Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione has connections to the videogame industry, claims to have worked on Civilization 6
Healthcare CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione has connections to the videogame industry, claims to have worked on Civilization 6
Luigi Mangione has now been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
........ And?
Why do we give a shit?
Why is this newsworthy?
Are we going to hear about his time working in retail soon? I'm sure it will provide deep insight to find out which store he worked at for 3 months, 8 years ago. clearly that's relevant information.
100 2 ReplyBecause it's a opportunity to trot out the low hanging fruit of 'Videos games promote violence', providing a convenient target to point the finger at.
24 0 ReplyDidn't the disbarring of Jack Thompson teach them anything?
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I don't want to be conspiratorial but this helps stop the class awakening all of this was helping bring about. The more we know about him, the more people will identify or not identify with him and then we're back to culture war being the conversation instead of class war.
18 0 ReplyBecause they are going to milk every click they can, except anything that scares the billionaire overlords
9 0 ReplyWait till you hear he played amongus with friends on discord.
5 0 ReplyI hear they're even worse than GTA players and 4channers combined!
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CIV6 clearly radicalizes young people.
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47 3 ReplySeems like an irrelevant detail.
Wait, you are telling me he drank water too???
43 0 ReplyThat just makes him even more likeable
39 2 ReplyTrue
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I knew it! it's because of his Nintendo or Gameboy!
10 0 ReplyGrams Theft Auto singlehandedly causes all crime in America. We should've known it was the games all along.
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I submitted a bug report that got a typo fixed on a Minecraft mod with 20 million downloads, where's my headline? :(
4 0 Replyyou forgot to shoot somebody
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Blatant attempt to cash-in on his celebrity status.
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