I got a good one yesterday talking to a lib when I described herding in the context of polling (when pollsters drop outliers to conform to what other polls say). Yes he trusts polls in 2022. They're "reputable companies." He really, really wants to believe the Dems will win the midterms.
Anyway I wanna hear your best ones!
"BuT vIdeO gAmEs DoN't CaUsE vIoLeNcE"
First of all, yes they absolutely do. You never started a fight with someone irl because they pulled your controller right when you were about to beat them in Mario Kart or because they fed mid one too many times? People punching holes into walls because they suck too hard at CS:GO or OW is not people being violent somehow.
Second of all, the claim is actually pretty narrow ie "playing Mortal Kombat won't make you want to perform real-life fatalities on random people." It doesn't mean you'll not be desensitized to violence and gore, which has unforeseen circumstances. Mortal Kombat animators get PTSD for having to animate all the blood and gore, but somehow gamers are completely immune to all this.
People seek entertainment after a long day or long week of work, where they are at their most relaxed and thus most mentally vulnerable. Of course, it would have a tremendous effect on people. If entertainment was truly that unimpactful, the US military wouldn't constantly vet out films.
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