So what you’re saying is you see no difference between someone saying “I go to this place to rape” or “I go to this place to simulate rape”? You also don’t see the difference between labeling someone as an activist against the simulated rape of sex toys being normalized and someone who believes simulated rape of a sex…

I was implying, poorly, that mobile was the burner account for a high level Sony exec

Feel free to do some research on implicit memory, implicit association, social influence, social cognition (to an extent) or any number of other psychological and social psychological phenomena regarding our subconscious’s ability to color our decisions without us ever even knowing. Or, you know, just keep yelling…

You’re right. It’s much LARGER of a “thing”. How many more eyes are on the actual article text compared to some inane comment in the comments section? Furthermore, a comment that, at it’s most basic, and if it were stated more eloquently, has actual scientific evidence supporting it. I’m not saying that someones…

This is so well stated it’s getting me choked up. Have a star.

If you want to dismantle OP’s analogy, that’s fine. However, I think you should look at associative psychology and operant conditioning to understand what they’re actually trying to convey. As I’ve said in many posts prior to this, OP has a legitimate, scientifically backed point, though it’s terribly stated. It…

There’s proven psychology that supports OP’s supposition. It wasn’t very eloquently stated, but what he’s saying is very true. However insignificant the difference it may make, many people will now have a subconscious negative connotation associated with PS controllers. So while you’re absolutely correct, that the…

If I could, in the smallest amount possible, defend the OP. What he’s trying to convey is the subconscious reaction they would have. The psyche really is amazing like that. The parent isn’t all the sudden going to say “No PS for you, you might shoot your sibling, only XB for now on”. But what may happen, MAY, is next…

No one else cares, yet the author felt the need to point out, in the article, that the controller was unspecified?

So, just to clarify, you’re one of those people who thinks video games cause violence? I need to know so I can figure out if I can take anything else you say seriously or not.

Comment of the day material right here people. Have a star.

This is Shuhei Yoshida’s burner account

My parents wouldn’t let me buy any mad catz products after they found out a mad catz mouse was used by Charles Manson.

I mean, technically... it is, right? Like, had there not been a controller, would this situation ever have happened? Or are you saying it’s fate, and this kid was going to shoot his sister no matter what the argument?

To whit, the manufacturer of said knife would likely be pretty upset, since it may in someway affect their sales, regardless of how small a fluctuation it may be.

Just for the sake of playing devils advocate, and while I completely agree that what kind of controller it was makes absolutely no impact whatsoever on what transpired, why, or how, the question stands as such:

if only you had read the comment you were responding to, and not just gut check replied, you wouldn’t sound so ridiculous.

And here’s the real issue, this is just an alcoholic complaining someone took away their booze

He didn’t do what I would do, so obviously, he’s a dick.