srsly

it’s bullshit like this that really makes me doubt any studies that come out on this subject. i have this theory of my own about this matter. i think people are, by nature, dumbasses. only through hard work and perseverence can they overcome this and be functioning members of society. this is why we go to school, this is why we have complex social interactions with other human beings; so we learn to operate and co-exist. people are also animals, scientists seem to forget this. as such, we have aggressive tendencies. modern society has repressed these urges so it’s no surprise that it’s front page news whenever anyone shows signs of “aggression.” i especially love it when they blame these episodes on forms of entertainment that are very obviously not real life. i’m going to step out on a limb here and say it’s the fault of the observer for not being able to distinguish between real and fake. i use “fault” loosely as there may just be a pre-existing circumstance that impairs our observer, and who’s to say wrestling kittens wouldn’t have set him off.
i get so worked up about this stuff because these studies are just neocon funded farces to try and control media. yes i realize this sounds like i have a conspiracy theory, but hey, who doesn’t? this stems from our culture of blame where nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions; the software company didn’t make you kill babies and eat their brains. i would really like to find the people that use these studies to demonize movies and video games and bludgeon them to death with one of their limbs. but this isn’t a socially or morally acceptable to do, so i won’t.