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  • Subject: Study finds video games make kids more aggressive.

I'm an Anarchist. I don't need a government to be a good person, but I'm glad it's here because some of you clearly do.

Ya-no.

Parents allowing children to play in the quagmire that is online FPS, the place where it's socially acceptable to be a racist sexist xenophobic homophobe, is what makes kids more aggressive.

If you leave your kid in a room full of A-hole's, and the kid is going to become one.

  • 12.19.2012 9:33 PM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Use your head. The one on your shoulders. No really, just try. Please?

˙sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɥʇıʍ pooƃ os ʇou ɯ,ı 'ǝɹǝɥ ʇǝƃ sıɥʇ pıp ʍoɥ 'lol

You know what probably causes more aggression? Making dozens of alts on a videogame forum because you can't be socially well adjusted, even on the internet. I would steer clear of such a person and beg their friends (hahaha) to do the same.

  • 12.19.2012 9:35 PM PDT

There just aren't enough moments in the day to rectify the wrongs of the past.

Wow, 10+ years of this -blam!- and some of you still think its worth mentioning? No one cares, studies and articles have been done time and time again on this "aggressive behavior" from video games and nothing new is ever put forth, so quit repeating the same dribble everyone has already heard before.

  • 12.19.2012 9:39 PM PDT
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There are too many variables in this study. What were the lives of the kids like at home? What types of kids did they hang out with? What is their family's behavior like? Are they on any types of medications? Are they just being teenagers?

Once again, blaming people's violent behavior on video games is fairly idiotic. And trying to compare kids in a study who may easily have two very different backgrounds,life issues, family behaviors, friends, drug records, etc is certainly going to give inaccurate results.

  • 12.19.2012 9:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
I still find it odd that people don't believe that spending hundreds of hours shooting or otherwise killing people/animals/aliens/etc. in a simulated environment influences behavior in some way.

It just seems like common sense.
It's a subtle influence.

Honestly, I think the real issue is concentration. I tend to get annoyed when conversing while playing.

  • 12.19.2012 9:55 PM PDT