     @thomasfuchs @DeltaWye @lachlan
     The way I read Delta’s comment, they see violent computer games not as a cause, but rather a symptom for how ingrained violence is in US culture.

     As a european, I share that sentiment, since US levels of violence in computer games or movies usually result in a higher age rating, than in the US.

     (While sexual themes usually have a smaller influence on age rating, since that’s usually less controversial for europeans)